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KUAM-TV

NBC/CBS affiliate in Hagåtña, Guam

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

KUAM-TV 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.

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The public source identifies “KUAM-TV” as nBC/CBS affiliate in Hagåtña, Guam. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around KUAM-TV, affiliate and Hagåtña.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 55-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with KUAM-TV, affiliate and Hagåtña providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “KUAM-TV” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.