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[Dave Doherty]

WVCA is likely to be available on request. 

It was assigned to a construction permit in Selma, AL, that was never built.
It was cancelled in 1995, and the call sign was changed from WVCA to DWVCA -
the "D" prefix meaning "Deleted."  Apparently, changing the call to DWVCA
did not update the call sign directory.

Skywaves Call Sign History Search
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Input:  WVCA (Contains) 

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 21828	DWVCA	FM	 287	SELMA, AL	PRCAN

WVCA      	1989-03-14 to present 
880602OE  	0000-00-00 to 1989-03-14	

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 61409	WBOQ	FM	 285	GLOUCESTER, MA	LICEN as of 2000-04-04

WBOQ      	1988-07-18 to present 
WVCA-FM   	1979-12-07 to 1988-07-18	
WVCAFM    	0000-00-00 to 1979-12-07	

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Run Date:  10/14/2015 10:48:06 AM

-----Original Message-----
From: Boston-Radio-Interest
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Rob Landry
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:42 AM
To: TVNETDUDE@aol.com
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Subject: Re: your mail



On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Mike via Boston-Radio-Interest wrote:


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RE: WVCA: "Does the FCC retire call letters?"

This looks like a database error. Either the call sign is assigned, but the
database hasn't been updated, or it's available.

My guess is that it's assigned to a ship or some other entity not under FCC
jurisdiction.


Rob