Spare broadcast call signs
Available WL call signs
155 of the 676 WL four-letter combinations aren't held by any broadcast station. W calls go to stations east of the Mississippi River. Click any call to check it.
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WL call signs at a glance
Of the 676 four-letter WL combinations, 521 belong to broadcast stations and 155 are spare.
Those 521 calls are used by 550 stations (a call can be shared across services, like KXXX and KXXX-FM):
- FM: 286
- AM: 132
- LPFM: 65
- Full-power TV: 43
- Low power TV: 18
- Class A TV: 6
WL stations on the air include WLAA (AM, Winter Garden, FL), WLEL (FM, Ellaville, GA), WLIO (Full-power TV, Lima, OH), WLMU (FM, Harrogate, TN), WLRP (AM, San Sebastian, PR), WLVH (FM, Hardeeville, SC).
The latest WL call sign change: WNLV became WLGW on October 1, 2026.
Among the spare ones: 3 released in the last 60 days, 7 used by a ship or shortwave station, 23 old ship calls whose license lapsed. Run any of them through Call Sign Check before you file.
Just released
All spare WL call signs
Just released Used by a ship or shortwave station: check before you file Old ship call (license lapsed)
WLAH WLAL WLAO WLAW WLBD WLBO WLBP WLBU WLBV WLCI WLCP WLDA WLDD WLDG WLDH WLDK WLDL WLDM WLDO WLDP WLDT WLDU WLDZ WLEI WLEP WLEQ WLET WLEU WLFD WLFO WLFU WLFY WLGB WLGG WLGL WLGT WLGY WLHB WLHD WLHG WLHJ WLHP WLHQ WLHU WLHX WLIA WLIC WLIU WLIY WLIZ WLJB WLJG WLJJ WLJM WLJO WLJQ WLJU WLJX WLJY WLKK WLLB WLLF WLLI WLLO WLLP WLLS WLMH WLMJ WLMK WLMM WLMQ WLMY WLNB WLNK WLNN WLNP WLNW WLOG WLOM WLOT WLOZ WLPA WLPI WLPQ WLQA WLQD WLQE WLQF WLQG WLQJ WLQL WLQN WLQO WLQP WLQR WLQS WLQT WLQU WLQW WLQX WLRG WLRI WLRL WLSA WLSJ WLSX WLSY WLSZ WLTT WLUA WLUF WLUH WLUO WLUQ WLUT WLUU WLUY WLVD WLVP WLWA WLWB WLWH WLWN WLWO WLWQ WLWU WLWV WLWW WLWY WLWZ WLXH WLXS WLYA WLYI WLYL WLYO WLYP WLYR WLYS WLYW WLYX WLYZ WLZC WLZF WLZG WLZI WLZJ WLZM WLZO WLZP WLZQ WLZR WLZS WLZU WLZY
← WK call signs All prefixes WM call signs →
Spare call signs by prefix
K call letters: west of the Mississippi River
- KA220
- KB203
- KC207
- KD354
- KE372
- KF366
- KG392
- KH343
- KI380
- KJ395
- KK356
- KL207
- KM284
- KN346
- KO334
- KP329
- KQ406
- KR187
- KS196
- KT209
- KU398
- KV359
- KW301
- KX365
- KY406
- KZ359
W call letters: east of the Mississippi River
- WA197
- WB176
- WC176
- WD310
- WE309
- WF314
- WG310
- WH263
- WI340
- WJ241
- WK133
- WL155
- WM174
- WN284
- WO380
- WP271
- WQ401
- WR147
- WS209
- WT242
- WU442
- WV311
- WW305
- WX376
- WY380
- WZ391
Spotted a call you want? Verify it before filing.
The call sign search the FCC offers covers broadcast stations only. Our free Call Sign Check adds shortwave stations and FCC ship licenses, flags a call that was recently released or is moving to a new owner, and gives the rule behind each result.
Current to October 16, 2026, drawn from FCC records for stations, ships and shortwave, with a fresh update each morning. Not an FCC product.