WVUV-LP

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WVUV-LP

Pago Pago, American Samoa
Branding	NBC 30 / KHJ-TV 30
Channels	30 (UHF) analog, No digital
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	South Seas Broadcasting, Inc.
Founded	2002
Former callsigns	K30HO (2002-2005)
Former affiliations	TBN (2002-2005)
Transmitter Power	2 kW / 27 m (analog)
Website	http://www.nbc30.tv/ http://www.khjradio.com/

This page is about WVUV-LP in American Samoa, which also uses the fake calls "KHJ-TV". For the former KHJ-TV in Los Angeles, see KCAL-TV.

[edit] About The Station

WVUV-LP is the name of a low-power television station in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The station broadcasts over the air on UHF channel 30, and is a NBC affiliate.

The station was founded on November 4, 2003 as TBN repeater K30HO. It gained its current call sign of WVUV-LP on March 21, 2005 after its acquisition by South Seas Broadcasting.

WVUV is the first privately owned television station and, later, network affiliate, in American Samoa -- government-owned KVZK-4 and KVZK-5 carries programming from ABC, CBS and, before WVUV's acquisition, NBC.

Even though the station is located on a Pacific island, the station's calls begin with "W". Co-owned WVUV-AM was established during WWII and was "grandfathered" with a W-call. The FCC allowed Channel 30 to use a "conforming" call (WVUV-LP). WVUV-AM and WVUV-LP are the only FCC-licensed radio stations in the Pacific with "W" call signs. WVUV also has the distinction of being the furthest west "W" call sign in the United States.

WVUV-AM and WVUV-LP are co-owned with KKHJ-FM in Pago Pago. That station is also known as "93KHJ", a tribute to the legendary Southern California Top 40 station.

[edit] See also

Communications in American Samoa

[edit] External links

Broadcast Television in American Samoa (Pago Pago)
KVZK 2 (PBS) - KVZK 4 (ABC / CBS) - KVZK 5 (ABC / CBS) - K11UU 11 - K20ET 20 - K22ER 22 - K24DZ 24 - K26EG 26 - K28EG 28 - WVUV-LP 30 (NBC) - K32GL 32 - K34HI 34 (FOX) - K36GY 36 - KJCP-LP 38 (TBN / JCTV)