[Elecraft] OT: W vs K broadcast station callsigns

[hawley, charles j jr]

“Beginning with the introduction of licensing in late 1912, the standard practice had been to assign call letters<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_sign> starting with "W" to radio stations east of the Mississippi River. However, KDKA happened to receive its assignment during a short period during which land stations were being issued call letters from a sequential block of "K" call letters that had previously been assigned only to ship stations. Although the original policy was restored a few months later, KDKA was permitted to keep its non-standard call sign.[11]<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDKA_%28AM%29#cite_note-11>”

Chuck Jack Hawley
KE9UW

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On Oct 6, 2020, at 12:36 PM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:

So how did KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pa become a Western callsign?

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/6/2020 1:04 PM, alan at elecraft.com wrote:
More than you ever wanted to know about the convention of giving "W" callsigns to broadcast stations east of the Mississippi and "K" callsigns to the west:
https://earlyradiohistory.us/kwtrivia.htm
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