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TV Stations with the local airport code in the call letters

If we are adding radio to the thread, there's WLOU in Louisville Kentucky. LOU is the ICAO identifier for Bowman Field in Louisville.
 
KDEN-DT Longmont (Denver) CO - Denver Int'l Airport (DEN/KDEN).
KHNL Honolulu HI - Honolulu Int'l Airport (HNL/KHNL).
KLSV-LD Las Vegas NV - Nellis AFB (LSV/KLSV).
KRWF Redwood Falls MN - Redwood Falls Municipal Airport (RWF/KRWF).
KSHV-TV Shreveport LA - Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV/KSHV).
KSTC-TV Minneapolis/St. Paul MN - St. Cloud Regional Airport (STC/KSTC).
KVCT Victoria TX - Victoria Regional Airport (VCT/KVCT).
KYUM-LP Yuma AZ - Yuma Int'l Airport (YUM/KNYL). ICAO code was KYUM until 2008. Station is licensed but hasn't broadcast for years.
WDHN Dothan AL - Dothan Regional Airport (DHN/KDHN).
WHKY-TV Hickory NC - Hickory Regional Airport (HKY/KHKY).
WLEX-TV Lexington KY - Bluegrass Airport (LEX/KLEX).
WMFD-TV Mansfield OH - Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport (MFD/KMFD).
WOSU-TV Columbus OH - Ohio St. Univ. Airport (OSU/KOSU).
WSPA-TV Spartanburg SC - Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA/KSPA).
WTLH Tallahassee FL - Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH/KTLH).
 
Houston actually has two stations that match the airport codes. KIAH for George Bush Intercontinental Airport and KHOU for Houston Hobby Airport, although the HOU really just "stands for Houston" ( and I put that in quotes because KHOU's slogan now is KHOU Stands for Houston. A number of stations likely match the airport code just because the airport code is also similar to the abbreviation for the city. Such as KDFW in Dallas-Ft. Worth and also KSAT in San Antonio.
 
Re WRDU: when Channel 28 returned to the air in 1968 (I say "returned"
because there was WNAO on Channel 28 in the '50s), its call letters were
WRDU. They were changed in the late '70s to WPTF and then to the current
calls, WRDC.
 
Was KPDX-Portland, OR mentioned? [Ch. 49, MNTV]
Also-KBOI Boise, ID [Ch. 2, CBS].

Radio-there used to be a KSEA on 100.7 in Seattle [easy listening/beautiful music] for several years in the 70s and 80s. This would turn into KWMX, KIRO, KQBZ and finally KKWF [Country] as it is now.
Also: 102.5 KMSO Missoula, MT [Mountain FM, Hot AC] is an airport code.

-crainbebo
 
Pittsburgh International Airport in Findlay, PA (Allegheny County) has PIT as their airport code, not PGH. The second code is sometimes used with Union Station (train) in downtown Pittsburgh.
 
KML-224 said:
Pittsburgh International Airport in Findlay, PA (Allegheny County) has PIT as their airport code, not PGH. The second code is sometimes used with Union Station (train) in downtown Pittsburgh.
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"PGH" is a commonly used abbreviation, used by Pittsburghers for years on return addresses.
But "PIT" is the correct airport code. We have a WPIT here but its a radio station.
 
KUDO-AM 1080 in Anchorage started as KANC in 1975 and then a few other call letters over the years before settling with the current one in 2002.
 
Other Radio examples are:

WMIA-93.9 FM Miami, FL
WFLL-1400 AM, Fort Lauderdale, FL
WPBI-90.7, West Palm Beach, FL
 
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