KVZK-2

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KVZK-2
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Channels Analog: 2 (VHF)
Affiliations PBS
Owner The Government of American Samoa
First air date October 5, 1964
Former affiliations NET (1964-1970)
Transmitter Power 60 kW
Height 610 m
Transmitter Coordinates 14°15′54.5″S, 170°41′14.5″W

KVZK-2 is the local PBS member station for Pago Pago and American Samoa, broadcasting in NTSC on VHF channel 2.

KVZK-2 is owned by the Government of American Samoa, which also operates KVZK-4 and KVZK-5, offering programming from ABC, CBS and, before KKHJ-LP's acquisition, NBC.

Despite the odd call-letter arrangement and its absence from the FCC database, KVZK-2 is, in fact, a valid United States call sign. As an insular area of the United States, television in American Samoa is regulated by the Department of the Interior instead of the FCC.[citation needed]

KVZK-2 was American Samoa's first television station. It began broadcasting in black and white in 1964. Its broadcasts transitioned to color after the station became part of PBS in 1971.

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