PGCS Coding Details

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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