As mentioned previously calls can be tied to a brand-name for better utility. I have also seen them tied to a city and there the calls become their own brand with a pleasant sense of localism. In this list I tried to exclude univeristy stations whose calls actually correlate to the school name NOT the city.

A lot of radio-men use the term "Heritage calls" It dosent just mean old calls, it means old calls that persist in the market. These calls reappear on numerous sticks in a market each time revisiting the connotation of the branding and aiding market entry. Calls like these are almost always heritage calls.
Boston -
WBOSLos Angeles -
KLAX,
KALI,
KKLAPhiladelphia -
WPHI,
WPHE,
WPHTNew York City -
WNYC,
WNYESan Diego -
KSDS, KSDO, KLSD, KFSD
Denver -
KFDNWashington D.C. -
WASH, WWDC
Baltimore -
WBAL, WCBMAs you get into very tertiary non-markets you can see this much more often:
Willimantic, CT -
WILIManhattan, KS -
KMAN-AM
Guymon, OK -
KGYNArkadelphia, AR -
KDELRocky Mount, NC -
WRMT-AM
Anaconda, MT -
KANA-AM
... The List goes on and on.
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