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What are those weird nonsense letters that pop up on the bottom of the screen sometimes? Call letters and call signs are so unimportant in our television viewing these days that they honestly do need to be explained. Explored in this video, the history behind why some call signs start with W and others start with K, clever uses of television call signs over the years, plus strange outliers and how they're used internationally in even less noticeable ways. (Did you know one TV call sign moved across the country a few years ago?!)

While major nationwide television networks and localized nomenclature has taken precedence in how television promotes itself to viewers, broadcast TV and its call signs are still important from a legal perspective and to differentiate various stations across the country.

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