KBAD-LP
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| Pago Pago, American Samoa | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: 30 (UHF) Digital: 30 (UHF, never built) |
| Branding | Island Television |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Defunct (formerly Independent) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | South Seas Broadcasting, Inc. |
| History | |
| Founded | 2002 |
Former call signs | K30HO (2003–2005) WVUV-LP (2005–2008) KKHJ-LP (2008–2020) |
| TBN (2002–2005) NBC (2005–2012) | |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 6 kW |
KBAD-LP, UHF analog channel 30, was a low-powered independent television station serving the U.S. territory of American Samoa that was licensed to Pago Pago. Owned by South Seas Broadcasting, it was a sister station to WVUV-FM, KKBT-FM and KKHJ-FM. KKHJ is also known as "93KHJ", a tribute to the Southern California former-Top 40 AM radio station KHJ. KBAD-LP's transmitter was located between A'oloau and Mapusaga.
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".[1] It was the first privately owned television station and, later, network affiliate, in American Samoa—government-owned and carry programming from ABC and CBS, and had carried NBC before WVUV's acquisition by South Seas. 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.
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.[citation needed]
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.
See also[]
- Communications in American Samoa
References[]
- ^ "NBC-TV AFFILIATE TO BROADCAST IN PAGO". Pacific Islands Report. Samoa Reporter. February 3, 2005. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
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