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NomadicSky
March 5th, 2007, 07:08 PM
What if in 1923, The Federal Communications Commission stated that all new radio stations east of the Mississippi River would use "K" as the first letter and stations west of the Mississippi would use "W"?
Dan1988
March 5th, 2007, 07:15 PM
Well, then it would make sense for KDKA to be as is.

What I think could be very interesting is if the CBC was launched BEFORE US radio. Now THAT would make for an interesting TL. After all, the original purpose for the CBC was to make Canadians listen to more of their own instead of relying on US networks for radio - thank you Aird Commission!
NomadicSky
March 6th, 2007, 01:25 AM
Well, then it would make sense for KDKA to be as is.
That's where I got the idea from
1940LaSalle
March 6th, 2007, 02:09 AM
Apart from juggling call letters, probably not a lot of consequence.

Trivia time: did you know that there were (maybe still are, for all I know) three radio stations in Newfoundland whose call letters begin with V? Those were/are ostensibly holdovers from Newfoundland's days as a crown colony, prior to joining the confederation in 1949.

Afterword: Those stations survive! According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOWR_(AM) there are four, not three such stations; VOWR itself dates back to 1924.
Wendell
March 6th, 2007, 02:53 AM
There are stations in which the particular call letters are used to represent the town name.
1940LaSalle
March 6th, 2007, 03:06 AM
There are stations in which the particular call letters are used to represent the town name.

Case in point: WBAL in Baltimore, MD. A similar representation arises from ownership by a particular commercial concern: e.g., WJAC (Johnstown, PA) was originally owned/operated by the Johnstown Automobile Company.
Wendell
March 6th, 2007, 03:18 AM
Case in point: WBAL in Baltimore, MD. A similar representation arises from ownership by a particular commercial concern: e.g., WJAC (Johnstown, PA) was originally owned/operated by the Johnstown Automobile Company.

I'm not certain, but I think some Washington or other "W" locales use their call sign to have a locational meaning in their name. For example, there's WASH (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASH) in Washington, D.C.
DuQuense
March 6th, 2007, 06:32 AM
WSUN-- St. Petersburg =Why stay up North.


I still wonder about WI more Long Wave [100~550] stations in the US [pre WW2], or WI FM2 [108~138] had survived.

I think a more interesting WI may be WI no FCC, and Government interference, in the Radio Band division.