KBAD-LD (channel 30) is a low-power television station in Pago Pago, American Samoa, serving the

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. It is owned by South Seas Broadcasting alongside

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and

KKHJ-FM KKHJ-FM (93.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Top 40 format. Licensed to Pago Pago, American Samoa, it serves American Samoa, the only U.S. territory south of the equator. The station is owned by South Seas Broadcasting, Inc. It o ...

. KBAD-LD's transmitter is located between

A'oloau A'oloau is a village in the west of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located inland, southwest of Pago Pago. It is also known as A’oloaufou, which means "new A’olou". An abandoned area in town by A'oloau Bay is known as A'oloautuai, whic ...

and Mapusaga. The station is presently silent.

History

The station was founded on November 4, 2003, as TBN repeater K30HO. In 2005, it was acquired by South Seas Broadcasting. It changed its call sign to WVUV-LP on March 21, 2005, after its acquisition by South Seas Broadcasting; however, it branded itself as "KHJ-TV". It was the first privately owned television station and, later, network affiliate, in American Samoa; network service up to this time on the island had been provided by channels of the government-owned

KVZK-TV KVZK-TV is the public government-owned broadcaster of the U.S. territory of American Samoa, based in Pago Pago. A subsidiary of the Office of Public Information, currently directed by Tialuga Vince Iuli, it was established in 1964. KVZK-TV broadc ...

. Even though the station was located on a Pacific island, it had originally taken a call sign beginning with "W". Co-owned WVUV had been established during World War II and was "grandfathered" with a W-call, and the FCC allowed co-owned channel 30 to use it as well. WVUV-LP had the distinction of being the furthest west television station with a "W" call sign in the United States and the only "W" television call sign in the Pacific. In 2012, KKHJ-LP dropped NBC, which returned to the KVZK fold in 2014. On March 11, 2008, the station changed its call sign to KKHJ-LP, reflecting its branding. The call letters were changed again to KBAD-LP on May 21, 2020. KBAD-LP's license was canceled by the FCC on August 4, 2021, due to the station not being licensed to convert to digital operation by the July 13, 2021 deadline. South Seas Broadcasting requested reinstatement and tolling of its conversion to digital television because of COVID-19-related lockdowns that prevented commercial airline flights and were not lifted until 2022, which the FCC granted with a new July 11, 2022, deadline to finish construction. The call sign reverted to KKHJ-LP on June 16, 2022. The station was licensed for digital operation effective August 29, 2022, changing its call sign to KBAD-LD.

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External links

Fybush.com: Article on American Samoa broadcasting towers
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