call letters

plural noun

Examples of call letters in a Sentence

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The call letters from the celebrated TV sitcom are for sale from a North Carolina broadcaster that is auctioning them off to TV or radio stations, according to the Museum of Broadcast Communications. Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Feb. 2026 Mason began courting Boers in 1991, ahead of WSCR’s debut on the second day of 1992 with call letters secured from a recently shuttered station in Scranton, Pa. Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026 The call letters stand for K Radio Trinity University. René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Jan. 2026 During filming earlier this year on the campus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, a software engineer on X posted a photo of a building there dressed up like a TV station with fake call letters, KCXE, on the front. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for call letters

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of call letters was in 1876

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“Call letters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20letters. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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