"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:
"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
The correct answer is that there are no 6 letter calls in the US. When
the stations with the KCBS call legally identify themselves, it is done
as "KCBS [COL]" Legal station ID's do not have the AM/FM/TV suffix, nor
even the frequency/channel of operation.

That is 100% incorrect. If there are an AM, and FM and a TV with the same
first 4 letters of the calls, the license of the FM says "WXXX-FM" and
the TV is "WXXX-TV." The legal ID is not legal if "FM" or "TV" are not
read (or visualed in TV) are not part of the ID. In fact, many FMs that
used to share calls with an AM that later changed to other calls are
still "WXXX-FM" even if there is no AM with the same calls.

It should be noted that the FCC allows a station to call itself anything
it wants, as long as it uses the right call letters at the top of the
hour. Channel 2 can call itself "KCBS-TV", "KCBS", "CBS 2", "Channel 2",
or even "KNXT"* as long as it announces "KCBS-TV, Los Angeles" in their
hourly ID. On a TV station, that ID may be visual or aural -- it doesn't
have to be both -- so they could verbally announce "KCBS, Los Angeles" as
long as it said "KCBS-TV Los Angeles" on the ID slide.

Most interesting is when stations, like several Clear Channel AMs in FL that
call themselves WFLA while those calls are only on the Tampa station they
own.