KUAM

KUAM
Location	Tamuning, Guam
Branding	New Line 7 (general) Guam News Now (newscasts)
Slogan	Totally Guam
Channel(s)	Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7(PSIP)
subchannel(s)	7.1 - KUAM
Affiliation	New Line Network (1978-present)
First air date	October 19, 1978
Former call letters	none
Former channel number	Analog: 7 (VHF; 1978-2009)
Former Affiliation	none
Owner	Raycom Media

Not to be confused with KUAM, the real-life NBC/CBS affiliated station also serving Guam.

KUAM is the New Line Network affiliate serving the United States territory of Guam. The station is owned by Raycom Media.

History

KUAM signed on the air in 1978, broadcasting on NTSC analog channel 7.

Originally owned and operated by Tamuning Telecasters, Inc., KUAM was purchased by Malrite Communications in 1995, which in turn was acquired by Raycom.

In 2008 KUAM apparently had its DTV construction permit expire, and was waiting for the FCC to reinstate it, which it did later that year. On February 18, 2009 KUAM officially signed off its analog channel at 2PM Chamorro Standard Time (6PM HST / 8PM PST / 11PM EST on February 17, 2009) and switched on its ATSC digital channel 7.

Programming and schedule

Because Guam is a day ahead of the continental United States and that most programs arrived by tapes from New Line's headquarters in Burbank, California, KUAM used to air most New Line shows (except those available through satellites) on a one-week delay basis.

With advancing communication technology, KUAM now airs the complete New Line lineup on the "same day" (just a few hours behind Hawaii), meaning that a Monday through Sunday stateside pattern is aired on a Tuesday through Monday pattern on Guam due to the time zone and day-ahead hindrance.