Geographically-Inclined TV & Radio Call Signals

Huh? Whuh?

You know, when the call signal for a TV or radio station reflects the city it’s in. WNYC is one example. There’s probably something similar in your area as well.

For me, that might be WUML, the radio station for U-Mass Lowell. Or, further south, WCNC, for the TV station in Charlotte, NC.

Let’s see what else is out there. Below are the 50-or-so major markets in the US. Now, do they or don’t they?

 

Hits

• Boston – WBOS (Bloomberg radio)
• Hartford – WHCT (TV)
• New York – WNYC (public radio)
• Buffalo – WBUF (radio)
• Philadelphia – WPHI (news radio)
• Baltimore – WBAL (news/talk radio & TV)

• Washington DC – WASH (radio)
• Pittsburgh – WPIT (Christian radio) & WPGH (TV)
• Cleveland – WCLV (classical radio)
• Columbus – WCOL (country radio)
• Detroit – WDET (public radio)

• Milwaukee – WMIL (country radio)
• Raleigh – WRAL (radio & TV)
• Charlotte – WCNC (TV)
• Atlanta – WATL (TV)

Close but no cigar

• Jacksonville – WJAX (TV)
• Orlando – WORL (talk radio)
• Tampa – WTMP (sports radio)
• Miami – WMIA (Spanish radio)

• New Orleans – WNOL (TV)

 

• St Louis – KSTL (Christian radio)
• St Paul – KSTP (radio & TV)
• Oklahoma City – KOKC (talk radio)
• DFW – KDFW (TV)

• San Antonio – KSAT (TV)
• Phoenix – KPHX (sports radio) & KPHO (TV)
• Denver – KDEN (Spanish TV)
• SLC – KSL (news/talk radio & TV)

• Las Vegas – KVEG (radio)
• Portland – KPOR (Christian Spanish radio)
• Sacramento – KSAC (Spanish radio)
• LA – KLAC (sports radio), KLAX (Spanish radio)

Misses

• Indianapolis – WIND (Chicago talk radio)

• Nashville – WNSH (defunct NYC country radio)
• St Pete – WSTP (Salisbury NC country radio)
• Memphis – WMPH (Wilmington DE high school radio), WMEM (Presque Isle ME public radio)

• Minneapolis – KMIN (Grants NM country radio)
• Dallas – KDAL (Duluth MN radio)
• Austin – KAUS (Austin MN news/talk radio)

• Seattle – KSEA (Salinas CA Spanish radio)
• Oakland – KOAK (Red Oak IA country radio)
• San Francisco – KSFC (Spokane public radio)
• San Jose – KSJC (Silverton CO radio), KSJ (Mobile AL country radio)

• San Diego – KSDC (Centralia MO Christian radio), KSD (St Louis country radio)