Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: mcvax!irst.it!bellutta@uunet.uu.net (Paolo Bellutta) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Radio Station Names (Wxxx - Kxxx) Message-ID: Date: 3 Sep 89 07:33:15 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 22 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 343, message 3 of 7 X-GATEWAY-WARNING: original 'Date' value is not valid USENET syntax X-Original-Date: Thu, 31 Aug 89 10:01:48 MET DST I noticed that American radio stations names starts with W or K. Someone told me that if the station started in AM it has a name starting with W otherwise (FM only stations) it starts with K. Is it true? Is there a (historical?) reason for that? I'm just curious. Paolo Bellutta I.R.S.T. vox: +39 461 810105 loc. Pante' di Povo fax: +39 461 810851 38050 POVO (TN) e-mail: bellutta@irst.uucp ITALY bellutta@irst.it [Moderator's Note: Actually, the dividng line between W/K is the Mississippi River, with those to the east taking 'W' (some exceptions) and those to the west taking 'K'. I am referring now just to broadcast stations in our AM (530-1610 kcs) or FM (88.1 - 107.9 mcs) bands. The Mississippi is a very large river which runs the length of the USA, separating the states of Iowa and Illinois; Arkansas and Mississippi/Tennessee; and others. Other types of radio services use both W and K, depending. Canada, our neighbor to the north prefixes all radio stations with 'C'; and Mexico to the south uses 'X'. What prefix is used in Italy? PT]