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TV CALLS THAT REPRESENT A CITY, PLACE OR GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Denver

KCNC - Colorado's News Channel
KRMA - Knowledge for the Rocky Mountain Area
KTFD - TeleFutura Denver
KTVD - TeleVision Denver
KFCT - Ft Collins Television
KZCO - AZteca COlorado
KDEN - DENver
KDVR - DenVeR
KPXC - PaX Colorado
 
In the South (apologies for any repeats from previous posts):

WLKY--Louisville, KentuckY

WLEX--LEXington, Kentucky

WKYT--Lexington, KentuckY (Television)

WPSD--Paducah, Kentucky (Sun-Democrat, co-owned newspaper)

WMC--Memphis, Tennessee (Commercial, later Commercial Appeal, co-owned newspaper)

WKRN--(Knight-Ridder) Nashville, Tennessee (former owner)

WNPT---Nashville Public Television

WTVC--(TV) Chattanooga, Tennessee

WKPT--KingsPorT, Tennessee

KFSM--Fort SMith, Arkansas

KARK--Little Rock, ARKansas

KATV--(Little Rock) Arkansas TV

KTAL--(Shreveport, Louisiana) Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana

KSLA--Shreveport, LouisianA

KPLC--(Port of) Lake Charles, Louisiana

KLFY--LaFaYette, Louisiana

WBRZ--Baton Rouge, Louisiana (the "Z" stands for nothing in particular)

WJTV--Jackson, Mississippi TV

WTVA--Tupelo, Mississippi (Tennessee Valley Authority)

WLOX--BiLOXi, Mississippi

WHNT--HuNTsville, Alabama

WJSU--Anniston, Alabama (former owner Jacksonville State University)

WSFA--Montgomery, Alabama (stood for "South's Finest Airport" at inception)

WDHN--DotHaN, Alabama

WALA--Mobile, ALAbama

WMBB--Panama City, Florida (stands for "World's Most Beautiful Beaches")

WALB--ALBany, Georgia

WAGA--Atlanta, GeorgiA

WATL--ATLanta, Georgia

WAGT--AuGusta, Georgia Television

WMGT--Macon (or Middle), Georgia Television

WSWG--Valdosta, Georgia (SouthWest Georgia)

WSAV--SAVannah, Georgia

WSPA--SPArtanburg, South Carolina

WIS--Columbia, South Carolina (South Carolina was once known as the "Iodine State")

WCSC--Charleston, South Carolina

WCIV--Charleston IV (channel 4)

WPDE--Florence, South Carolina (stands for the Pee DeE region)

WCNC--Charlotte, North Carolina

WGHP--Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (also Winston-Salem)

WRAL--RALeigh, North Carolina

WTVD--(TV) Durham, North Carolina

WITN--WashIngToN, North Carolina

WTVR--(TV) Richmond, Virginia

WRIC--RIChmond, Virginia (although strangely enough, licensed to Petersburg)

WAVY--Norfolk, Virginia (named for the large NAVY presence in the area)

WHRO--Hampton/Norfolk, Virginia (the Hampton ROads area)

I left out states and parts of states that are often considered marginal parts of the South, such as Texas, Oklahoma, peninsular Florida, West Virginia, and the Chesapeake region north of the James River in Virginia. I trust some of you can fill those in, if you like.
 
Nate Wesley said:
Barely qualifies for what the OP wants, but here goes: When it was first put on the air, WPMI-TV (Mobile, AL/Pensacola, FL) stood for 'Pensacola-Mobile Independent'. 

It's now with NBC, after another station took its previous Fox affiliation away. 
Click to expand...

The other station that became the local FOX Broadcasting Company affiliate was WALA-TV (the call letters stand for "We Are Loyal Alabamians", which does not really represent a geographic area, but residents of the area).
 
Albany, NY:
WNYT - New York Television (NOT New York Troy, even though I think that was the original COL?)
WNYA - New York Albany (recent though...)
WUSV - Union Street Video (original location of the station, Union Street in Schenectady, now WCWN)
WMHT - Mohawk-Hudson Television (both rivers run through the area)
 
In the desert southwest, most stations' call letters are geographic-based

Phoenix market (Excludes stations already mentioned)

KAET - Arizona Educational Television
KTAZ - Telemundo AriZona
KUTP - United Television Phoenix (original owner was United Television)
KASW - American SouthWest
KPPX Tolleson- Phoenix PaX (now Ion)
KAZT Prescott - AriZona Television (also KAZT-CD Phoenix)
KNAZ Flagstaff - Northern AriZona
KCFG Flagstaff - FlaGstaff
KFPH Flagstaff - TeleFutura PHoenix (also KFPH-CD Phoenix)
KMOH Kingman - MOHave County
KDTP Holbrook - Daystar Television Phoenix (also KDTP-LP Phoenix)
KPHE-LD - PHoEnix
KTVP-LD - TV Phoenix
KPDF-CD - Phoenix Distrito Federal (Federal District containing Mexico City, home of the Azteca parent station XHDF)
KVPA-LD - Voice of Phoenix Arizona ???
KDPH-LD/LP - Daystar PHoenix
KLHU-CA Lake Havasu City - Lake HavasU
KPSN-LD Payson - PaySoN

LPTV stations by default get calls assigned from sequence, but even K38IZ Digital could claim to be ArIZona (a la KRIZ) :)

Tucson market

KVOA - Voice Of Arizona (could also be Voice Of America, given Tucson's proximity to Mexico)
KTTU - Television TUcson
KUAS - University of Arizona Secondary
KFTU Douglas - TeleFutura TUcson (also KFTU-CD Tucson)
KWBA Sierra Vista - WB Arizona (was originally a WB affiliate)
KUDF-LP - TUcson Distrito Federal

Yuma/El Centro market

KVYE - UniVision Yuma El Centro
KECY - El Centro Yuma
KYMA - YuMA
KSWT - SouthWest Triangle
KYUM-LP - YUMa

Las Vegas market
KSNV - Southern NeVada
KLAS - LAS Vegas
KLVX - Las Vegas X (X = 10)
KTNV - Television NeVada
KVMY - Vegas MY Network TV
KVCW - Vegas CW network
KVVU Henderson - Vegas VU (view)
KELV-LD - Entravision Las Vegas
KLSV-LD - LaS Vegas
KLVD-LD - Las Vegas Daystar
KNBX-CD - Nevada JukeBoX
KVPX-LD - Vegas PaX (was a Pax affiliate)
KVTE-LP - Vegas TElevision
KNTL-LP Laughlin - Nevada TeLevision or Nevada Television Laughlin
 
A few more I didn't see mentioned:

WNCN, Goldsboro, NC- North Carolina's News
WRDC, Durham, NC- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill or Raleigh-Durham Carolina
WLOS, Asheville, NC- Land Of the Sky
WHKY, Hickory, NC- HiCKory
WRPX, Rocky Mount, NC- Raleigh Pax (former network)
WFPX, Fayetteville, NC- Fayetteville Pax (former network)
WGPX, Burlington, NC- Greensboro Pax (former network)
WUVC, Fayetteville, NC- UniVision Carolina
WUNC, Chapel Hill, NC- University of North Carolina
WFXR, Roanoke, VA- Fox Roanoke
WVBT, Virginia Beach, VA- Virginia Beach Television
WJXT, Jacksonville, FL- Jacksonville Television
WJCT, Jacksonville, FL- Jacksonville Community Television
WJXX, Orange Park, FL- Jacksonville
WNSC, Rock Hill, SC- North and South Carolina (ETV affiliate serving parts of both states in the Charlotte area)
WNVT, Goldvein VA- Northern Virginia Television
WDCW, Washington, DC- Washington District of Columbia's CW
WDCA, Washington, DC- District of Columbia
WECT, Wilmongton, NC- East Carolina Television
WNCT, Greenville, NC- North Carolina Television
WILM (Class A), Wilmington, NC- WILMington
WHUT, Washington, DC- Howard University Television
WHAG, Hagerstown, MD- HAGerstown
WMBF, Myrtle Beach, SC- Myrtle Beach Florence
WVIR, CHarlottesville, VA- VIRginia
WHSV, Harrisonburg, VA- HarriSonburg,Va
WAUG (LP), Raleigh, NC- St. Augustine's College
 
In the Pacific Northwest:

KING-TV is in King County (Seattle, WA)
KIMA for YaKIMA, WA
KEPR for KEnewick/Pasco/Richland
KLEW for LEWiston, ID
KPDX for the Portland, OR airport code (PDX)
KPTV for Portland TeleVision

And someone else has listed off KSTW
 
Yours truly!

Adding more
KCWY-Casper Wyoming [Ch. 13, NBC]
KLWY-Laramie County Wyoming [Ch. 27, FOX]
KGWN-Greater Wyoming Network [Ch. 5, CBS]
KGWC-Greater Wyoming Casper [Ch. 14, CBS]
KGWL-Greater Wyoming Lander [Ch. 5, CBS]
KGWR-Greater Wyoming Rock Springs [Ch. 13, CBS]
KNOP-North Platte [Ch. 2, NBC]
KHAS-Hastings [Ch. 5, NBC]
KLBY-Colby [Ch. 4, ABC]
KSAS-Kansas [Ch. 24, FOX]
KPSP-LD-Palm Springs Production [Ch. 42.2-formerly 38, CBS]

-crainbebo
 
Some of these may already have been mentioned but:

WCSC Ch. 5 Charleston, SC
WCIV Ch. 4 Charleston, SC (Charleston Four)
WPDE Ch. 15 Florence, SC (PDE for the Pee Dee River)

KARK Ch. 4 Little Rock (ARKansas)
KATV Ch. 7 Little Rock (Arkansas TV)

KSAT Ch. 12 San Antonio (San AnTonio)
KBMT Ch. 12 Beaumont, TX (BeauMonT)
KRIS Ch. 6 Corpus Christi, TX (KRIS=Christi)
KAMR Ch. 4 Amarillo, TX (AMaRillo)
KHOU Ch. 11 Houston (HOUston, although it started as a
Galveston station)
KWTX Ch. 10 Waco, TX (Waco, TeXas)
KBTX Ch. 3 Bryan, TX (Bryan, TeXas)
KRQE Ch. 13 Albuquerque, NM (AlbuquRQuE)
KOCO Ch. 5 Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City, OK)
KTUL Ch. 8 Tulsa, OK (TULsa)
KWCH Ch. 12 Wichita-Hutchinson, KS (WiCHita or WiChita-Hutchinson)
KTAL Ch. 6 Shreveport/Texarkana (Texas/Arkansas/Louisiana)
KSLA Ch. 12 Shreveport (Shreveport, LA)
KLBK Ch. 13 Lubbock (LuBbocK)
KMID Ch. 2 Midland/Odessa, TX (MIDland)
KOSA Ch. 7 Midland/Odessa, TX (OdeSsA)
KSWO Ch. 7 Wichita Falls, TX/Lawton, OK (SouthWest Oklahoma)

Anyone mention WHAG Ch. 25 Hagerstown, MD (HAGerstown)?
Or WVVA Ch. 6 Bluefield, WV (West Virginia/Virginia)?

WCNC Ch. 36 Charlotte, NC (previous calls WPCQ meant "People
of the Carolinas and the Queen City")
 
Cleveland/NE Ohio:

WKYC-3:Re-Imaging of the former KYW-TV call letters-KY-Cleveland
WAOH-LP 29 Akron OHio
The former WAKR-49/23-For AKRon, WAKC-AKron/Canton
The former WCLQ-61-CLeveland

WNEO-45 PBS NorthEastOhio
WEAO-49 PBS EAsternOhio

Much earlier:

WNBK-4..NB(K)leveland

Also-The former WOAC-67 Canton, was said to stand for 'We're Ohio's Akron-Canton"

One more:
WYTV-33:Youngstown TV
 
gregg75 said:
With this large list.......would you say at least 25% of the stations would fall into this category?
Click to expand...

Given the speed with which this devolved into yet another generic "call letter meanings" thread, then, yes!

Perhaps the more interesting question would be, "what TV stations have callsigns that are exactly the first three letters of their city or market?" It's certainly a shorter list - almost nothing in the northeast qualifies these days, though WPRO-TV and WBUF-TV and WNEW-TV once did, and WROC-TV and WSYR-TV still do. Even if you also accept "first letter of city, two-letter abbreviation of state," that still doesn't add many: WENY-TV, WWNY-TV and WPRI now, WEPA-TV and WHCT back in the day.
 
How could I forget WOIO-19?

The WOIO calls were used from 1967-72 on the 1060 AM radio station in Canton, Ohio..Should never have gotten rid of them..

I've read in the past that a Massillon, Ohio Construction permit, WMAC-23, was to have meant Massillon-Akron-Canton, but the permit was deleted in 1960..
 
WBMG (former calls of the present WIAT) channel 42 in (B)ir(M)in(G)ham, Ala.

And, stretching this into third person, the CBS affil in Savannah, Ga. is WTOC -- which stands for (W)elcome (T)o (O)ur (C)ity.

--Russell
 
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