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| | Callsign (radio) - TheBestLinks.com - Station identification, Australia, B-52 Stratofortress, Boston, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The current practice by the FCC is to assign all stations either a 4-letter callsign, or a 4-letter callsign, followed by a dash and the two-letter class of station, such as -AM, -FM or -TV. |
 | | Stations having 3-letter callsigns, or stations with a K east of the Mississippi, or W on the west side, are grandfathered, and allowed to keep their current sign unless and until the station's ownership changes hands, but no new 3-letter assignments or "wrong side of the river" callsigns will be issued in the future. |
 | | Many stations choose a callsign that can be transformed into a name, such as Boston's WXKS, one of many stations that call themselves "KISS radio". |
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