Numbers for call letter signs?

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 09:56:35 -0700 (PDT), Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@yahoo.com> said:

> Probably translators, yes, but is this how call
> "letter" signs are being issued for them? All numbers?
> (or maybe that's just a reference number for the FCC
> database, for each station?)

Those are not translators.  The numbers you see are facility ID
numbers.  In the FCC database, the "callsign" for new facilities is
generally filled in with either the application reference number, or
the text "NEW", until a callsign is applied for.

-GAWollman