Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Call signs in the United States are three to seven characters in length, including suffixes for certain types of service, but the minimum length for new stations is four characters, and seven-character call signs result only from rare combinations of suffixes. All broadcast call signs in the United States begin with either \"K\" or \"W\", with \"K\" usually west of the Mississippi River and \"W\" usually east of it (except in Louisiana and Minnesota, which do not strictly follow the dividing line between the two groups). Initial letters \"AA\" through \"AL\", as well as \"N\", are internationally allocated to the United States but are not used for broadcast stations.Each station with a traditional full-power license, whether AM, FM, television, or private shortwave, has a call sign of three or four letters, plus an optional suffix of either \"-FM\" or \"-TV\". A broadcast translator or other low-power station has either four letters with a mandatory two-letter suffix indicating its type, or a five- or six-character call sign consisting of \"K\" or \"W\", followed by two to three digits indicating its frequency, followed by two letters issued sequentially."@en }
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- Call_signs_in_the_United_States abstract "Call signs in the United States are three to seven characters in length, including suffixes for certain types of service, but the minimum length for new stations is four characters, and seven-character call signs result only from rare combinations of suffixes. All broadcast call signs in the United States begin with either \"K\" or \"W\", with \"K\" usually west of the Mississippi River and \"W\" usually east of it (except in Louisiana and Minnesota, which do not strictly follow the dividing line between the two groups). Initial letters \"AA\" through \"AL\", as well as \"N\", are internationally allocated to the United States but are not used for broadcast stations.Each station with a traditional full-power license, whether AM, FM, television, or private shortwave, has a call sign of three or four letters, plus an optional suffix of either \"-FM\" or \"-TV\". A broadcast translator or other low-power station has either four letters with a mandatory two-letter suffix indicating its type, or a five- or six-character call sign consisting of \"K\" or \"W\", followed by two to three digits indicating its frequency, followed by two letters issued sequentially.".