CALL LETTERS Definition & Meaning

call letters

plural noun

letters of the alphabet or such letters in combination with numbers for identifying a radio or television station, an amateur radio transmitting device, or the like.

call letters

plural noun

the call sign of an American or Canadian radio station, esp that of a commercial broadcasting station

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Origin of call letters¹

First recorded in 1910–15

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The full embrace of the Classical California name means the stations will no longer use their local call letters outside of legally mandated identifications given at the top of each hour.

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In his late 20s, he was working as an engineer in Kansas City at a station owned by MacMillan Petroleum Co. — which managed to land the local call letters KMPC.

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KTLA, KFWB, KTTV, KNX — you know the call letters of local radio and TV stations and probably have a jingle or two stuck in your head.

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But federal regulations insist that they always identify themselves at the beginning of each hour by their call letters and the “city of license.”

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The WB in the call letters led people to conclude it was a deliberate “get” for Warner Brothers, but it was the luck of the draw.

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