High Frequency and Frequency Modulation Stations (1942)

This list was taken from the 1942 Radio Annual. Thanks to Jim Douglass for providing it for this website. Stations with call letters not containing an X are commercial stations, which used frequency modulation.

FreqCallCityStateWattsArea
(Sq Mi)
Licensee
25.4W9XLADenverCO100...KLZ Broadcasting Co.
26.1W2XVPNew YorkNY1000...City of New York Municipal
Broadcasting System
26.125W5XAUOklahoma CityOK100...WKY Radiophone Co.
42.6W1XSNE. SpringfieldMA1000...Westinghouse Radio Stations, Inc.
42.6W1XKHullMA100...Westinghouse Radio Stations, Inc.
42.6W8XADRochesterNY1000...WHEC, Inc.
42.8W2XMNAlpineNJ40000...Edwin H. Armstrong
43W2XMNAlpineNJ40000...Edwin H. Armstrong
43W8XVHColumbusOH250...WBNS, Inc.
43W9XYHSuperiorWI1000...Head of Lakes Broadcasting Co.
43.1K31LAHollywoodCA...38000Columbia Broadcasting System
43.1W31NYAlpineNJ...15600Edwin H. Armstrong
43.2W3XOGeorgetownDC1000...C. M. Jansky, Jr. and Stuart L. Bailey,
d/b as Jansky & Bailey
43.2W2XOYNew ScotlandNY2500...General Electric Co.
43.4W1XTGWorcesterMA1000...Worcester Telegram Publishing Co.
43.7K37LALos AngelesCA...28000Earle C. Anthony, Inc.
43.9W39BBostonMA...31000The Yankee Network, Inc.
43.9W39NYNew YorkNY...3900City of New York Municipal
Broadcasting System
44.1W41MMWinston-SalemNC...69400Gordon Gray
44.3W43BPaxtonMA.......The Yankee Network., Inc.
44.5K45LALos AngelesCA...7000Don Lee Broadcasting System
44.5K45SFSan FranciscoCA...10800Hughes Tool Co.
44.5W45VEvansvilleIN...8400Evansville On the Air, Inc.
44.5W45RGBaton RougeLA...8100Baton Rouge Broadcasting Corp.
44.5W45DDetroitMI...6800The Evening News Association
44.5W45CMColumbusOH...12400WBNS, Inc.
44.7W47CChicagoIL...10800WJJD, Inc.
44.7W47ASchenectadyNY...6600Capitol Broadcasting Co.
44.7W47NYNew YorkNY...8500Muzak Corp.
44.7W47PPittsburghPA...8400Walker & Downing Radio
44.7W47NVNasvhilleTN...16000National Life & Accident Insurance Co.
44.7K47SLSalt Lake CityUT...700Radio Service Corp. of Utah
44.9K49LALos AngelesCA...7000Hughes Tool Co.
44.9W49FWFort WayneIN...6100Westinghouse Radio Stations, Inc.
44.9W49DDetroitMI...6800John Lord Booth
44.9K49KCKansas CityMO...4400Everett L. Dillard, d/b as
Commercial Radio Equipment Co.
44.9W49BNBinghamtonNY...6500Wylie B. Jones
44.9W49PHPhiladelphiaPA...9300Pennsylvania Broadcasting Co.
45.1W51CChicagoIL...10800Zenith Radio Corp.
45.1W51SLLexingtonKY...6300American Broadcasting Corp. of Kentucky
45.1K51LSt. LouisMO...13000St. Louis University
45.1W51NYNew YorkNY...8500National Broadcasting Co.
45.1W2XWGNew YorkNY1000...National Broadcasting Co.
45.1W51RRochesterNY...3200Stromberg Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co.
45.3K53LALos AngelesCA...7000Standard Broadcasting Co.
45.3W53HHartfordCT...6100Travelers Broadcasting Service Corp.
45.3W53DDetroitMI...6800Goodwill Station
45.3W53PHPhiladelphiaPA...9300WFIL Broadcasting Co.
45.5W55NYNew YorkNY...8500William G. H. Finch
45.5W55MMilwaukeeWI...8500The Journal Co.
45.7W57ASchenectadyNY...6600General Electric Co.
45.7W57PHPhiladelphiaPA...9300Westinghouse Radio Stations, Inc.
45.9W59CChicagoIL...10800WGN, Inc.
45.9W59BMBaltimoreMD...5500Baltimore Radio Show, Inc.
45.9K59LSt. LouisMO...13000Columbia Broadcasting System
45.9W59NYNew YorkNY...8500Interstate Broadcasting Co.
46.1K61LALos AngelesCA...7000Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
46.3W63CChicagoIL...10800National Broadcasting Co.
46.3W63SYSyracuseNY...6800Central New York Broadcasting Corp.
46.3W63NYNew YorkNY...8500Marcus Loew Booking Agency
46.5W65HHartfordCT...6100WDRC, Inc.
46.7W67CChicagoIL...10800Columbia Broadcasting System., Inc.
46.7W67BBostonMA...6700Westinghouse Radio Stations, Inc.
46.7W67NYNew YorkNY...8500Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
46.9W69PHPhiladelphiaPA...9300WCAU Broadcasting Co.
47.1W71RFRockfordIL...3900Rockford Broadcasters, Inc.
47.1W71SBSouth BendIN...7100South Bend Tribune
47.1W71NYNew YorkNY...8500Bamberger Broadcasting Service, Inc.
47.3W73DDetroitMI...6800King-Trendle Broadcasting Corp.
47.3W73PHPhiladelphiaPA...9300William Penn Broadcasting Co.
47.5W75CChicagoIL...10800Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
47.5W75NYNew YorkNY...8500Metropolitan Television, Inc.
47.5W75PPittsburghPA...8400Westinghouse Radio Stations, Inc.
47.7W77XLLansingMI...3800WJIM, Inc.
47.9W79CChicagoIL...10800Oak Park Realty & Amusement Co.
48.1W81SPSpringfieldMO...2500Westinghouse Radio Stations, Inc.
48.1W81PHPhiladelphiaPA...9300Seaboard Radio Broadcasting Corp.
48.7W2XQRLong Island CityNY1000...John V. L. Hogan
117.19W2XAGYonkersNY5000...Carman R. Runyon, Jr.
117.43W2XMNAlpineNJ40000...Edwin H. Armstrong

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