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STATIONS WITH "TV" IN THEIR CALL LETTERS

gregg75

gregg75

There are probably more of these than you think.
Using Wikipedia here's are some they list........

Alabama
WTVY-Dothan 4 CBS

Georgia
WGTV-Athens/Atlanta 8 PBS
WTVM-Columbus 9 ABC

Florida
WTVJ-Miami 7 NBC
WLTV-Miami 23 Univision
WFTV-Orlando 9 ABC
WCTV-Tallahassee/Thomasville, GA. 6 CBS
WTVT-Tampa/St. Pete 13 FOX
WPTV-West Palm Beach 5 NBC
WTVX-West Palm Beach/Ft. Pierce 34 CW
 
I know of four in California. KXTV-10 & KSTV-LP 32 in Sacramento, KDTV-14 in San Francisco & KFTV-21 in Fresno. I am sure there are more.
 
Oh yes, there is also KTVU-2 in Oakland-San Francisco.
 
gregg75 said:
There are probably more of these than you think.
Using Wikipedia here's are some they list........

Alabama
WTVY-Dothan 4 CBS

Georgia
WGTV-Athens/Atlanta 8 PBS
WTVM-Columbus 9 ABC

Florida
WTVJ-Miami 7 NBC
WLTV-Miami 23 Univision
WFTV-Orlando 9 ABC
WCTV-Tallahassee/Thomasville, GA. 6 CBS
WTVT-Tampa/St. Pete 13 FOX
WPTV-West Palm Beach 5 NBC
WTVX-West Palm Beach/Ft. Pierce 34 CW
Click to expand...

New York

WKTV-Utica 2 NBC
WTVH-Syracuse 5 CBS

Texas

KTVT-Ft Worth 11 CBS
 
-Virginia-
WTVR, channel 6, Richmond
WTVZ, channel 33, Norfolk

-North Carolina-
WBTV, channel 3, Charlotte
WTVD, channel 11, Durham
WTVI, channel 42, Charlotte

-South Carolina-
WITV, channel 7, Charleston
WNTV, channel 29, Spartanburg

--Georgia--
WCTV, channel 6, Thomasville
WGTV, channel 8, Athens
WTVM, channel 9, Columbus
 
Out west (full-power only):

KATV 7 Little Rock AR
KBTV 4 Port Arthur TX
KCTV 5 Kansas City MO
KDTV 14 San Francisco CA
KETV 7 Omaha NE
KFTV 21 Hanford (Fresno) CA
KGTV 10 San Diego CA
KITV 4 Honolulu HI
KJTV 34 Lubbock TX
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs CO
KLTV 7 Tyler TX
KMTV 3 Omaha NE
KNTV 11 San Jose CA
KOTV 6 Tulsa OK
KPTV 12 Portland OR
KQTV 2 St. Joseph MO
KRTV 3 Great Falls MT
KTTV 11 Los Angeles CA
KUTV 2 Salt Lake City UT
KVTV 13 Laredo TX
KWTV 9 Oklahoma City OK
KXTV 10 Sacramento CA
KYTV 3 Springfield MO
KZTV 10 Corpus Christi TX (is it still known as Crazy TV?)

KTVA 11 Anchorage AK
KTVB 7 Boise ID
KTVC 36 Roseburg OR
KTVD 20 Denver CO
KTVE 10 El Dorado AR
KTVF 11 Fairbanks AK
KTVG 17 Grand Island NE
KTVH 12 Helena MT
KTVI 2 St. Louis MO
KTVK 3 Phoenix AZ
KTVL 10 Medford OR
KTVM 6 Butte MT
KTVN 2 Reno NV
KTVO 3 Kirksville MO
KTVQ 2 Billings MT
KTVR 13 LaGrande OR
KTVT 11 Fort Worth TX
KTVU 2 Oakland CA
KTVW 33 Phoenix AZ
KTVX 4 Salt Lake City UT
KTVZ 21 Bend OR
 
WTVP-47 (PBS) Peoria, IL. BTW WTVP was the original calls for the present WAND-17, Decatur, IL from 1953-66--then 5 years later the calls were recycled for use 80 miles northwest in Peoria when Channel 47 signed on in June 1971.
 
Re: STATIONS WITH "TV" IN THEIR CALL LETTERS (sorry, rather lengthy reply...)

How about a complete list, from the FCC Engineering Database as of yesterday...

KTVA Anchorage
KTVB Boise
KTVC Roseburg, Oregon
KTVD Denver
KTVE El Dorado, Arkansas
KTVF Fairbanks
KTVG Grand Island, Nebraska
KTVH Hutchinson, Kansas
KTVI St. Louis
KTVJ-LP Santa Rosa, California
KTVK Phoenix
KTVL Medford, Oregon
KTVM-TV Butte, Montana
KTVN Reno
KTVO Ottumwa, Iowa
KTVP-LD Phoenix
KTVQ Billings, Montana
KTVR La Grande, Oregon
KTVS-LD Albuquerque
KTVT Fort Worth
KTVU Oakland
KTVV-LP Hot Springs, Arkansas
KTVW-CD Flagstaff, Arizona
KTVW-DT Phoenix
KTVX Salt Lake City
KTVY CALLS NOT ASSIGNED
KTVZ Bend, Oregon

WTVA Tupelo, Mississippi
WTVC Chattanooga
WTVD Durham, North Carolina
WTVE Reading, Pennsylvania
WTVF Nashville
WTVG Toledo
WTVH Syracuse
WTVI Charlotte
WTVJ Miami
WTVK-LP Key West
WTVM Columbus, Georgia
WTVN CALLS NOT ASSIGNED to any TV station, used by AM 610 in Columbus,
Ohio.
WTVO Rockford, Illinois
WTVP Peoria
WTVQ-DT Lexington, Kentucky
WTVR-TV Richmond, Virginia
WTVS Detroit
WTVT Tampa
WTVU-LP Syracuse
WTVW Evansville, Indiana
WTVX Fort Pierce, Florida
WTVY Dothan, Alabama
WTVZ-TV Norfolk, Virginia

KATV Little Rock
KBTV Port Arthur, Texas
KBTV-CD Sacramento
KCTV Kansas City
KDTV-DT San Francisco
KDTV-CD Santa Rosa, California
KETV Omaha
KFTV Hanford, California
KGTV San Diego
KHTV-LP Los Angeles
KITV Honolulu
KJTV-TV Lubbock
KJTV-CA Lubbock
KKTV Colorado Springs
KLTV Tyler, Texas
KMTV Omaha
KNTV San Jose
KOTV Tulsa
KPTV Portland, Oregon
KQTV St. Joseph, Missouri
KRTV Great Falls, Montana
KSTV-LP Sacramento
KTTV Los Angeles
KUTV Salt Lake City
KVTV Laredo, Texas
KWTV-DT Oklahoma City
KXTV Sacramento
KYTV Springfield, Missouri
KZTV Corpus Christi

WATV CALLS NOT ASSIGNED to any TV station, used on AM 900 in Birmingham.
WBTV Charlotte
WCTV Thomasville, Georgia
WDTV Weston, W. Virginia
WETV-LP Murfreesboro, Tennessee
WFTV Orlando
WGTV Athens, Georgia
WHTV Jackson, Michigan
WITV Charleston, S. Carolina
WJTV Jackson, Mississippi
WKTV Utica, New York
WLTV Miami
WMTV Madison, Wisconsin
WNTV Greenville, S. Carolina
WOTV Battle Creek, Michigan
WPTV West Palm Beach
WQTV-LP Murray, Kentucky
WRTV Indianapolis
WSTV CALLS NOT ASSIGNED to any TV station, used on AM 1340 in
Steubenville, Ohio and WSTV-FM 103.7 Frankfort, Kentucky.
WTTV Bloomington, Indiana
WUTV Buffalo
WVTV Milwaukee
WWTV Cadillac, Michigan
WXTV Paterson, New Jersey
WYTV Youngstown, Ohio
WZTV Nashville
 
To be a bit more concise...

ALL possible combinations of KTV-, WTV-, K-TV, and W-TV are in use with the following exceptions:

KTVY
WTVN (on AM 610 Columbus, Ohio but not on any TV station, full- or low-power)
WATV (on AM 900 Birmingham, Alabama but not on any TV station)
WSTV (on AM 1340 Steubenville, Ohio and FM 103.7 Frankfort, Kentucky but not on any TV station)

Actually, there are probably hundreds more, as the -TV suffix on those stations that have it is legally part of the calls.

There are a CFTV, (Leamington, Ontario) CITV, (Edmonton) and CKTV (Saguenay, Quebec) in Canada. And again, actually, *all* private TV stations in Canada have -TV as part of their callsigns. (as do some CBC stations)
 
Actually the old analog ch 9 in Steubenville OH once had the calls WSTV-TV, but apparently the STV stood for Steubenville, and "TV" was not emphasized, hence WSTV-TV.

And by the same token there is WATV AM 900 in Birmingham....no relation to "TV" at all.

cd
 
Here are the stations in the Chicago market with the -TV suffix:

WBBM-TV (because they also have -AM & -FM on the radio side)

WMAQ-TV (they used to have 670 WMAQ, but was sold to Group W, the predecessor to the current CBS)

WLS-TV (they [ABC] used to own WLS-AM 890 & WLS-FM 94.7, & those calls are still on the radio side, but now owned by Citadel)

WGN-TV (They own WGN-AM 720)

WCIU-TV (not sure why, but they've ID'd with -TV for many years, & been on the air since 1964)

WWTO-TV (not sure, but this station only covers the western suburbs of Chicagoland, & many still can't get them, even after going to 80kw on RF 10)

WCPX-TV (not sure, but they've ID'd that way since taking over the former WCFC in 1998)

WSNS-TV (Never knew they Id'd with-TV)

WPWR-TV (not sure, but they've Id'd that way even while on channel 60 back in the early 1980's)
 
And then we could start dipping back into history to find stations like the original WXTV, channel 45 in New Castle PA/Youngstown OH, or WATV 13 Newark NJ (later WNTA-TV/WNDT and now WNET), or WTVU Channel 73 (!) in Scranton, or WTVH 19 in Peoria IL (now WHOI), or KBTV 9 in Denver (now KUSA), or KTVY 4 in Oklahoma City (previously WKY-TV, now KFOR)...but that way lies madness...
 
Surprisingly, not mentioned til now is longtime ABC/Fox/CW affiliate, XETV, channel six (still broadcasting in analog, Mexico hasn't made the change just yet), Tijuana/San Diego.
 
The blanks all once had TV stations except for WATV, but I'm only mentioning some not featured:

KTVV — 36 Austin, TX. Changed 1987 to KXAN.
KTVY — 4 Oklahoma City. Changed 1990 to KFOR-TV.
WTVN — 6 Columbus, OH. Changed 1987 to WSYX.
 
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