[BC] Question about Transpacific Signals and Call Letters

[Glen Kippel]

On Jan 27, 2008 8:11 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <walkerbroadcasting at gmail.com>
wrote:


> When FSM was a US Protectorate, were stations issued K call letters like
> Guam, American Samora and etc?
>
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No, my 1990 WRTH lists these stations:  WSZD, Kolonia, Pohnpei, 1449; WSZA.
Colonia, Yap, 1494; WTFL, Tofol, Kosrae, 1500; and WSZC, Moen, Truk, 1593.
They all had postal ZIP codes beginning with 969__.

At that time, the Marshall Islands also had a "W" call -- WSZO, as did Palau
(WSZB) and American Samoa (WVUV).  But for some reason Guam, Midway,
Northern Mariana Islands, and Wake Island had "K" calls and American Samoa
had a "K" call -- KSBS.

Also, before the US granted the Phillipines their independence, they were
issued "K" calls -- like KZAS, KZRH, etc.  These now are DZAS and DZRH.