Anyone knows why they put the letter "K' in front of all the radio and TV stations in California? "K" means??

Question

Anyone knows why they put the letter "K' in front of all the radio and TV stations in California? "K" means??

Answer 1

joe joe is kind of right but its not just radio stations... TV satellite in fact any type of over the air broadcast that requires an FFC license is split K,West of ...W. east of the Mississippi

Answer 2

Radio stations west of the Mississippi start with K, east of the Mississippi start with a W.

It comes from when radio was first starting.  Mr Kaiser and Mr Westershien were rivals.  They agreed to divid the US.  Mr Kaiser got the west, Mr Westershien got the east.