[DOC] [TLE] Why Do Some Radio Stations Begin With 'K' and Others With 'W ... [PAR] Jan 6, 2012 ... "I live in [your state here], which should use call signs with a [K or W], but ... Most 
Canadian amateur radio call signs begin with "VE" or "VO". ... Stations that use 3 
letters are usually the oldest. WGN is one of the oldest. One could say that West 
of the Mississippi uses Kxxx and East uses Wxxx as a reference. [DOC] [TLE] W's and K's - The History of Radio and Television Call Letters | Primer [PAR] Feb 9, 2010 ... ... not only has a 4-letter identification but that most of them either start with a W ... 
start their call names with 'W'; stations west of the Mississippi River were ... with 
call names that begin with a K east of the Mississippi and two of... [DOC] [TLE] Call signs in North America - Wikipedia [PAR] Call signs are frequently still used by North American broadcast stations, in 
addition to amateur radio and other international radio stations that continue to... [DOC] [TLE] The Why (and Where) of U.S. Radio's K and W Call Signs | Big Think [PAR] Of course, some cookies can crumble in more than one way. Not only is Germany 
still digesting ... West of the Mississippi, all radio stations have call signs 
beginning with K. East of the river, all call signs start with W [5]. The origin of the 
division... [DOC] [TLE] Counting Principles Help II!? | Yahoo Answers [PAR] Mar 9, 2009 ... Typically radio stations are identified four "call letters". Radio stations east of the 
Mississippi River have call letters that start with the letter W and radio stations 
west of the Mississippi River have call ... There are six people. [DOC] [TLE] Where did the "W" and "K" call letters come from? - Broadcast History [PAR] Original DOC policy was all combinations beginning with the letter N were ... The 
dividing line between "W" and "K" for land stations was out in the west, ... of "W" 
east of the Mississippi River (as the "logically easiest place" to call the ... It has 
worked, more or less, aside from areas like Minneapolis, which straddle the river. [DOC] [TLE] Q & A: The Mystery of K and W Call Letters - Television Obscurities [PAR] Nov 16, 2009 ... Question: Why do television stations east of the Mississippi have call letters 
starting ... I get a lot of e-mails from people asking me about television shows, ... 
Mississippi generally start with W, and west of the Mississippi start... [DOC] [TLE] Why is it that American radio stations names always seem to start ... [PAR] Only those stations west of the Mississippi river start with 'K'. The eastern stations 
generally begin with 'W'. But I still don't know why. Brian, San Diego, USA. The '
names' were/are originally call-signs, allocated by the US government. ... will start 
with either a K (most stations in the west) or a W (most stations in the east). [DOC] [TLE] Mississippi boundary on radio call letters has many exceptions ... [PAR] Mar 18, 2016 ... while those west of the Mississippi begin with K (KMOX, KXOK, ... Q: I have 
been telling people that the call letters of all radio stations east of the Mississippi 
... But at that time, the K/W boundary generally ran north from the... [DOC] [TLE] Radio Call Letters: Interesting Thing of the Day [PAR] Jul 10, 2006 ... In the U.S., radio stations west of the Mississippi have call letters starting with K, 
while those east of the Mississippi start with W. Except for the ones that don't. ... 
As in: why do so many people have a radio on so much of the time? ... The station 
we usually listened to was KDKA, which happened to be both... [DOC] [TLE] What are the origins and purposes of the naming conventions for US

Question: Call letters east of the Mississippi generally start with W; in the west, most start with this
Answer: K