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Back in the 1920s, when there were enough radio stations that governments
decided it was time to step in and regulate them (to avoid having their signals
devour each other), there was an international conference to set up a
workable worldwide system, and unique station identifications for each nation
were created. The USA was allocated 'A', 'N', 'W', and 'K' as the first letter in
all station call-signs licensed in this country.
So far, commercial stations (AM. FM, TV) have been given call-signs beginning only
with the 'K' and the 'W', but ham stations and other services get calls beginning
with 'A' and 'N', in addition to 'W' and 'K'.
To answer your question directly: The 'W' and 'K' mean that the station with that
call-sign is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate in
the USA.
Similarly, Mexico has 'X', Canada has 'C' and 'V', Spain has 'E', Germany has 'D',
Russia has 'U', etc. etc.
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