KEQI-LD (channel 22) is a
low-power television station in
Dededo, Guam, serving the
U.S. territory
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as an affiliate of the
Fox
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network. It is owned by Sorensen Media Group alongside
ABC
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affiliate
KTGM
KTGM (channel 14) is a television station in Tamuning, Guam, serving the U.S. territory as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Sorensen Media Group alongside low-power Fox affiliate KEQI-LD (channel 22). The two stations share studios on 11 ...
(channel 14). Both stations share studios on 111 Chalan Santo Papa in
Hagåtña (Agana), while KEQI-LD's transmitter is located in the heights of
Barigåda (Barrigada).
KEQI-LD's signal can be seen
over the air
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in Hagåtña (Agana),
Tamuneng (Tamuning), and Dededo. Its programming is also available island-wide on KTGM's second digital subchannel, on
cable
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channel 6 on
MCV Broadband
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and GTA's GUdTV systems in Guam, and on cable channel 10 on MCV Broadband in the
Northern Mariana Islands
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.
Programming
Originally KEQI-LP, the station signed on the air on December 17, 2004, and has been owned by Sorensen Media Group since its inception. It broadcast as an
independent station
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until picking up the Fox network affiliation on September 1, 2005. Prior to this, Fox had only been carried as a secondary affiliation, first on
NBC
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affiliate
KUAM-TV
KUAM-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Hagåtña (Agana), Guam, serving the U.S. territory as an affiliate of NBC and CBS. Owned by Pacific Telestations, LLC, it is sister to the local public access cable channel Local 2. KUAM-TV's stu ...
, then on KTGM (which Sorensen acquired in November 2005) from 1990 onward, until near the end of the decade, when KTGM dropped it to focus on ABC programming. After this, local cable systems carried
San Francisco Bay Area
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affiliate
KTVU
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before the network affiliated with KEQI-LP.
The station airs a mix of Fox network programming and
syndicated fare. It also airs the Fox primetime schedule on the same week as the
continental United States
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, except that shows are aired on a Tuesday-through-Monday pattern rather than the Monday-through-Sunday pattern, since Guam is a day ahead of the United States. This does not apply to live sports, which mainly air live early in the morning.
KEQI-LD's syndicated programming includes ''
Entertainment Tonight
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'' and ''
Inside Edition
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''. These same programs are also repeated on KTGM.
In 2008, the station added news programming from the
Philippines
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* hil, Republ ...
, using content from
ABS-CBN
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and its sister news cable channel
ANC
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through
The Filipino Channel
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, throughout the day when they do not air any Fox programming. KEQI-LD also airs radio simulcasts of several
KGUM talk shows with live studio cams.
See also
*
Channel 6 branded TV stations in the United States The following television stations in the United States brand as channel 6 (though neither using virtual channel 6 nor broadcasting on physical RF channel 6):
* KECY-DT3 in El Centro, California
* KEQI-LD in Dededo, Guam
* KONG in Everett, Washin ...
*
Channel 22 digital TV stations in the United States The following television stations broadcast on Digital television, digital channel 22 in the United States:
* K22AD-D in Gillette, Wyoming
* K22BR-D in May, etc., Oklahoma
* K22CI-D in Lander, Wyoming
* K22CQ-D in Idalia, Colorado, on virtual chann ...
*
Channel 22 low-power TV stations in the United States The following Low-power broadcasting, low-power television stations broadcast on Digital television, digital or Analog television, analog channel 22 in the United States:
* K22AD-D in Gillette, Wyoming
* K22BR-D in May, etc., Oklahoma
* K22CI-D in ...
*
Channel 22 virtual TV stations in the United States
External links
Official websitePacific News Center*
EQI-LD
Fox network affiliates
ABS-CBN stations
Television channels and stations established in 2004
Low-power television stations in the United States
2004 establishments in Guam
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