Example PGCS Code – A10023N1998FB14 (fictitious)
Code Component | Explanation | Meaning |
A | Geographic area | USA |
10023 | Name/location of paper | News – Buffalo, NY |
N | Circulation/frequency | 100M-500M circulation daily |
1998 | Year | 1998 |
FB | Month of publication | February |
14 | Day of publication | 14th |
Coding Format
Recognizing global marketing and communication growth, PGCS is designed
to provide these 6-part codes for
each publication – for obituary coding & other purposes – on a
worldwide basis.
Geographic Area
Code | Country | Options |
A | United States | B, C, D |
E | Balance of North America | F, G, H |
J | South America | K, L |
M | Europe | N, P, R |
S | Asia | T, U |
V | Africa | W, X |
Y | Australia/Pacific | Z |
Name/Location of Paper
The numeric code will be consecutive – with 100,000 numbers available
to identify
publications within EACH geographic region.
Circulation/Frequency
Circulation | Daily * | Weekly** | Monthly | Other |
Under 10,000 | A | B | C | D |
10,000 – 49,999 | E | F | G | H |
50,000 – 99,999 | J | K | L | M |
100,000 – 499,999 | N | P | R | S |
Over 500,000 | T | U | V | W |
Other newspapers | X |
Magazines | Y |
Other | Z |
Daily * = MF, MFSa, MFSu, or MFSaSu
Weekly ** = Less than Daily but more than Monthly
Year
Years will use all four numbers. For example: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
etc.
Month of Publication
Months will be 2-letters only. Use “JA” for January and 1st & 3rd
letters for other months.
Month | Code |
January | JA |
February | FB |
March | MR |
April | AR |
May | MY |
June | JN |
July | JL |
August | AG |
September | SP |
October | OT |
November | NV |
December | DC |
Day of Publication
Days will use two numbers only. Example: 01, 02, 03, 04,
... 29, 30, 31.
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