[BC] Call Letters question...

[Alan E. Gearing]

On 12 Jun 12 1:02 PM, Blaine Thompson wrote:
> Someone just told me this.  Any idea if it's true, or not?
>
> "Someone at the federal level had a "rule" that four letter call signs (WZZY, for example) could not have 3 consecutive identical letters"  This would be in the 1920s.
>
> At first, there would be no WAAA or WZZZ or WWWY.
>

I've come across reference to this a couple of times in the past.  Could 
never find an explanation of why.As you pointed out there was no WAAA, the 
first regularly issued 4-letter call sign was WAAB in 1922. (KDKA in 
Pittsburgh was a "special case")

Regards,

Alan

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