Why do Bay Area TV broadcasting stations start with a "K"?!


Question: Why are Bay Area TV broadcast stations names start with a "K". For example you have KTVU, KRON, KPIX and KGO-TV. Is there a reason for it or not? I have always been fascinated by the names.


Answers: Why are Bay Area TV broadcast stations names start with a "K". For example you have KTVU, KRON, KPIX and KGO-TV. Is there a reason for it or not? I have always been fascinated by the names.
The dividing line is actually the Mississippi River, anything East of that starts with a W, except a station in Pittsburght, and everything West of that starts with a K, It might be interesting to know that in Canada, everything there starts with a C, except the far East, in some locations there, it starts with a V, also in Southern California, especially in San Diego, going South into Mexico, everything there starts with an X.
Television call letters, which is what the station 'names' are called, followed the historical pattern of radio stations. Call letters beginning with W were east of the Mississippi and anything to the West began with K. There have been a few exceptions to this rule, perhaps most notably Philadelphia's KYW, an industry pioneer.

An interesting article on the subject:

http://itotd.com/articles/579/radio-call...
It has been years since I took a course in radio broadcasting, but if memory serves, radio call letters were determined by geography. Everything west of something (perhaps the Mississippi River?) started with a "k." I could be way out in left field, but I am pretty sure it is geography. A basic book on radio broadcasting at the library would tell you for sure.


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