Mark Zenier wrote:
In article ,
Tester wrote:

Are the call letters KCBS the only example of their kind? KCBS is an
Infinity (CBS/Viacom) all newser on 740 kHz in San Francisco. KCB S-FM
(formerly KNX-FM) and KCBS-TV (formerly KNXT) are in Los Angeles.


As I understand it, the actual callsigns are KCBS-AM, KCBS-TV, KCBS-FM.
Three distinct calls. That's how calls show up in the FCC liscence database.
(Perhaps, without the '-').

That's pretty much right.

There is no -AM suffix - AM stations never have a suffix.

FM or TV stations *may* not have -FM or -TV suffixes, if they aren't
necessary to avoid conflicts. For example, LA's channel 4 is KNBC - not
KNBC-TV - because there is no KNBC(AM) or KNBC(FM).

However, a station might have a suffix even if it doesn't need it...
For example, channel 11 in Green Bay, which is WLUK-TV even though there
is no WLUK (AM) or WLUK (FM).

There is no KQED(AM), so channel 9 in San Francisco can be KQED, not
KQED-TV. There is however a KQED radio, on FM, so to avoid conflict
with the TV station (that was there first) it's KQED-FM.

Confused yet?grin
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