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Back in the 1920s, when there were enough radio stations that governments

decided it was time to step in and regulate them (to avoid having their signals

devour each other), there was an international conference to set up a

workable worldwide system, and unique station identifications for each nation

were created. The USA was allocated 'A', 'N', 'W', and 'K' as the first letter in

all station call-signs licensed in this country.

So far, commercial stations (AM. FM, TV) have been given call-signs beginning only

with the 'K' and the 'W', but ham stations and other services get calls beginning

with 'A' and 'N', in addition to 'W' and 'K'.

To answer your question directly: The 'W' and 'K' mean that the station with that

call-sign is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate in

the USA.

Similarly, Mexico has 'X', Canada has 'C' and 'V', Spain has 'E', Germany has 'D',

Russia has 'U', etc. etc.

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