KTKB-LD,
virtual and
UHF
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digital
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channel 26, is a
low-powered CW+-
affiliated television station serving the
U.S. territory
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of
Guam that is
licensed to
Tamuning
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. Owned by
Chicago-based
KM Communications
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, the station is operated by Marianas Media under a
local marketing agreement
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(LMA). It is carried island-wide on
cable channel 4 on
MCV Broadband
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and GTA's GUdTV system (hence the CW 4 Guam branding).
Despite being a low-power television station, KTKB's signal covers all of Guam. It is also the territory's first fully digital commercial television station.
History
The station went on the air on April 20, 2009, though it received its
construction permit
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on September 3, 2003. Like most of the television stations in Guam, KTKB followed a Tuesday through Monday schedule for its CW primetime lineup because of Guam being a day ahead of the United States. However, it was the first station in Guam to air first-run
syndicated fare and classic shows, most of them from the
Sony Pictures Television library, though programming from
Universal Media Studios and
Warner Bros. Television was added in September 2009. By April 2010, other stations in Guam, notably
KTGM and
KEQI-LP
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, began adding syndicated product.
KTKB was one of the few stations to still
sign off overnight, doing so at 1 a.m. It did not actually go off-the-air; rather, it simply showed station promos and
public service announcements.
In March 2010, KTKB launched a half-hour newscast, ''Guam News Watch'', which competed with ''
KUAM News'' and ''
Pacific News Center
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'' at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. The newscast was canceled on January 4, 2011. On March 31, the station ceased operations,
however, KTKB returned to the air on January 9, 2012.
Digital television
See also
*
Channel 4 branded TV stations in the United States The following television stations in the United States brand as channel 4 (though neither using virtual channel 4 nor broadcasting on physical radio frequency, RF channel 4):
* KTKB-LD in Tamuning, Guam
* KVEO-TV, KVEO-DT2 Brownsville, Texas
* KXJB- ...
*
Channel 26 digital TV stations in the United States The following television stations broadcast on digital channel 26 in the United States:
* K20EC-D in Kanab, Utah, on virtual channel 2, which rebroadcasts KUTV
* K26CI-D in Cortez, etc., Colorado
* K26CK-D in Cottonwood/Grangevil, Idaho
* K26CL- ...
*
Channel 26 low-power TV stations in the United States The following low-power television stations broadcast on digital or analog channel 26 in the United States:
* K20EC-D in Kanab, Utah
* K26CI-D in Cortez, etc., Colorado
* K26CK-D in Cottonwood/Grangevil, Idaho
* K26CL-D in Alexandria, Minnesot ...
*
Channel 26 virtual TV stations in the United States The following television stations operate on virtual channel 26 in the United States:
* K05MX-D in Nephi, Utah
* K07XL-D in Mountain Home, Arkansas
* K08LI-D in White Sulphur Spring, Montana
* K20NH-D in Brainerd, Minnesota
* K22NR-D in Stephenv ...
References
External links
*
{{Guam TV
TKB-LD
The CW affiliates
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Low-power television stations in the United States
2009 establishments in Guam