KLOS and other radio station names in USA

[Sid70]

Just curious WTF? Why dont you call radio stations real names but silly GFTO or simiar?

[d-null]

I'm not sure I understand the question exactly?

[d-null]

the stations that names start with "K" or "W" are assigned those letters from the FCC, and the K or W signifies that it is USA, for Canada they start with "C"

[NaughtyRob]

Yeah usually W is in the east like WAMO
And K in the west like KROQ

[DBS.US]

Proper format of identification
>>Radio
Radio stations are required to verbally identify themselves each hour; they must announce their legal call sign followed immediately by the station?s community of license. Though many radio stations use their call sign (either full or partially) in their branding, the full call sign must always be used in the legal ID. Additionally, the call sign must be spelled out; for example, Seattle, Washington radio station KOMO, though their branding includes the call sign pronounced as "KO-MO", must legally identify themselves as "K-O-M-O, Seattle.? If a station?s call sign includes a suffix (which is more common with FM stations), the station must include the suffix in their identification (e.g. ?WLWK-FM, Milwaukee?). Although it is not required, some radio stations will also announce their frequency or dial setting during the station identification.
Some stations include in their legal ID a larger nearby city that they serve but is not their city of license (e.g. "WSNE-FM, Taunton/Providence"); some even go so far as to downplay their actual city of license in favor of the more major city it serves (e.g. WKTU, which mentions their city of license, Lake Success, very quickly and with less inflection before the much more prominent New York). This is acceptable as long as the first city mentioned immediately after the call sign is the station's city of license. FCC rule 73.1201 specifies that "a station may include in its official station identification the name of any additional community or communities, but the community to which the station is licensed must be named first."
Some stations broadcast on more than one frequency, including low-power stations, and are required to announce these identifications as well; however, stations do not have to announce all translators each hour, but instead must ID them 3 times per day. All translators must be identified between 7am-9am, 12:55pm-1:05pm, and 4pm-6pm. [3]
As noted above, FCC regulations dictate that the community of license must immediately follow the call sign, and announcers need to be careful to avoid adding additional words between the two. Therefore, a station can present their ID as, "This is WXXX, Anytown," but not "This is WXXX, based in Anytown" (which is not acceptable because of the inclusion of "based in" between call sign and city of license); additionally, an ID of "WXXM, Madison/Sun Prairie" is not allowed (since that station is licensed to Sun Prairie, it must ID themselves as "WXXM, Sun Prairie/Madison"). Certain NOAA Weather Radio stations, however, have been allowed to insert the word "in" between the call sign and the city of license (e.g. "This is KEB98 in Buffalo and WWG32 in Little Valley").
Some radio stations employ or have employed creative ways of announcing station identification that are legal. For instance, KMRI in Salt Lake City, Utah, when they operated under the KRPN call sign, identified itself as "WKRP N Salt Lake City"?a manner allowable by the FCC even though the "W" was extra and the "N" served as a homophone for the word "in" (if "K-R-P-N, Salt Lake City" was spoken, the ID was legal).

[Sid70]

Originally Posted by NaughtyRob

Yeah usually W is in the east like WAMO
And K in the west like KROQ

In Europe they have names, like Radio Heart, Rocks, Gaga, Music Radio....

[Sid70]

Originally Posted by d-null

I'm not sure I understand the question exactly?

whats your mumble - rumble?

[NaughtyRob]

In the USA each city has many many stations.

Originally Posted by Sid70

In Europe they have names, like Radio Heart, Rocks, Gaga, Music Radio....

[garce]

Originally Posted by DBS.US

Proper format of identification
>>Radio
Radio stations are required to verbally identify themselves each hour; they must announce their legal call sign followed immediately by the station?s community of license. Though many radio stations use their call sign (either full or partially) in their branding, the full call sign must always be used in the legal ID. Additionally, the call sign must be spelled out; for example, Seattle, Washington radio station KOMO, though their branding includes the call sign pronounced as "KO-MO", must legally identify themselves as "K-O-M-O, Seattle.? If a station?s call sign includes a suffix (which is more common with FM stations), the station must include the suffix in their identification (e.g. ?WLWK-FM, Milwaukee?). Although it is not required, some radio stations will also announce their frequency or dial setting during the station identification.
Some stations include in their legal ID a larger nearby city that they serve but is not their city of license (e.g. "WSNE-FM, Taunton/Providence"); some even go so far as to downplay their actual city of license in favor of the more major city it serves (e.g. WKTU, which mentions their city of license, Lake Success, very quickly and with less inflection before the much more prominent New York). This is acceptable as long as the first city mentioned immediately after the call sign is the station's city of license. FCC rule 73.1201 specifies that "a station may include in its official station identification the name of any additional community or communities, but the community to which the station is licensed must be named first."
Some stations broadcast on more than one frequency, including low-power stations, and are required to announce these identifications as well; however, stations do not have to announce all translators each hour, but instead must ID them 3 times per day. All translators must be identified between 7am-9am, 12:55pm-1:05pm, and 4pm-6pm. [3]
As noted above, FCC regulations dictate that the community of license must immediately follow the call sign, and announcers need to be careful to avoid adding additional words between the two. Therefore, a station can present their ID as, "This is WXXX, Anytown," but not "This is WXXX, based in Anytown" (which is not acceptable because of the inclusion of "based in" between call sign and city of license); additionally, an ID of "WXXM, Madison/Sun Prairie" is not allowed (since that station is licensed to Sun Prairie, it must ID themselves as "WXXM, Sun Prairie/Madison"). Certain NOAA Weather Radio stations, however, have been allowed to insert the word "in" between the call sign and the city of license (e.g. "This is KEB98 in Buffalo and WWG32 in Little Valley").
Some radio stations employ or have employed creative ways of announcing station identification that are legal. For instance, KMRI in Salt Lake City, Utah, when they operated under the KRPN call sign, identified itself as "WKRP N Salt Lake City"?a manner allowable by the FCC even though the "W" was extra and the "N" served as a homophone for the word "in" (if "K-R-P-N, Salt Lake City" was spoken, the ID was legal).

Cut and paste without reading really sucks. Nice formatting. Really makes the information you're presenting accessible. Good job!

[Sunny Day]

Many U.S. radio & TV stations try and get call letters that they will nickname or it stands for their location

KLOS - LOS is short for Los Angeles
WLS in Chicago is World's Largest Store, originally owned by Sears
WHB in Kansas City used World's Happiest Broadcasters
KCFX - in Kansas City is The Fox
KCHO -in Chico California
WMT -Waterloo Iowa - Waterloo Morning Tribune - many radio stations were/are owned by newspapers when radio went commercial

Kind of like having a vanity auto license plate

[Dvae]

Originally Posted by NaughtyRob

Yeah usually W is in the east like WAMO
And K in the west like KROQ

If thats the case how do you explain KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA?

[brassmonkey]

98 kupd i like to rock

[$5 submissions]

Has something to do with regulations......

BTW, my fave station names

KXLU KCRW

[Sunny Day]

Originally Posted by Dvae

If that the case how do you explain KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA?

http://earlyradiohistory.us/kwtrivia.htm
Explains the few exceptions to the rules


A crazy old radio station was KFKB - Kansas First Kansas Best
Started by Dr Brinkley in the early days of radio used it to advertise to clinic for impotent men, where he treated them with goat glands. To avoid trouble with the FCC & the FDA, he moved his radio & clinic to Mexico with the most powerful radio available. Ads on his radio always had you send money to a P.O. Box in Del Rio Texas

[Sid70]

Originally Posted by NaughtyRob

In the USA each city has many many stations.

Are you stupid?