KUAM-TV
NBC/CBS affiliate in Hagåtña, Guam
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 studios are located at 600 Harmon Loop in Dededo, and its transmitter is located east-northeast of Agat.
History
KUAM was Guam's first television station, signing on August 5, 1956 (initially intended to open on July 15), on analog channel 8. It carried programming from all three networks, but has always been a primary NBC affiliate, having signed up for the network in May. The KUAM radio and TV stations were damaged by a typhoon on November 10-11, 1962; the TV station took two weeks to repair and resumed telecasts on November 25. From 1964, KUAM signed affiliation agreements with ABC and CBS. As of 1967, Guam had 30,000 television sets. KUAM began its first broadcast in color in 1970. When Fox 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.
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