[BC] Question about Transpacific Signals and Call Letters

[Larry Fuss]

All the W calls in the Pacific have disappeared, except for WVUV in American
Samoa.  The Ws in FSM went away when FSM gained independence.  I'm told that
all of the Pacific W calls dated from WWII when all were originally military
stations.  WVUV was privatized in the early 70s and allowed to retain the W
call sign.  Everything else in the Pacific (US) is a K.

There was also WSZE-TV in Saipan (NMI), but it's been dead for years.

BTW, the WVUV calls are also on WVUV-LP and there's soon to be a WVUV-FM.

Larry Fuss