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PRONUNCIATION OF CALL LETTERS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CALL LETTERS

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Call letters is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CALL LETTERS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

call letters

Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations. A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's identity. The use of call signs as unique identifiers dates to the landline railroad telegraph system. Because there was only one telegraph line linking all railroad stations, there needed to be a way to address each one when sending a telegram. In order to save time, two-letter identifiers were adopted for this purpose. This pattern continued in radiotelegraph operation; radio companies initially assigned two-letter identifiers to coastal stations and stations aboard ships at sea. These were not globally unique, so a one-letter company identifier was later added. By 1912, the need to quickly identify stations operated by multiple companies in multiple nations required an international standard; an ITU prefix would be used to identify a country, and the rest of the call sign an individual station in that country.

Definition of call letters in the English dictionary

The definition of call letters in the dictionary is the call sign of an American or Canadian radio station, esp that of a commercial broadcasting station.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CALL LETTERS

call down
call for margin
call forth
call girl
call in
call in question
call into being
call into play
call it a day
call it quits
call loan
call mark
call money
call number
call of nature
call off
call option
call out
call rate
call screening

WORDS THAT END LIKE CALL LETTERS

Angostura bitters
bitters
bolt cutters
butters
congratters
fan letters
fetters
in tatters
jitters
letters
Masters
matters
money matters
put up the shutters
Roman letters
Schwitters
tatters
the jitters
trotters
wire cutters
wire-cutters

Synonyms and antonyms of call letters in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «call letters» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CALL LETTERS

Find out the translation of call letters to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of call letters from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «call letters» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

呼号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

letras de llamada
570 millions of speakers

English

call letters
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुलावा पत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رسائل الدعوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

позывные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

letras de chamada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কল অক্ষর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lettres d´appel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Surat panggilan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rufzeichen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

呼び出しの手紙
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전화 문자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nelpon aksara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gọi thư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழைப்பு கடிதங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉल अक्षरे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çağrı mektupları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lettere di chiamata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

listy połączeń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

позивні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scrisori de apel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Οι επιστολές κλήσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

noem letters
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Beteckningen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ring bokstaver
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CALL LETTERS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CALL LETTERS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about call letters

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALL LETTERS»

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Encyclopedia of Television 4 Vol Set
The call letters usually consist of various combinations of four letters, sometimes followed by the suffix “TV”: for example, WAAA-TV. Since many early television stations shared common ownership with radio stations, they often shared the ...
Horace Newcomb, 2014
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The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio
Unique combinations of alphabetic letters such as these, known as call letters, are used to identify individual radio (and television) stations. In addition to when they sign on or off, broadcast stations must give an identification announcement ...
Christopher H. Sterling, Cary O'Dell, 2011
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One-Minute Brainteasers: Official American Mensa Puzzle Book
North American radio and TV stations have three or four call letters. In general, U.S. stations east of the Mississippi River begin with W, those west of the Mississippi begin with K, those based in Canada begin with C, and those based in Mexico ...
Alan Stillson, 2001
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Encyclopedia of Radio
Unique combinations of alphabetic letters such as these, known as call letters, are used to identify individual radio (and television) stations. In addition to when they sign on or off, broadcast stations must give an identification announcement ...
Christopher H. Sterling, 2003
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2001 Chacahoula
KNLU's call letters officially changed to KXUL Jan 10. Changing the radio station's call letters was not an overnight task for the radio station's management. “We ran the prospective call letters through the official university name change ...
University of Louisiana at Monroe
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General Information Regarding the Territory of Alaska: Ed. ...
Eagle. See Fort Egbert. Eureka. Fairbanks (also radio, 5 kilowatts, call letters WVB). Fort Davis. Fort Egbert (radio only, 5 kilowatts, call letters WVC). Fort Gibbon (also radio, 10 kilowatts, call letters WVD). Fort Liscum. Gulkana. Hadley. Haines.
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Introduction to Technical Services
Small libraries and media centers sometimes substitute call letters for cutter numbers in call numbers because they are easier to apply. The first one, two, or three letters of the main entry are used as call letters. If the main entry is a title, the call ...
G. Edward Evans, Sheila S. Intner, Jean Riddle Weihs, 2011
8
I Didn't See It Coming: The Only Book You'll Ever Need to ...
Jim Hardy, head of the FM stations group at CBS Radio, put together a team of CBS program directors, sales managers, and outside consultants to work on changing the format and call letters for the FM station in San Francisco. As head of the ...
Nancy C. Widmann, Elaine J. Eisenman, Amy Dorn Kopelan, 2007
9
Billboard
Even more unlikely is WRJZ Knoxville, Tenn., whose call letters stood for the initials of the owner (R.J.) and his Datsun 280 "Z" car. Literally hundreds of stations over the years have sported call letters that represent their market or city of license ...
10
32 CFR National Defense: CFR Parts 800-End
Sample announcement language follows: On (date of license grant), the Federal Communications Commission granted (LPFM station's call letters) a license to operate. (LPFM station's call letters) may cause interference to the operations of ...
Office of The Federal Register, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CALL LETTERS»

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WINT still working toward upgrading its signal
Fifteen months have passed since WELW, the local radio station founded in 1965 and operating at 1330 on the AM dial, changed its call letters ... «News-Herald.com, Jul 15»
2
GIC RE-EXAM Admit Card 2015: Download Assistnat Manager Call …
Necessary details like examination venue would be provided through call letters. Applicants are hence suggested to get theirs with adequate ... «FitnHit.com, Jul 15»
3
Peach City Radio gets national award
That's a pretty good achievement for a radio station that only received its broadcast licence and call letters — CFUZ — in May, and has yet to ... «Pentiction Western News, Jul 15»
4
BHU, colleges come alive after summer vacation
Call letters for counseling will also be sent via emails and text messages through online portal 'www.bhuonline.in' which will continue till July 3. «Times of India, Jul 15»
5
Ohio Station Transfers To Moody Radio
Moody Radio announced the completion of their purchase of WLGO-FM/Ashtabula, OH from Lamb of God Communications. The call letters will ... «Radio Ink, Jul 15»
6
HC notice to government over stalled talati recruitment
Huge cash and call letters were recovered from his house during the raids. After this revelation, the state government had frozen the recruitment ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
7
Counselling for ITI admission begins today
The call letters have already been sent to all the applicants and the counselling scheduled has already been displayed at the notice board in ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
8
92.1 FM finalizes its nickname -- 'The Shore'
1 Magnum announced it was dropping WEZY's “light rock” format in favor of country music, the call letters were changed to WMKQ, and the ... «Journal Times, Jun 15»
9
Why waste money
Results were announced within a week, but interviews were deliberately delayed for one year and now call letters have been issued to some ... «The Nation, Jun 15»
10
IBPS Recruitment 2015: Call Letter for Hindi Officer post Published
The call letters will be displayed on the screen. The candidates are required to take out a print for future use. Selection procedure: «India Today, Jun 15»

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