KGTF

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KGTF
Hagåtña, Guam

Branding	PBS Guam
Slogan	Television worth watching, Television worth supporting
Channels	Digital: 12 (VHF)
Subchannels	12.1 PBS
Owner	Guam Educational Telecommunications Corporation
First air date	October 30, 1970
Call letters' meaning	Guam Telecommunications
Transmitter power	54.7 kW
Height	177.8 m
Facility ID	25511
Transmitter coordinates	13°29′22″N 144°49′46″E / 13.48944°N 144.82944°E / 13.48944; 144.82944
Website	www.pbsguam.org

KGTF is a full-power television station located in Guam transmitting over digital channel 12. The station is operated and funded by the Guam Educational Telecommunications Corporation. KGTF is a PBS member station and its signal covers the entire territory of Guam. Though officially listed as being out of Hagåtña (Agana), the KGTF facilities are actually located in Mangilao, adjacent to Guam Community College. The station's transmission tower is located in the heights of Barrigada.

Unlike most other PBS stations, KGTF offers no subchannels other than the main feed.

History

The station signed on the air on October 30, 1970 with only 4½ hours of programming Monday through Friday, of which they would later expand throughout its nearly-40-year history, including producing local shows and various projects. KGTF currently operates from 6:00am to 12:00 midnight seven days a week.

Last KGTF channel 12 logo, before adopting PBS Guam branding.

External links

PBSGuam.org - Official Website
Query the FCC's TV station database for KGTF
BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KGTF-TV

v t e Television Stations in Guam

Local stations	KUAM 8 (8.1 NBC, 8.2 CBS) KAXM-TV (10.1 Ind) KGTF 12 (12.1 PBS) KTGM 14 (14.1 ABC, 14.2 KEQI-LP) KEQI-LP 22 (Fox, ABS-CBN/ANC) K28HS 28 K30HB 30 K32GB 32 K36GJ 36

Local cable stations	Local 2

Defunct	KUAM-LP 20 (CBS) KTKB-LD 26 (26.1 The CW, Universal Sports)

U.S. Territories broadcast television Puerto Rico American Samoa Guam US Virgin Islands Insular Areas See also Communications in the Northern Mariana Islands the Federated States of Micronesia Palau Communications in the Marshall Islands Hawaii

v t e PBS Station Member Stations in the U.S. Territories

KGTF (Hagåtña, Guam) KVZK-2 (Pago Pago, American Samoa) WMTJ (Fajardo / San Juan, Puerto Rico) WTJX (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in US Territories

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