Call Letters Meanings
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KAAL Austin / Albert Lea, MN
KABC American Broadcasting Company
KADN AKADiaNa = Acadiana
KAEF Arcata Eureka Fortuna
KAGS Texas A&M (located in College Station) nickname is the AGgieS
KAIT K-8
KAMR AMaRillo, TX
KAPP APPle Valley Broadcasting
(Owner)
KARK ARKansas
KASA KASA = casa (house/home in Spanish)
KASW Arizona SouthWest
KATC Acadian Television Corporation
(Original owner)
KATU KATU = K2 on Channel 2
KATV Arkansas TeleVision
KBAK BAKersfield, CA
KBCW The Bay's CW
KBFX Bakersfield FoX
KBJR Bob, John, Rich
(Former owner: RJR Communications)
KBMT BeauMonT, TX
KBOI BOIse, ID
KBTR BaTon Rouge
KBTV Beaumont TeleVision
KBTX Bryan, TX
KBWB The Bay Area's WB
KBWF Blake William Flood
(Owner's son)
KCAL CALifornia
KCBS Columbia Broadcasting System
KCBY Coos BaY, OR
KCCI Cowles Communications, Inc.
(Former owner)
KCCN Central Coast News
KCEN CENtral Texas
KCFW Kalispell Columbia Falls Whitefish
KCJO CBS St. JOseph, MO
KCMO Kansas City, MO
KCNC Colorado's News Channel
KCOP COPley Press
(Former owner)
KCPQ Clover Park Quality
(Clover Park is a technical college)
KCRA SaCRAmento, CA
KCRG Cedar Rapids Gazette
(Original owner)
KCSG Cedar City / St. George, UT
KCTV Kansas City TeleVision
KCWI CW Iowa
KCWO CW Odessa
KCWX CW TeXas
(Former affiliation)
KCWY Casper, WY
KDAF Dallas And Fort Worth, TX
KDEN DENver, CO
KDFW Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
KDLH DuLutH, MN
KDSM DeS Moines, IA
KDUB DUBuque, IA
KDVR DenVeR, CO
KECH KECH 22 = Catch 22
KECI Eagle Communications, Inc.
(Former owner)
KENS Express-News Station
(Former owner: San Antonio Express-News, newspaper)
KENV Elko, NV
KEPR KEnnewick/Pasco/Richland, WA
KEVN Channel SEVeN
KEYE Affiliation: CBS EYE
KFDM K(C)all For Dependable Magnolene
(Magnolene was a motor oil produced by founder Magnolia Petroleum Company)
KFDY FlooDY
(Owner's son's nickname)
KFMB For Mary and Burnham
(Children of founder Warren B. Worcester)
KFNB First National Broadcasting
(Original owner)
KFOR Channel 4
KFOX FOX affiliate
KFQX Visually similar to FOX
KFRE FREsno, CA
KFSM Ft. SMith, AR
KFSN FreSNo, CA
KFTA FT. Smith, AR
KFTH TeleFuTura Houston
(Former affiliation)
KFTR TeleFuTuRa
(Former affiliation)
KFTV Fresno TeleVision
KFTY Channel FifTY
KFVE Channel FiVE
KFWD Fort Worth-Dallas, TX
KFXL FoX Lincoln
KFXO FoX Oregon
KFXV FoX Valley
KGAN Guy GANnett
(Former owner; no relation to Gannett Company, Inc.)
KGET Kern Golden Empire Television
KGHK Grand Island, Hastings, and Kearney, NE
KGIN Grand Island, Nebraska
KGLA Gretna, LA
(City of license for former sister radio station, KGLA-AM)
KGNS Your Good Neighbor Station
(Slogan)
KGO General Electric - San FranciscO
KGPE Grow, Protect, Enjoy
(Slogan for the city of Fresno)
KGW Keep Growing Wiser
KGWC Greater Wyoming Casper
KGWN Greater Wyoming Network
KHAS HAStings, NE
KHBS Hernreich Broadcasting System
(Former owner)
KHET Hawaii Educational Television
KHGI Hastings/Grand Island, NE
KHII HawaII
KHLM Houston Lotus Multimedios
(Former owner and affiliation)
KHNL HoNoLulu, HI
KHOG HOG = Razorback
(Mascot for the University of Arkansas)
KHON HONolulu, HI
KHOU HOUston, TX
KHQA Keokuk Hannibal Quincy Area
KIAH IAH = Airport code for Houston International Airport
KIFI Idaho Falls, Idaho
KIII Channel 3
KIMA YaKIMA, WA
KIMO EsKIMO
KIMT Iowa, Minnesota, Together
(Slogan)
KING KING County, WA
KITV Island TeleVision
KIVI Idaho 6
KJCT Grand JunCTion, CO
KJEO J.E. O'Neil
(Original owner)
KJNB JoNesBoro, AR
KJNE JoNEsboro, AR
KJRH Jack R. Howard
(Owner, Scripps-Howard)
KJRR Jamestown Red River
KJUD JUneau and Douglas, AK
KLAF LAFayette, LA
KLAS LAS Vegas, NV
KLBK LuBbocK, TX
KLDO LareDO, TX
KLEW LEWiston, ID
KLFY LaFaYette, LA
KLKN LinKolN, NE
KLRA Little Rock, Arkansas
KLRT Little Rock Television
KLST Lone Star Television
(Former slogan)
KLUZ LUZ = light in Spanish
KLWY Laramie County, WY
KMBC Midland Broadcasting Company
(Former owner)
KMCC Meridian Communications Company
(Original owner)
KMCI MCI = Airport code for Kansas City International Airport
KMGH McGraw Hill
(Former owner)
KMID MIDland, TX
KMIR Hotel el MIRador
KMIZ MIZ for Missouri
KMJF Michael John Flood
(Owner)
KMLF Mandi Lynn Flood
(Owner's wife)
KMNF Mankato, New Ulm and Fairmont
KMOT MinOT, ND
KMOV Missouri Viacom (Former owner)
KMPH Mike, Pete and Harry Pappas
(Owners)
KMPX MetroPleX
KMSB Mountain States Broadcasting
(Former owner)
KMSP Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
KMUV Monterey UniVision
(Former affiliation)
KMVT Magic Valley Television
KMYS MYNetworkTV San Antonio
KMYU MY Utah
KNAZ Northern AriZona
KNBC National Broadcasting Company
KNCT North Central Texas
KNEN NorthEast Nebraska
KNEP NEbraska Panhandle
KNHL Nebraska, Hastings / Lincoln
KNIN Channel 9
KNOE James A. NOE, Sr.
(Original owner)
KNOP NOrth Platte, NE
KNPG News-Press & Gazette Company
(Owner)
KNPL North PLatte, NE
KNPN News-Press Now
KNVN North Valley News
KNWA NorthWest Arkansas
KNXV Channel 15
KOA Klear Over America
KOAA Owned at one time by the same owner of then-KOA-TV in Denver
KOAM Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri
KOBI K(C)alifornia Oregon Broadcating, Inc.
(Owner)
KOCE Orange County Education
KOCO Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
KOFY KOFY = Coffee
KOHA OmaHA, NE
KOIN Know Oregon's Independent Newspaper
(The Portland News, owner of KOIN-AM)
KOKH OKlaHoma
KOLD Cold
KOLN LincOLN, NE
KOLR Color
KONG Sister channel to KING ("King Kong")
KOOL Cool
KORO ORO = gold in Spanish
KOSA OdesSA, TX
KOTA South DaKOTA
KOVR KOVeRage
KOZL OZarks Local
KPDX PDX = Airport code for Portland International Airport
KPHE PHoEnix, AZ
KPHO PHOenix, AZ
KPLC Port of Lake Charles
KPLR KoPLaR
(Former owner)
KPNX PhoeNiX
KPRC Post Radio Company
KPTV Portland TeleVision
KPVI Pocatello Channel 6
KPXC PaX Colorado
KPYX KPYX = KPIX
(Brand extension)
KQCD Queen City Dickinson
KQED Quod Erat Demonstrandum
(Latin for "which was to be demonstrated" or "thus it has been proven")
KRBC Reporter Broadcasting Company
(Original owner)
KRBK Robert B. Koplar
(Original owner)
KRCR Redding, Chico, Red Bluff
KRDO ColoRaDO
KREX REX Howell
(Original owner)
KRGV Rio Grande Valley
KRHD Robert H. Drewry
(Former owner)
KRII Range 11 (Former station branding)
KRIS Corpus KRISti, TX
KRIV Albert KRIVin Senior Vice President of former owner Metromedia
KRLD Radio Labs of Dallas
KRNV Reno, NeVada
KRON KRONicle = Chronicle (Former owner)
KRQE AlbuqueRQuE
KRXI Reno Channel 11
KSAN SAN Angelo, TX
KSAS KanSAS
KSAT San Antonio, Texas
KSAZ The Spirit of AriZona
(Former slogan)
KSCC Sinclair Corpus Christi
KSCW KanSas CW
KSD St. Louis-Post Dispatch
(Newspaper)
KSFX Springfield's FOX
KSHB Scripps-Howard Broadcasting
KSKN SpoKaNe, WA
KSL Salt Lake City, UT
KSLA Shreveport, LA
KSMO KanSas & MissOuri
KSNB KanSas NeBraska
KSNF Kansas State Network, Four States
KSNT Kansas State Network, Topeka
KSNV Southern NeVada
KSNW Kansas State Network, Wichita
KSPR SPRingfield, MO
KSTF ScoTtsbluFf, NE
KSTP ST. Paul, MN
KSTU Springfield Television in Utah
(Owned by William L. Putnam who also owned WWLP of Springfield, MA)
KSTW Seattle-Tacoma, Washington
KSVT Sun Valley Television
KSWB San Diego's WB
KSWO SouthWest Oklahoma
KTAL Texas Arkansas Louisiana
KTAR Keep Taking The Arizona Republic
(The Arizona Republic = newspaper)
KTAZ Telemundo AriZona
KTBC Texas Broadcasting Company
(Former owner)
KTBS Tri-State Broadcasting System
(Original owner)
KTDO TelemunDO
KTEN Channel 10
KTGM Tamuning, GuaM
KTIV Television 4
KTKA TopeKA, KS
KTLA Television Los Angeles
KTLM TeLeMundo
KTLO TeLemundO
KTLP TeLemundo Pueblo
KTMD TeleMunDo
KTMJ Topeka Manhattan Junction City
KTMW The/Telemundo Mountain West
KTNV Television NeVada
KTRV TReasure Valley
KTSF Television San Francisco
KTSM Tri-State Media
(Former owner)
KTUL TULsa, OK
KTUU Channel 2
KTVA TeleVision Alaska
KTVB TeleVision Boise
KTVF TeleVision Fairbanks
KTVH TeleVision Helena
KTVK Because TV would be our middle name
KTVM TeleVision Montana
KTVN TeleVision Nevada
KTVT TeleVision Texas
KTWO Channel 2
KTXD TeXas Dallas
KTXH TeXas Houston
KTXL Television 40
KTXS TeXaS
KUAM GUAM
KUCW Utah's CW
KUHT University of Houston Television
KUKC Univision Kansas City
KULR Color
KUNP UNivision Portland
(Former affiliation)
KUNS UNivision Seattle
(Former affiliation)
KUNW UNivision Washington
KUOK Univision OKlahoma
KUSA Former owner Gannett owns "USA Today"
KUSI United States International University
(Former name of Alliant International University)
KUTH UTaH
KUTP United Television Phoenix
(Former owner)
KUTV Utah TeleVision
KUVM Una Vez Más
(Former owner; "One More Time" in Spanish)
KUVN UniVisioN
KUVS UniVision Sacramento
KVBC Ventura Broadcasting Company
(Owner)
KVCT ViCToria, TX
KVCW Las Vegas CW
KVII Channel 7
KVLY VaLleY
KVOA Voice Of Arizona
(Slogan of former sister station KVOA-AM)
KVRR Valley of the Red River
KVWB Las Vegas's WB
KWAB Webb Air Force Base
KWBA WB Arizona
(Former affiliation)
KWBE BEatrice, NE
KWBP WB Portland
KWCH WiCHita, KS
KWGN Owned by WGN's parent company
KWKT Waco-Killeen-Temple, TX
KWNB Western NeBraska
KWTV World's Tallest Video
(Reference to tower height)
KWTX Waco, TX
KWWT The WB West Texas
(Former affiliation)
KXAN TeXAN
KXAS TeXAS
KXII Channel 12
KXNV Channel 10 NeVada
KXOF FOX backwards
KXTV Channel 10 TV
KXVA Channel 15 Abilene, TX
KXVO Channel 15 Omaha, NE
KXXV Channel 25
KYCW KY3's CW
(Sister station to KYTV which brands itself as KY3)
KYEL Yuma/EL Centro, AZ
KYMA YuMA, AZ
KYUR YoUR Alaska Link
(Slogan)
KYW Young Warriors
WABC American Broadcasting Company
WAFB Always For Baton Rouge
(Former slogan of sister radio channel)
WAFF American Families' Finest
(Slogan of former owner, AFLAC)
WAGA Atlanta, GA
WAKC AKron-Canton, OH
WAKR AKRon, OH
WALA ALAbama
WALB ALBany, GA
WAMI MiAMI, FL
WANE Ft. Wayne, IN
WANF Atlanta News First
(Station branding)
WAPA Asociación de Productores de Azúcar
(Puerto Rico Sugar Grower's Association, Original owner)
WAPI Alabama Polytechnic Institute
(Auburn University)
WAPT American Public Television
(Reference to original owner, American Public Life Insurance Company)
WASV ASheVille, NC
WATL ATLanta, GA
WATN ABC for TeNnessee
WATR WATeRbury, CT
WAVE Sine WAVE
WAVY Ocean-related
WAWV ABC for the Wabash Valley
WBAK Cy N. BAhaKel
(Former owner)
WBAL BALtimore, MD
WBAP We Bring A Program
WBAY Green BAY, WI
WBBH Buerry, Burgess and Hoffman
(Original investors in the station)
WBFF Baltimore Fourty-Five
WBGH BinGHamton, NY
WBIR Jesse W. BIRdwell
(Founder of WBIR radio)
WBKI WB KentuckIana
(Former affiliation; geographic region)
WBKP Beautiful Keweenaw Peninsula
WBMA AlaBaMA
WBMG BirMinGham, AL
WBMM We Belong in MontgoMery
WBND South BeND, IN
WBNG BiNGhamton, NY
WBNS Wolfe Bank Newspaper and Shoes
(Original owner of WBNS-AM)
WBRC Bell Radio Company
(Original owner)
WBRE Wilkes BaRrE, PA
(Also, owner was
Louis Baltimore Radio & Electric)
WBRL Baton Rouge, Louisiana
WBRZ Baton Rouge, LA; Z = 2
WBUP Beautiful Upper Peninsula
WBXX WB, Channel 20 (Former affiliation)
WCAV CAValier, mascot of the University of Virginia
WCBD Charleston Berkeley Dorchester
(The three main counties the station serves)
WCBS Columbia Broadcasting System
WCCB Charlotte Cy Bahakel
(Original owner)
WCCO Washburn Crosby Milling COmpany
(Former owner)
WCHS CHarleSton, WV
WCIA Central Illinois Area
WCIV Channel 4
WCIX Channel 6
WCJB Casey, JoAnn, and Bill Minshall
(Original owners)
WCMH Columbus Municipal Hanger
(Airport designator)
WCNC Charlotte, NC
WCOV Will COVington
(Founder of WCOV-AM)
WCPO The Cincinnati POst
WCSC Charleston, SC
WCSH Congress Square Hotel
WCTE Cookeville Tennessee Educational
WCTI Continental Television Incorporated
(Former owner)
WCTX ConnecTicut, ''The X'' (Former station branding)
WCVB Channel 5 Boston, MA
WCWG The CW Greensboro
WCWW The CW Weigel
WDAM David A. Matison
(Former owner)
WDBB DuBose Broadcasting
(Original owner)
WDBO Down By Orlando
WDCW Washington, DC's CW
WDFX Dothan's FoX
WDHN DotHaN
WDIO Duluth 10
WDIV Detroit Channel 4
WDJT Debra Jackson and John Torres (Original permit holders)
WDKY Danville, KY
(City of license)
WDRB Kentucky DeRBy
WDSU DeSoto Hotel, Joseph Uhalt
(From former location and owner of WDSU-AM)
WDTN DayToN, OH
WDTV Named after the original WDTV in Pittsburgh (now KDKA-TV)
WDVM District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland
WEAU EAU Claire, WI
WECP ECP = Airport code for Panama City Airport
WEEK Random calls that were easy to remember
WEHT Evansville Henderson Telvision
WEIU Eastern Illinois University
WENY Elmira, NY
WESH W. Wright EScH
(Original licensee)
WETM Elmira Times Mirror
(Former owner)
WEUX EaU Claire FOX
WEVV EVansVille, IN
WEWS Edward Willis Scripps
(Owner, Scripps-Howard)
WFAA Working For All Alike
WFFF FOX Fourty-Four
WFIE First In Evansville
WFLA FLoridA
WFLD FieLD Communications
(Original owner)
WFMJ William F. Maag, Jr.
(Former owner)
WFNA Florida aNd Alabama
WFOR Channel 4
WFRV Fox River Valley
WFSB Frederick Sessions Beebe
(Former publisher of the Washington Post)
WFSM Ft. SMith, AK
WFTC We're Fox Twin Cities
WFTS Family Television Station
(Original owner)
WFXB FoX Myrtle Beach
WFXP FoX Pennsylvania
WFXR FOX Roanoke, VA
WFXU FOX UHF
(Former affiliation)
WGAL Wonderful Garden's At Lancaster
(Former slogan)
WGBA Green Bay-Appleton, WI
WGBH Great Blue Hill
(Original location of transmitter)
WGCL Georgia's CLear News
(Clear News = Newscast name)
WGEM Quincy is the GEM City
WGFL Gainesville, FL
WGGB Guy Gannett Broadcasting
(Former owner; no relation to Gannett Company, Inc.)
WGHP Greensboro-High Point, NC
WGME Guy Gannett, MainE
(Former owner; no relation to Gannett Company, Inc.)
WGN World's Greatest Newspaper
WGNO We've Got New Orleans
(Former slogan)
WGNT Greater Norfolk Television
WGNX Georgia's News at 10
WGR George Rand
(Owner)
WGRZ Owner George Rand and Z looks like a 2
WGTA Greenville To Atlanta
(Coverage area)
WGTQ Grand Traverse Quality
WGTU Grand Traverse UHF
WHAS We Have A Signal
WHBQ We Have Better Quartets
(Former slogan)
WHDF Huntsville Decatur Florence
WHEC Hickson Electric Company
(Original owner of WHEC-AM)
WHIO OHIO
WHKY HicKorY, NC
WHNT HuNTsville, AL
WHOA Heart Of Alabama
WHOI The Heart Of Illinois
(Former slogan)
WHP Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
WHSV Harrisonburg Shenandoah Valley or
Harrisonburg/Staunton, Virginia
WHTM Harrisburg Times-Mirror
(Former owner)
WIAT It's About Time
(Former slogan)
WICZ Henry GuzeWICZ (Former owner)
WIFR Wisconsin, Illinois, Freeport, Rockford
WILM WILMington, NC
WILX Derived from WILS radio: Ingham County, Lansing; Channel 10
WIPM Wonderful Island of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
WIPR Wonderful Island of Puerto Rico
WIRT Iron Range Television
WIS Wonderful Iodine State
WISC WISConsin
WISN WISconsiN
WITI Independent Television, Inc.
(Original owner)
WITN EyeWITNess News (Slogan)
WIVB Channel 4 Buffalo
WIXT Channel 9 Television
WJAN SherJAN Broadcasting
(Original owner's former name)
WJAR Randomly assigned by the FCC
WJAX JAXonville = Jacksonville
WJBF J. B. Fuqua
(Former owner)
WJCL Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr.
(Original owner)
WJFW Jasper F. Williams
(Former owner)
WJHG James Harrison Gray, Sr.
(Original owner)
WJHL John H. Lancaster
(Founder of WJHL radio)
WJKS JacKSonville, FL
WJLA Joseph L. Albritton
(Former owner)
WJMN Jane Morton Norton
(Member of former ownership family)
WJSU Jacksonville State University
WJXT JaXsonville (Jacksonville) Television
WJXX JXX sounds like "Jacksonville"
WKBD Kaiser Broadcasting Detroit
(Original owner)
WKBW Well Known Bible Witness
(Original radio station owner who was an Evangelical)
WKEF Kathryn E. Flynn
(Secretary -- and later wife -- of original owner)
WKJG Kunkle-Journal Gazette
(Kunkle was the newspaper owner and station founder)
WKMG Katherine Meyer Graham
(Owner)
WKOW KOW = Cow
(Reference to Wisconsin dairy farms)
WKPT KingsPorT, TN
WKRC Kodel Radio Company
WKRG Kenneth R. Giddens
(Original owner)
WKRN Knight-Ridder Nashville
(Former owner)
WKTV Kallet TeleVision
(Original owner)
WKXT KnoXville, Tennessee
WKYT KentuckY Television
WKZO KalamaZOo, MI
WLAX LA Crosse (X = Cross[e])
WLBT Lamar Broadcasting Television
(Former owner)
WLEX LEXington, KY
WLFI LaFayette, Indiana
WLFL Light For Living
(Former slogan)
WLII Lorimar-Telepictues 11 (Former owner)
WLIO LIma, Ohio
WLJC Wonderful Lord Jesus Christ
WLJT Lexington / Jackson, Tennessee
WLKY Louisville, KY
WLNE We Love New England
(Former slogan)
WLNS LaNSing, MI
WLNY Long Island, NY
WLOX BiLOXi, MS
WLS World's Largest Store
(Once owned by Sears)
WLTZ Lewis Television Zenith
(Former owner, J. Curtis Lewis)
WLUK LUcKy 11
WLVI Channel 56
WLWT World's Largest Wireless Television
WLYH Lancaster/Lebanon-York-Harrisburg, PA
WMAL Dr. M. A. Leese
(Owner)
WMAQ WilliaM A. Quinn
(Publisher of Chicago Daily News)
WMAR MARyland
WMAZ Watch Mercer Attain Zenith
WMBB World's Most Beautiful Beaches
WMBC Mountain Broadcasting Corporation
(Owner)
WMBD World's Most Beautiful Drive
(Former location of radio station)
WMBF Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC
WMC Memphis Commercial-Appeal
(Newspaper, owner)
WMDN MeriDiaN, MS
WMDO MunDO = world in Spanish
WMFD MansFielD, OH
WMKG MusKeGon, MI
WMLW MiLWaukee, WI
WMNN Michigan News Network
WMPB Maryland Public Broadcasting
WMSN MadiSoN, WI
WMTV Watch Madison TeleVision
WMTW MT. Washington
WMUR Francis P. MURphy
(Original owner)
WMYA MYNetworkTV Anderson
WMYD MYNetworkTV Detroit
WMYO MYNetworkTV Ohio Valley
(Former affiliation)
WMYT MYNetwork Television
(Former affiliation)
WNBC National Broadcasting Company
WNBJ NBC for Jackson
WNCF Where News Comes First
(Former slogan)
WNCN We're North Carolina's News
WNDU Notre Dame University
(Former owner)
WNDY INDY = Indianapolis
WNEG NorthEast Georgia
WNEM NorthEastern Michigan Corporation
(Original owner)
WNEP NorthEast Pennsylvania
WNHT New Hampshire Television
WNNE Northern New England
WNPL NaPLes, FL
WNTZ NaTcheZ, MS
WNUV NUVision, Inc.
(Original owner)
WNWO NorthWest, Ohio
WNYA New York Albany
WNYF Watertown, New York's FOX
WNYT New York Television
WOAI World Of Agricultural Information
(Former slogan)
WOAY Intended to be WOAK (OAK Hill, WV) but application was misread by the FCC
WOFL Orlando, FL
WOHL OHio Lima
WOIO OhIO
WORA Oeste (West) Alfredo Ramirez de Arellano
(Original owner)
WOWK Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky
WOWT Woodman Of the World Television
(Original owner)
WPBF West Palm Beach Florida
WPBI Purdue Boilermakers Indiana
WPBN Paul Bunyan Network
WPCH PeaCHtree TV
(Station branding)
WPCW Pittsburgh CW
WPDE Pee DEe
(Region in Northeastern South Carolina)
WPFO Portland's FOx
WPGA Perry, GA
WPGH PittsburGH, PA
WPHL PHiLadelphia
WPKD Pittsburgh KD(KA)
("KD" is a reference to sister channel KDKA's branding identity)
WPLG Philip Leslie Graham
(Former owner)
WPMI Pensacola Mobile Independent
WPMT Pennsylvania Movie Time
(Showed mostly movies in the early '80s as an Independent station)
WPNT The PoiNT
(The confluence of the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela rivers in downtown Pittsburgh)
WPRI Providence, RI
WPSD Paducah Sun-Democrat
(Newspaper the Paxton family originally owned with the station)
WPSG Paramount Stations Group
(Former owner)
WPSU Pennsylvania State University
WPTF We Protect The Family
(Former slogan)
WPVI Philadephia Channel 6
WPXI Pittsburgh Channel 11
WQAD QuAD Cities
WRAL RALeigh-Durham, NC
WRCB Rust Craft Broadcasting
(Former owner)
WRDE Rehoboth Beach, DE
WRDM Ruzzier, D'Agostino, Minniti
(Former owners)
WRDW Where Radio Does Wonders
(Derived from sister station WRDW-AM)
WREX REX N. Caster
(In memory of founding station president L. E. Caster's son, killed in World War II)
WRGB W. R. G. Baker
(GE engineer)
WRIC RIChmond, VA
WRLH Richmond Loving and Hudson
(Gene Loving and Harvey Hudson were executives at former owner TVX Broadcast Group)
WRMD Radio MunDo
WROC ROChester, NY
WRTV We aRe TV
(We are TV)
WSAU WauSAU = Wausau
WSAV SAVannah, GA
WSAW WauSAW = Wausau
WSB Welcome South, Brother
WSBT South Bend Tribune
(Former owner)
WSEE SEE refers to the CBS Eye
(Affiliation)
WSFA With the South's Finest Airport
WSFL South FLorida
WSIL Southern ILlinois
WSIU Southern Illinois University
WSJN San JuaN
WSJV St. Joseph Valley
WSLS Shenandoah Life Station
(Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, original owner)
WSM We Shield Millions
(Slogan of former owner, National Life and Accident Insurance Company)
WSNN Suncoast News Network
WSOC Sounds Of Charlotte
(Former slogan)
WSPA SPArtanburg, SC
WSST Sunbelt-South Telecommunications
(Former owner)
WSTM Syracuse Times Mirror
(Former owner)
WSUR SUR = south in Spanish
WSVF Shenandoah Valley's FOX
WSVI United States Virgin Islands
WSVN Channel SeVeN
WSWG SouthWest Georgia
WSYR SYRacuse, NY
WSYX Channel 6
WTAJ Television for Altoona and Johnstown
WTAP With Total Area Programming
WTAT Terry A. Trousdale
(Original owner)
WTBM Telemundo BirminghaM
WTBS Turner Broadcasting System
WTCL Telemundo CLeveland
WTEN Channel 10
WTHI Theater Hulman, Inc.
(Original owner; although Terre Haute, IN works as well)
WTHR Channel THiRteen
WTHV Telemundo HuntsVille
WTIC Travelers Insurance Company
(Owner)
WTLH TaLlaHassee
WTLV Channel TweLVe
WTMJ The Milwaukee Journal
(Newspaper)
WTMO TeleMundo Orlando or TeleMundO
WTNH Welcome To New Haven
WTNZ TeNnesee
WTOC Welcome To Our City
WTOL TOLedo, OH
WTOM Top Of Michigan
WTOV We're Television for the Ohio Valley
WTSP Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
WTTE Television Twenty-Eight
WTTG T. T. Goldsmith
(Head of DuMont engineering)
WTTO Television Twenty-One
WTTV Sarkes Tarzian TeleVision
(Original owner)
WTVA Tennessee Valley Authority
WTVD TeleVision Durham
WTVF TeleVision Five
WTVM TeleVision Martin
(Named after Martin Theaters)
WTVR We're TeleVision Richmond
WTVT Walter Tison and Virginia Tison
(Owners)
WTWO Channel 2
WUAB United Artists Broadcasting
(Former owner)
WUDT Univision DeTroit
WUHF UHF broadcast band
WUJX Univision JaXonville (Jacksonville)
WUNI Univision Nueva Inglaterra
(New England)
WUPA UPN Atlanta
(Former affiliation)
WUPV UPN Virginia
(Former affiliation)
WUSA Former owner Gannett also owned "USA Today"
WUSI Variation of WSIU (Southern Illinois University)
WUTR UTica-Rome, NY
WUVA UniVersity of Alabama
WUVC UniVision Carolina
WUVG UniVision Georgia
WUVN UniVisioN
WUVP UniVision Philadelphia
WVAH West Virginia, Almost Heaven
WVEC We Value Each Customer
(Former slogan)
WVFX West Virginia's FoX
WVGN VirGiN Islands
WVII Channel 7
WVIR VIRginia
WVIT Viacom, Inc. Television
(Former owner)
WVLA Vetter LouisianA
(Former owner)
WVLT VoLunTeer Television
(Slogan)
WVNY Vermont / New York
WVTM Vulcan Times Mirror
(Former owner)
WVTT Voice of the Twin Tiers
WVUA Voice of the University of Alabama
(Reference to slogan of WVUA-FM)
WVUT Vincennes University Television
WVVA West Virginia and VirginiA
WWCP West-Central Pennsylvania
WWJ W. J. Scripps
(of Scripps-Howard)
WWL World Wide Loyola
(Loyola University in New Orleans founded the station)
WWLP William L. Putnam
(Original owner)
WWMB We're Myrtle Beach
(Former slogan)
WWMT We're West Michigan Television
(Former slogan)
WWNY Watertown, NY
WWSB Sarasota and Bradenton, FL
WWTI Watertown / Thousand Islands
WWTV Water Wonderland's TeleVision
WWUP Water Wonderland's Upper Peninsula
WXIA Channel 11 Atlanta
WXII Channel 12
WXIX Channel 19
WXLT Channel 40 Television
WXLV Channel 45
WXVT Channel 15 Television
WXXV Channel 25
WXYZ "The Last Word In Broadcasting"
WYCW Your CW
(Station branding)
WYFF Your Friend Four
(Former slogan)
WYFX Youngstown FoX
WYKE YanKEetown, FL
WYMT We're Your Mountain Television
(Slogan)
WYTU YTU = y tú ("and you" in Spanish)
WYTV Youngstown TeleVision
WZAW WauZAW = Wausau
WZDC ZGS Broadcast Holdings Washington, DC
(Former owner)
WZVN Channel 7
WZZM Chosen because the calls look the same upside down

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