[Elecraft] OT: Call location

[Mike Morrow]

Ken wrote:

> Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were
> east of the Mississippi River.

No, most broadcast station calls starting with K were and are WEST of the Mississippi River.  A notable exception was KDKA in Pittsburg, PA, still going today on 1020 kHz.

> WFAA and WBAP in Ft Worth share a common studio and transmitter
> and split hours of call use.

There's quite a treatise on the history of US broadcast station call sign assignments here:

 https://earlyradiohistory.us/kwtrivia.htm

Mike / KK5F