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TV Stations with the local airport code in the call letters

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Since WCMH was mentioned in another thread:

WCMH - CMH - Columbus, OH
WPHL - PHL - Philadelphia
WATL - ATL - Atlanta
WDCA - DC - DC Reagan Airport

Are there others?

For FM, I found that there is WDTW-FM in Detroit.
 
Television stations that start with the letter K also match the airport's ICAO code.

KMSP (Fox) - Minneapolis-St Paul, MN International
KSTP (ABC) - St. Paul, MN Downtown Airport
KDLH (CBS) - Duluth, MN International
KMOT (NBC) - Minot, ND International
KDSM (Fox) - Des Moines, IA International

Theoretically possible stations:
KRAP - Rapid City, SD Regional Airport
KSUX - (Sioux City, IA) Gateway Airport
 
One more,
WTOL - TOL - Toledo

Apparently there is
WMKE - MKE - Milwaukee, but WMKE is low power, which counts less.
 
KMCI - Kansas City

Kansas City International Airport used to be called Mid-Continent International Airport, hence the MCI. The airport can't change its official code, though, because another airport internationally uses KCI, and American airports at one point could not use K or W anyway. Adding to the confusion, Wichita uses the Mid-Contintent Airport name now, but it hasn't been able to change the ICT code either.
 
WCHS is in Charleston, WV, but Charleston's air code is CRW. CHS is Charleston, SC. WMYR in Myrtle Beach at 92.1 FM has Myrtle Beach's airport code. WSAV Savannah also refers to Savannah's SAV air code.
 
WEVV-44-CBS Evansville IN
KBMT-12-ABC Beaumont, TX
KSAT-12-ABC San Antonio
WATL-36-CW Atlanta
KBOI-2-CBS Boise ID
KDFW-4-Fox Dallas
KDLH-3-CBS Duluth, MN
KFSM-5-CBS Forth Smith, AR
KHOU-11-CBS Houston (Houston Hobby Airport)
KLAS-8-CBS Las Vegas
KPSP-2-CBS Palm Springs, CA
KPDX-30-MY Portland, OR
WRIC-8-ABC Richmond, VA
KTUL-8-ABC Tulsa, OK
 
I believe they are looking for ANY TV station. Affiliation does not matter.

Although, myself included, Others have added Radio Stations to this thread.
 
Wasn't there a WBGR-LP for a time in Bangor, ME? I think they were a low-power analog station in the PAX days.
 
KML-224 said:
Wasn't there a WBGR-LP for a time in Bangor, ME? I think they were a low-power analog station in the PAX days.
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Yes; WBGR LPTV33 Bangor Maine is still on air, and on TimeWarner Cable Channel 12. Now running FamilyNet and all sorts of other stuff..poorly listed on the TWC grid.

and WABI TV Bangor could stand for "We're At Bangor International"
 
Another radio example is talk radio KOKC in Oklahoma City, which is also the ICAO code for the city's Will Rogers World Airport.
 
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