Why do station call letters use w & k?

Question

Wouldn't it be better to use w on the west coast and see on the east

Answer 1

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By international Agreement, Station Call letters were assigned to each country.

W and K were assigned to the United States

Answer 2

It was a decision made in the early days of radio and has nothing to do with geography.

Answer 3

WKRP Cincinnati. KGO San Francisco. Illogical.

Answer 4

Because those were the letters the US got.

Source(s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_signs_in_the_Un...

Answer 5

That's what the FCC came up with when they were assigning call letters.  W east of the Mississippi, and K west of the Mississippi.