call letters

plural noun

Examples of call letters in a Sentence

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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 The soundtrack of your life probably passed through these call letters. Nicole Alvarez, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025 Judith Smelser is the president and general manager of Central Florida Public Media, formerly known by its radio call letters WMFE. Judith Smelser, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025 The call letters then became WPLG, named for Philip L. Graham, late husband of Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 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 31 Dec. 2025.

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