We consider the virtual signals of a $Z'$ of very general type in the process $e^+e^-\to W^+W^-$ at a future linear collider (NLC). We show that possible deviations from the SM predictions in this channel are related to similar deviations in the purely leptonic one in a way that is only characteristic of this $Z'$ model, and not in general of possible competitor models with anomalous gauge couplings.
Categories: hep-ph