| 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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