Radio call letters: What do they mean?
 

sd wrote:
In article ,
"Buzzygirl" wrote:

WCCO, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (830 KHz). W-C-CO stands for Washburn Crosby
Co.,
a milling company that eventually became the food giant, General Mills.

and KSTP-AM, -FM, and -TV, all based in STPaul, Minnesota;
KDIZ 1440, Radio Disney;
KBEM 88.5, Board of Education, Minneapolis (run by the school
district);
KMOJ 89.9, "MOJo", Soul, blues, gospel, reggae, jazz;
KNOW 91.1, Minnesota Public Radio's news/talk station;
WLTE 102.9, LiTE rock;
KZJK 104.1, another "Jack" format station;
KQQL, 107.9, "Cool 108"

A few I remember from living on Long Island:
WALK-AM & -FM, "Why run all over the dial? Walk for the best ...";
WYFA 1570, "Where Your Friends Are" (modified quietly after the
station was sold to "Where Are Your Friends?");
WBAB, BABylon, New York;
WUSB, University at Stony Brook (part of the NY State University
system);
and the "LI"s: WLIM, WLIR, WLIX, etc., (Long Island)

sd

Pretty creative use of four letters one of which has to begin with W or
K. Thanks for posting it.

WBIZ (business radio) and WEZY (easy listening) and WWDC (Washington,
DC), WAMU (American University) are a few that come to mind.