[Scan-DC] Call Letters Question

Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:50:29 -0400

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From: "fourwd1" <[email protected]>
To: "SCAN DC" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Call Letters Question

> Like WBAL-AM and WBAL-FM, and WBAL-TV here in Baltimore.

Actually there are *no* -AM callsigns.  The AM station is just WBAL.  -FM
and -TV are however sometimes part of callsigns  to avoid confusion.
The following FM calls are for example valid:

WBQB (its call is not WBQB-FM)
WYSK-FM (its calls is not WYSK)
Similarly for TV, some calls are -TV and some are not.
But there are no -AM calls though some newspapers, etc. think so.

A check of FCC rules and database will show the above to be true.