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

WNPR-FM (Norwich, CT):

• Channel/Frequency -- 89.1
• Licensee Name: Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: National Public Radio [S]

WNPT-TV (Nashville, TN):

• Channel/Frequency -- 8
• Licensee Name: Nashville Public Television, Inc.
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Nashville Public Television [O]

WNSC-FM (Rock Hill, SC):

• Channel/Frequency -- 88.9
• Licensee Name: South Carolina Educational Television Commission>
• Licensee Type: State
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WNYC-AM/FM (New York, NY):

• Channel/Frequency -- 820 AM/93.9 FM
• Licensee Name: WNYC Radio
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: New York City [L]

WNYE-FM (Brooklyn, NY):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.5
• Licensee Name: Board of Education of the City of New York
• Licensee Type: Local Authority
• Meaning of Call Letters: New York Ciy Board of Education [O]

WOI-AM/FM (Ames, IA):

• Channel/Frequency -- 640 AM/91.1
• Licensee Name: Iowa State University of Science and Technology
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters:
  similar stories exist:
  • 1. the word IOWA on a window projected onto a wall by the sun in reverse with the "A" left out because of its position. The resulting sequence may have been the inspiration.
  • 2. In the conversion to the new style of call letters, one of the electrical engineering professors looked at the letters on the outside of the frosted glass which read "AWOI". Knowing that the call letters would start with W, the "A" was dropped.

WOJB-FM (Hayward, WI):

• Channel/Frequency -- 88.9
• Licensee Name: Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Public Broadcasting Corporation
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Licensed to Lac Courte Oreilles OJiBwa Public Broadcasting Corporation [O]

WOLN-FM (Olean, NY):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.3
• Licensee Name: State University of New York
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: OLeaN [L]

WORT-FM (Madison, WI):

• Channel/Frequency -- 89.9
• Licensee Name: Back Porch Radio Broadcasting, Inc.
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Original choice had been WART, but the letters had been assigned to another station hours before.

WOSB-FM (Marion, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.1
• Licensee Name: The Ohio State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Ohio State Broadcasting [O]

WOSE-FM (Coshocton, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.1
• Licensee Name: The Ohio State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WOSP-FM (Portsmouth, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.5
• Licensee Name: The Ohio State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Ohio State - Portsmouth [O, L]

WOSR-FM (Middletown, NY):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.7
• Licensee Name: WAMC
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Station serves Orange, Sullivan and Rockland counties [L]

WOSP-FM (Portsmouth, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.5
• Licensee Name: The Ohio State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Ohio State - Portsmouth [O, L]

WOSU-AM/FM/TV (Columbus, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 820 AM/89.7 FM/34
• Licensee Name: The Ohio State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters:Ohio State University [O]

WOSV-FM (Mansfield, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.7
• Licensee Name: The Ohio State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Ohio State; V: no meaning [O]

WOUB-AM/FM/TV (Athens, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 1340 AM/91.3 FM/20
• Licensee Name: Ohio University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Ohio University Broadcasting [O]

WOUC-FM/TV (Cambridge, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 89.1 FM/44
• Licensee Name: Ohio University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters:Ohio University - Cambridge [O, L]

WOUH-FM (Chillicothe, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.9
• Licensee Name: Ohio University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters:Ohio University; H: no meaning [O]

WOUL-FM (Ironton, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 89.1
• Licensee Name: Ohio University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters:Ohio University; L: no meaning [O]

WOUZ-FM (Zanesville, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 90.1
• Licensee Name: Ohio University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters:Ohio University - Zanesville [O, L]

WPBO-TV (Portsmouth, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 42
• Licensee Name: The Ohio State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WPBY-TV (Huntington-Charleston, WV):

• Channel/Frequency -- 33
• Licensee Name: West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority
• Licensee Type: State
• Meaning of Call Letters:"We're Public Broadcasting for You [S]

WPFW-FM (Washington, DC):

• Channel/Frequency -- 89.3
• Licensee Name: Pacifica Foundation
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Pacifica Foundation - Washington, DC [O, L]

WPKT-FM (Meriden, CT):

• Channel/Frequency -- 90.5
• Licensee Name: Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: originally WPBH (Public Broadcasting Hartford) [L] - changed to WPKT when Paul K. Taff, President of CT Public Broadcasting retired [O]

WPLN-FM (Nashville, TN):

• Channel/Frequency -- 90.3
• Licensee Name: Nashville Public Radio
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WPNE-TV (Green Bay, WI):

• Channel/Frequency -- 89.3
• Licensee Name: Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
• Licensee Type: State
• Meaning of Call Letters: "NE" for "North East" Wisconsin

WPSU-FM/TV(University Park, PA):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.5 FM/3
• Licensee Name: The Pennsylvania State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Pennsylvania State University [O]

WPSX-FM (Kane, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.5
• Licensee Name: The Pennsylvania State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Pennsylvania State; X - no meaning

WPTD-TV (Dayton, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 16
• Licensee Name: Greater Dayton Public Television, Inc.
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters:Public Television - Dayton [L]

WPTO-TV (Oxford, OH):

• Channel/Frequency -- 14
• Licensee Name: Greater Dayton Public Television, Inc.
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters:Public Television - Oxford [L]

WQEC-TV (Quincy, IL):

• Channel/Frequency -- 27
• Licensee Name: West Central Illinois Educational Telecommunications Corporation
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Quincy Educational Channel [L]

WQED-FM/TV (Pittsburgh, PA):

• Channel/Frequency -- 89.3 FM/13
• Licensee Name: WQED Pittsburgh
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Quod Erat Demonstrandum [S]

WQEX-TV (Pittsburgh, PA):

• Channel/Frequency -- 16
• Licensee Name: WQED Pittsburgh
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WQLN-FM/TV (Erie, PA):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.3 FM/54
• Licensee Name: Public Broadcasting of NorthwestPennsylvania, Inc.
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WQPR-FM (Muscle Shoals, AL):

• Channel/Frequency -- 88.7
• Licensee Name: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters:Quad Cities Public Radio [L]

WQUB-FM (Quincy, IL):

• Channel/Frequency -- 90.3
• Licensee Name: Quincy University Corporation
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Quincy University Broadcasting [O]

WRFG-FM (Atlanta, GA):

• Channel/Frequency -- 89.3
• Licensee Name: Radio Free Georgia Broadcasting Foundation
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Radio Free Georgia Broadcasting Foundation [O]

WRFW-FM (River Falls, WI):

• Channel/Frequency -- 88.7
• Licensee Name: Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: River Falls, Wisconsin [L]

WRJA-FM (Sumter, SC):

• Channel/Frequency -- 88.1
• Licensee Name: South Carolina Educational Television Commission
• Licensee Type: State
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WRST-FM (Oshkosh, WI):

• Channel/Frequency -- 90.3
• Licensee Name: Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Radio Station of the Titans [S]

WRTI-FM (Philadelphia, PA):

• Channel/Frequency -- 90.1
• Licensee Name: Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Radio Technology Institute [O]

WRTX-FM (Dover, DE):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.7
• Licensee Name: Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WRTY-FM (Mt. Pocono, PA):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.1
• Licensee Name: Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Radio Technology; Y - no meaning [O]

WRVT-FM (Rutland, VT):

• Channel/Frequency -- 88.7
• Licensee Name: Vermont Public Radio
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Rutland, VT [L]

WRXC-FM (Shelton, CT):

• Channel/Frequency -- 90.1
• Licensee Name: The Monroe Board of Education
• Licensee Type: Local Authority
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WRWA-FM (Dothan, AL):

• Channel/Frequency -- 88.7
• Licensee Name: Troy State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WSBE-TV (Providence, RI):

• Channel/Frequency -- 36
• Licensee Name: Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority
• Licensee Type: State
• Meaning of Call Letters:meaning unknown

WSCL-FM (Salisbury, MD):

• Channel/Frequency -- 89.5
• Licensee Name: Salisbury State University Foundation, Inc.
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Salisbury State CoLlege [O]

WSEC-TV (Springfield/Jacksonville, IL):

• Channel/Frequency -- 14
• Licensee Name: West Central Illinois Educational Telecommunications Corporation
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: Springfield's Educational Channel [S]

WSHU-FM (Fairfield, CT):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.1
• Licensee Name: Sacred Heart University, Inc.
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Sacred Heart University [O]

WSIE-FM (Edwardsville, IL):

• Channel/Frequency -- 88.7
• Licensee Name: Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville [O]

WSIU-FM/WSIU-TV (Carbondale, IL):

• Channel/Frequency -- 91.9 FM/8
• Licensee Name: Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: Southern Illinois University [O]

WSJK-TV (Knoxville, TN):

• Channel/Frequency -- 8
• Licensee Name: unknown
• Licensee Type: Community
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

WSLU-FM (Canton, NY):

• Channel/Frequency -- 89.5
• Licensee Name: The St. Lawrence University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: St. Lawrence University [O]

WSSB-FM (Orangeburg, SC):

• Channel/Frequency -- 90.3
• Licensee Name: South Carolina State University
• Licensee Type: University
• Meaning of Call Letters: meaning unknown

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