TV Stations with three letter calls

[JeeperOne]

Re: 3-letter calls w/o -TV suffix

Hi everyone:

> It's my understanding that in Boston, channel 4 must
> identify as "WBZ-TV/DT" since you still have WBZ-AM 1030.
> Viacom owns channel 4 and CBS Radio owns AM 1030.

CBS owns all three. All Viacom owns now are all the cable nets that they and CBS created. CBS owns the rest.

JFYI

Cheers

Pat
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[KMRichards]

Oh, come now ...

> Technically, NONE of these are three-letter calls, since
> they have "TV" appended, usually because a connected AM
> radio station actually has or had the three-letter calls.

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[JustinT]

> > I know KYW in Philadelphia has 3 letter calls, but are
> there
> > any more TV stations with them?
> >
> Just a quick note:
>
> WBZ in Boston hardly mentions its call letters. I didn't
> realise it was WBZ until after I was up here for a month.
> They go by CBS 4. Do the call letters really matter anymore?
> Should stations ignore their historical calls and go by
> something else, like CBS 4?
>
> Sorry to steal the thread a bit.

WBZ-TV (channel 4) was known as WBZ until February 2004, when the branding changed to "CBS4". The reason for the change were the station's low rated newscasts (which continue under the new branding) and remaining confusion from WBZ's 1995 flip from NBC to CBS following the Westinghouse merger.

Not sure if that is the reason that KYW-TV became "CBS3", but it is the reason that WJZ-TV remains WJZ; the newscasts are at the top of the ratings.