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  NPBA Home Page > Station Call Letters Directory > Alphabetical List: WA - WZ

Key:

  • E- Euphony: Sound of call letters, perhaps spelling a word
  • F- Frequency: Call letters related in some way to dial position
  • O- Ownership Related: Initials or name of [original] licensee
  • L- Location Related: Pertaining to geographic feature, region or city
  • S- Slogan: Promotional phrase, often reflecting licensee

WHIL-FM (Mobile AL): Spring HILl College [O]

WHIQ-TV (Huntsville, AL): Huntsville, IQ: meaning unknown [L]

WHLA-TV/FM (La Crosse, WI): "WH" and "LA for LA Crosse [L]

WHMC (Conway, SC): meaning unknown

WHND (Sister Bay, WI): "WH" and "ND" for "Northern Door" County

WHRM-TV (Wausau, WI): "WH" and "RM" for Rib Mountain, upon which the transmitter sits [L]

WHRS-FM (Cookeville, TN): meaning unknown

WHSA-FM (Brule, WI): "WH" and "SA" because it is near major cities Superior and Ashland. [L]

WHUS-FM (Storrs, CT): University of Connecticut school teams are "UConn Huskies". Station called itself the "HUSky" network [S]

WHWC (Menomonie-Eau Claire, WI): "WH" and "WC" for "West Central" Wisconsin

WHYY-FM/TV (Philadelphia, PA): Wider Horizons for You and Yours [S]

WIIQ-TV (Demopolis, AL): meaning unknown

WILL-AM/FM/TV (Urbana, IL): University of ILLinois [O]

WIPA-FM (Pittsfield, IL): University of Illinois Institute for Public Affairs [O]

WIPB-TV (Muncie, IN): Indiana Public Broadcasting [L]

WITF-FM/TV (Harrisburg, PA): It's Top Flight [S]

WIUM-FM (Macomb, IL): Illinois University - Macomb [O, L]

WIUW-FM (Warsaw, IL): Illinois University - Warsaw [O, L]

WJAB-FM (Huntsville, AL): meaning unknown

WJAZ-FM (Harrisburg, PA): jazz (format)

WJCT-FM (Jacksonville, FL): JaCksonville Television [L]

WJFF-FM (Jeffersonville, NY): JeFFersonville [L]

WJHU-FM (Baltimore, MD): John Hopkins University [O]

WJSP-FM (Atlanta, GA): meaning unknown

WJSU-FM (Jackson, MS): Jackson State University [O]

WJWJ (Beaufort, SC): meaning unknown

WKAR-FM/WKAR-TV (East Lansing, MI): no meaning

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