Spare broadcast call signs
Available WR call signs
147 of the 676 WR 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.
Found one you like? Check it before you file.
The FCC's own call sign search only looks at broadcast stations. Our free Call Sign Check also looks at FCC ship licenses and shortwave stations, tells you if a call was just released or is changing hands, and explains the rule behind every answer.
WR call signs at a glance
Of the 676 four-letter WR combinations, 529 belong to broadcast stations and 147 are spare.
Those 529 calls are used by 556 stations (a call can be shared across services, like KXXX and KXXX-FM):
- FM: 303
- AM: 111
- LPFM: 85
- Full-power TV: 30
- Low power TV: 20
- Class A TV: 7
WR stations on the air include WRAA (AM, Luray, VA), WRDQ (Full-power TV, Orlando, FL), WRHT (FM, Morehead City, NC), WRLU (FM, Algoma, WI), WRQO (FM, Monticello, MS), WRUF (AM, Gainesville, FL).
The latest WR call sign change: W16DS-D became WRDY-CD on August 12, 2026.
Among the spare ones: 14 used by a ship or shortwave station, 28 old ship calls whose license lapsed. Run any of them through Call Sign Check before you file.
All spare WR call signs
Just released Used by a ship or shortwave station: check before you file Old ship call (license lapsed)
WRAG WRAH WRAI WRAJ WRAU WRAV WRCW WRCY WRDH WRDK WREH WREI WREQ WRER WREU WRFO WRFV WRGD WRGH WRGI WRGJ WRGK WRGL WRGO WRGQ WRHB WRHF WRHJ WRHP WRHX WRHY WRII WRIJ WRIY WRJG WRJI WRJP WRJQ WRJU WRJV WRKG WRKP WRLQ WRMH WRMI WRMP WRMQ WRMX WRMY WRMZ WRNG WRNH WRNI WRNU WROG WROH WROT WRPA WRPD WRPF WRPH WRPL WRPU WRPY WRPZ WRQA WRQC WRQD WRQF WRQG WRQH WRQJ WRQL WRQS WRQU WRQZ WRRT WRRU WRRW WRRY WRSE WRSH WRSQ WRSZ WRTF WRUB WRUD WRUH WRUI WRUK WRUQ WRUT WRUY WRUZ WRWC WRWE WRWF WRWG WRWI WRWJ WRWM WRWP WRWQ WRWU WRWV WRWW WRWY WRWZ WRXE WRXF WRXG WRXI WRXM WRXN WRXU WRYA WRYB WRYE WRYF WRYG WRYH WRYI WRYJ WRYK WRYL WRYO WRYQ WRYR WRYW WRYX WRYY WRYZ WRZA WRZC WRZD WRZF WRZG WRZH WRZJ WRZL WRZM WRZP WRZT WRZU WRZV WRZW WRZY
← WQ call signs All prefixes WS call signs →
Spare call signs by prefix
K call signs: stations west of the Mississippi River
- KA220
- KB203
- KC207
- KD354
- KE372
- KF366
- KG393
- KH343
- KI380
- KJ395
- KK356
- KL207
- KM284
- KN346
- KO334
- KP329
- KQ406
- KR187
- KS196
- KT209
- KU398
- KV359
- KW300
- KX365
- KY406
- KZ359
W call signs: stations 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
- WV312
- WW305
- WX376
- WY380
- WZ391
Found one you like? Check it before you file.
The FCC's own call sign search only looks at broadcast stations. Our free Call Sign Check also looks at FCC ship licenses and shortwave stations, tells you if a call was just released or is changing hands, and explains the rule behind every answer.
From the FCC's station, ship and shortwave records as of October 16, 2026, updated every morning. Not a product of the FCC.