List of three-letter broadcast callsigns in the United States
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This is a list of three-letter broadcast callsigns in the United States.
Most primary United States radio and television broadcasters have four-letter callsigns, like WNEW. However, a number of early broadcasters still have a license with a three-letter callsign. Such a short callsign is generally an indication of the long-time existence of the station. The suffix does not count, only the base callsign. Stations which formerly had three letters but have since changed are not currently listed.
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- KEX - Portland, Oregon
- KFH - Wichita, Kansas (AM/FM)
- KFI - Los Angeles, California
- KGA - Spokane, Washington
- KGO - San Francisco, California
- KGU - Honolulu, Hawaii
- KGY - Olympia, Washington (AM/FM)
- KHJ - Los Angeles, California
- KID - Idaho Falls, Idaho (AM/FM)
- KIT - Yakima, Washington
- KJR - Seattle, Washington (AM/FM)
- KLO - Ogden, Utah
- KLZ - Denver, Colorado
- KMA - Shenandoah, Iowa
- KMJ - Fresno, California
- KNX - Los Angeles, California
- KOA - Denver, Colorado
- KOY - Phoenix, Arizona
- KPQ - Wenatchee, Washington (AM/FM)
- KQV - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- KSL - Salt Lake City, Utah
- KUJ - Walla Walla, Washington (AM/FM)
- KVI - Seattle, Washington
- KWG - Stockton, California
- KXL - Portland, Oregon
- KXO - El Centro, California (AM/FM)
- KYW - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (AM/TV)
- WBT - Charlotte, North Carolina (AM/FM)
- WBZ - Boston, Massachusetts (AM/TV)
- WDZ - Decatur, Illinois
- WEW - St. Louis, Missouri
- WGH - Newport News, Virginia (AM/FM)
- WGL - Fort Wayne, Indiana
- WGN - Chicago, Illinois (AM/TV)
- WGR - Buffalo, New York
- WGY - Schenectady, New York
- WHA - Madison, Wisconsin (AM/TV)
- WHB - Kansas City, Missouri
- WHK - Cleveland, Ohio
- WHO - Des Moines, Iowa (AM/TV)
- WHP - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania /(AM/TV)
- WIL - St. Louis, Missouri (AM/FM)
- WIP - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- WJR - Detroit, Michigan
- WKY - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- WLS - Chicago, Illinois (AM/TV)
- WLW - Cincinnati, Ohio
- WMC - Memphis, Tennessee (AM/FM/TV)
- WMT - Cedar Rapids, Iowa (AM/FM)
- WOC - Davenport, Iowa
- WOI - Ames, Iowa (AM/FM/TV)
- WOL - Washington, D.C.
- WOR - New York, New York
- WSB - Atlanta, Georgia (AM/FM/TV)
- WSM - Nashville, Tennessee (AM/FM)
- WWJ - Detroit, Michigan (AM/TV)
- WWL - New Orleans, Louisiana (AM/FM/TV)
- KDB-FM - Santa Barbara, California
- KFH-FM - Clearwater, Kansas (AM/FM)
- KGY-FM - McCleary, Washington (AM/FM)
- KGB-FM - San Diego, California
- KID-FM - Idaho Falls, Idaho (AM/FM)
- KJR-FM - Seattle, Washington (AM/FM)
- KPQ-FM - Wenatchee, Washington (AM/FM)
- KSD-FM - St. Louis, Missouri
- KUJ-FM - Walla Walla, Washington (AM/FM)
- KXO-FM - El Centro, California (AM/FM)
- WBT-FM - Chester, South Carolina (AM/FM)
- WGH-FM - Newport News, Virginia (AM/FM)
- WIL-FM - St. Louis, Missouri (AM/FM)
- WMC-FM - Memphis, Tennessee (AM/FM/TV)
- WMT-FM - Cedar Rapids, Iowa (AM/FM)
- WOI-FM - Ames, Iowa (AM/FM/TV)
- WRR - Dallas, Texas
- WSB-FM - Atlanta, Georgia (AM/FM/TV)
- WSM-FM - Nashville, Tennessee (AM/FM)
- WWL-FM - Kenner, Louisiana (AM/FM/TV)
As listed below, three TV stations with three-letter base callsigns no longer use the "-TV" suffix. These stations were previously co-owned with AM stations which originally used three-letter calls but have since adopted other callsigns; in this case the TV station is permitted, but not required, to drop the suffix.
- KGO-TV (7 analog/24 digital, ABC) - San Francisco, California
- KGW (8/46, NBC) - Portland, Oregon
- KHQ-TV (6/15, NBC) - Spokane, Washington
- KOB-TV (4/26, NBC) - Albuquerque, New Mexico
- KSL-TV (5/38, NBC) - Salt Lake City, Utah
- KYW-TV (3/26, CBS) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (AM/TV)
- WBZ-TV (4/30, CBS) - Boston, Massachusetts (AM/TV)
- WGN-TV (9/19, The WB/The CW) - Chicago, Illinois (AM/TV)
- WHA-TV (21/20, PBS) - Madison, Wisconsin (AM/TV)
- WHO-TV (13/19, NBC) - Des Moines, Iowa (AM/TV)
- WHP-TV (21/4, CBS) - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (AM/TV)
- WIS (10/41, NBC) - Columbia, South Carolina
- WJW (8/31, Fox) - Cleveland, Ohio
- WJZ-TV (13/38, CBS) - Baltimore, Maryland
- WLS-TV (7/52, ABC) - Chicago, Illinois (AM/TV)
- WMC-TV (5/52, NBC) - Memphis, Tennessee (AM/FM/TV)
- WOI-TV (5/59, ABC) - Ames, Iowa (AM/FM/TV)
- WRC-TV (4/48, NBC) - Washington, D.C.
- WSB-TV (2/39, ABC) - Atlanta, Georgia (AM/FM/TV)
- WWJ-TV (62/44, CBS) - Detroit, Michigan (AM/TV)
- WWL-TV (4/36, CBS) - New Orleans, Louisiana (AM/FM/TV)
- WWV - Fort Collins, Colorado — shortwave time signal data radio clock service operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology