#FunFactFriday – What do Arizona’s broadcast media call letters mean?

The HMA team has been busy updating the FinderBinder, the state’s media directory.  At our staff meeting a couple weeks ago, I asked the team if they had any idea what some of the stations’ call letters meant.  After a few blank stares and a couple shoulder shrugs, I attempted to explain.
Broadcast stations in the United States are assigned call letters that begin with either a K or a W.   The stations west of the Mississippi River get K call signs and those to the east of it get W call signs.
 

Some examples:

KPHO (CBS) – PHO refers to Phoenix
KPNX (NBC) – PNX refers to Phoenix
KSAZ (Fox) – the station changed its call letters a few years ago and the station tagline was Spirit of Arizona (SAZ)
KNXV (ABC) – when Channel 15 launched they were a “new” type of news station.  NXV – the new 15, XV being the Roman numeral for 15
KAET (PBS) – the public broadcast station is based at Arizona State University therefore, AET – Arizona Education Television.  And it is also located at channel 8 or AET.
 

It applies to some of the radio stations as well:

KMLE  FM – Camel Country, taking its name from Camelback Mountain
KTAR FM – TAR, Talk Radio
KJZZ FM – the station is known for its jazz music
KSLX FM – the station is known for playing classic rock music
 

Elsewhere around the state:

KUAT (PBS) – broadcasting from the University of Arizona, so UAT – UA Television
KMSB (Fox) in Tucson, the Mountain States Broadcasting Company
KYMA (NBC) – YMA referring to the station in Yuma
KZUL FM – in Lake Havasu City, the station is known for is casual (KZL) format
KNAZ-TV – the former station in Northern Arizona — Flagstaff to be specific — where Scott Hanson got his start.
 

I suspect this holds true in other states as well – from my younger days living in the Twin Cities, I remember:

KMSP (FOX) – Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP)
KSTP (ABC) – St. Paul (STP)
 

A couple others:

WGN – out of Chicago, World’s Greatest Newspaper
WTBS  – out of Atlanta, Turner Broadcasting  System
 
Can you add to our list?