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Call Signs

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KBSG

KIRO-FM, a radio station (97.3 FM) licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States, which held the call signs KBSG from February 1988 to July 1989 and KBSG-FM from July 1989 to August 2008

KCST

KNSD, a television station (digital channel 40) licensed to San Diego, California, United States, which held the call signs KCST or KCST-TV from 1968 to 1988

KCUB

KWBY-FM, a radio station (98.5 FM) licensed to Ranger, Texas, United States, which held the call signs KCUB or KCUB-FM from 1990 to 2011

KDUB

KFXB-TV, a television station (channel 40) licensed to serve Dubuque, Iowa, which used the call signs KDUB or KDUB-TV until August 1995

KLOR-TV

KPTV, channel 12 in Portland, Oregon, which used the KLOR-TV call signs from 1955 to 1957

KOFY

20 KOFY-TV San Francisco, California (FCC facility ID #51189), a television station that formerly used the call signs KBWB and KTZO

KUFO

KXL-FM, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to Portland, Oregon, United States, which used the call signs KUFO and KUFO-FM from 1990 to 2011

Location identifier

Three-letter identifiers are assigned as radio call signs to aeronautical navigation aids; to airports with a manned air traffic control facility or navigational aid within airport boundary; to airports that receive scheduled route air carrier or military airlift service, and to airports designated by the United States Customs Service as Airports of Entry.

Sky Kid

In Namco's Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, three allied pilots have the call signs "Sky Kid," "Red Baron," and "Blue Max."

Soviet spacecraft call signs

Pavel Popovich and Andriyan Nikolayev's call signs in their joint flight in Vostok-3 and Vostok-4, Sokol ("falcon") and Berkut ("golden eagle"), were widely popularized by soviet media.

WBKA

WMNO-CA, a low-power television station (channel 22) licensed to Bucyrus, Ohio, United States that held the call signs WBKA-LP or WBKA-CA from 1995 to 2009

WBMX

WVAZ, a radio station (102.7 FM) licensed to Oak Park, Illinois, United States, which used the call signs WBMX and WBMX-FM until 1988

WBZ-FM, a radio station (98.5 FM) licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which used the call signs WBMX-FM and WBMX from 1991 to 2009

WCIE

WKES, a radio station (91.1 FM) licensed to Lakeland, Florida, which held the call signs WCIE from 1975 to 1988 and WCIE-FM from 1988 to 1997

WCWB

WMGT-TV, a television station (channel 41 analog/40 digital) licensed to Macon, Georgia, United States, which used the call signs WCWB or WCWB-TV from 1968 to December 1983

WDCO

WMUM-TV, a television station (channel 7) licensed to Cochran, Georgia, United States, which held the call signs WDCO or WDCO-TV until 2006

WEGI

WRND-FM, a radio station (94.3 FM) licensed to Oak Grove, Kentucky, United States, which held the call signs WEGI and WEGI-FM from 2004 to 2013

WGCL

WNCX, a radio station (98.5 FM) licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, which used the call signs WGCL and WGCL-FM until October 1986

WHMM

WHUT-TV, a television station (channel 32) licensed to Washington, D.C., United States, which used the call signs WHMM and WHMM-TV until January 1998

WKDN

WKVP, a radio station (106.9 FM) licensed to Camden, New Jersey, United States, which used the call signs WKDN-FM and WKDN from 1959 to 2012

WMYJ

WDCK, a radio station (88.9 FM) licensed to serve Oolitic, Indiana, which held the call signs WMYJ or WMYJ-FM from 2005 to 2013

WRLM

WSNE-FM, a radio station (93.3 FM) licensed to Taunton, Massachusetts, United States, which used the call signs WRLM and WRLM-FM from 1966 until 1980

WSPY

WLPD-CD, a low-power television station (channel 35, virtual 30) licensed to serve Plano, Illinois, which held the call signs WSPY-LD or WSPY-CD from 2011 to 2013

WSYR-FM

For several years, the WSYR-FM call signs had been parked on the current WPHR-FM (FM 94.7) in Gifford, Florida.

As of December 27, Clear Channel has filed to swap call signs with WSYR-FM in Gifford, Florida.

WTSN

WYYW-CD, a television station (channel 36) licensed to serve Evansville, Indiana, United States, which held the call signs WTSN-LP, WTSN-LD, or WTSN-CD from 2009 to 2012

WUPE

WBEC-FM, a radio station (95.9 FM) licensed to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States, which used the call signs WUPE-FM and WUPE from 1977 until 2006

WVHU

Before becoming WKEE, the station was known as WHTN and it was under those call signs that comedian Soupy Sales began his career as a writer and disc jockey.

WXJO

In March 2000, the station changed call signs to the current WXJO, previously used on what is now WFUN-FM 95.5 Bethalto, Illinois.

WXOB-LP

In 1998, the call signs were changed to WBOX, the station serving as a repeater affiliate for The Box music channel, which was later replaced by MTV2 in 2000.

YV

YV, the ITU prefix for Venezuela, used in amateur radio call signs and aircraft registration numbers