call letters

plural noun

letters of the alphabet or such letters in combination with numbers for identifying a radio or television station, an amateur radio transmitting device, or the like.

Origin of call letters

First recorded in 1910–15

Also called call sign.

Words Nearby call letters

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How to use call letters in a sentence

With which he opened up the wireless and began repeating the call letters.
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service | James R. Driscoll
Then VAI or the call letters of the ground station being called.
Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol | Henry Harley Arnold
Will you state the master's full name, and the call letters and registration of your craft.
The Day of the Dog | Anderson Horne

British Dictionary definitions for call letters

call letters

pl n

the call sign of an American or Canadian radio station, esp that of a commercial broadcasting station

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