KUAM-TV (channel 8) is a

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in Hagåtña (Agana), Guam, serving the

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as an affiliate of

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and

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. Owned by Pacific Telestations, LLC, it is

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to the local public access

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channel Local 2. KUAM-TV's studios are located at 600 Harmon Loop in

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, and its transmitter is located east-northeast of Agat.

History

KUAM was Guam's first television station, signing on August 5, 1956 on

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channel 8. It carried programming from all three networks, but has always been a primary NBC affiliate. KUAM began its first broadcast in

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in 1970. When

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debuted in 1986, they carried its lineup as well. For a time, this made KUAM one of the few stations to be affiliated with all four major networks. Despite being affiliated with all four networks, KUAM was hindered by the fact that Guam was a day ahead of the U.S. mainland and that most shows, especially those from the network, were sent via air and/or mail, which meant that viewers would have to wait from a period of two weeks to a month to see any of the offerings. When it was not showing any network fare it featured local in-house programming, syndicated shows and films (mostly travel or cultural) to make up the difference. KUAM-TV, together with KUAM radio, were originally owned by Harry S. Engel, a former owner-manager of radio station

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, with Adam Young International as the stations' representative. Two enterprising mainlanders, H. Scott Kilgore and Sam Rubin, formed the Pacific Broadcasting Corporation and bought the KUAM stations in 1964; the company changed its name to Pacific Telestations, Inc. in the 1970s. Between 1969 and 1980, a sister station,

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(channel 10) served the

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from Saipan. KUAM would lose

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when it began operations in 1987, and lost Fox to the same station in 1990. CBS programming was dropped in 1995 with the launch of

KUAM-LP KUAM-LP, UHF analog channel 20, was a low-power CBS- affiliated television station serving the U.S. territory of Guam that was licensed to Tamuning. The station was owned by Pacific Telestations, Inc. History KUAM-LP began telecasting on Nov ...

; that station, in turn, would be added as KUAM's digital subchannel, broadcasting on channel 8.2, in 2009. As satellite technology started to take off and expand, KUAM began to gradually catch up with the rest of the

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. The station now follows the complete NBC schedule, but on a Tuesday–Monday pattern rather than the traditional Monday–Sunday pattern, with the exception of NBC's sports lineup, which is live in the early morning hours of Sunday (for all Saturday games and events) and Monday (for all Sunday games and events). In 2006 KUAM's website, kuam.com, received honors at that year's

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for having the best small market web site. On February 18, 2009, KUAM signed off its analog signal on channel 8 and switched on its digital signal also on channel 8."List of TV stations to end analog on Tuesday" From Google (February 13, 2009)
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Notable alumni

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– Former TV host; served as the territory's

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to the

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Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

* {{CBS US Territories UAM-TV NBC network affiliates CBS network affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1956 1956 establishments in Guam

History

Notable alumni

Subchannels

See also

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