K11UU-D explained

Callsign:K11UU-D
Branding:Hope Channel American Samoa
Digital:11 (VHF)
Virtual:11
Callsign Meaning:Sequentially assigned by the FCC
Former Callsigns:K11UU (2002–2011)
Former Channel Numbers:Analog:
11 (VHF, 2002–2011)
Location:Pago Pago, American Samoa
Owner:American Samoa Adventist Media Ministry, Inc.
Erp:3 kW
Haat:-0.70NaN0
Class:LD
Facility Id:130292
Licensing Authority:FCC

K11UU-D (channel 11) is a low-power independent television station in Pago Pago, American Samoa, owned by American Samoa Adventist Media Ministry, Inc.

History

Pacific Channel Samoa (PCS TV), a company owned by Bill Hyman, received a construction permit to build a new channel 11 low-power television station at Pago Pago on January 18, 2002; the station filed for a license to cover on October 14, 2003. Pacific Channel Samoa transferred the license to co-owned Samoa Systems, Inc. in 2010. PCS-TV converted to digital that same year; at that time, it broadcast Australia Network most of the day, live sports from New Zealand and Fiji, and religious programs on the Baháʼí Faith.[1]

Hyman's finances suffered after he lost money making a movie in the early 2010s, prompting him to consider selling the television station.[2] In August 2016, Hyman sold K11UU-D to a Seventh-Day Adventist media group,[3] which he had selected to purchase the station, since it would continue to air religious fare. PCS programming moved to the 11.2 subchannel, and channel 11.1 relaunched as a local outlet under the Hope Channel banner.[4]

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel! scope = "col"
Res.AspectShort nameProgramming
11.1 Hope Channel
11.2 PCS TV
11.3 (Blank)
11.4 (Blank)

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Notes and References

  1. News: American Samoa TV station prepares to go digital next month. RNZ International. July 30, 2010. October 24, 2020.
  2. News: PCS TV Sold to American Samoa Adventist Media Inc.. October 24, 2020. December 19, 2016. Talanei.
  3. News: Seventh-Day Adventist Church launches TV station. Samoa News. October 24, 2020. December 21, 2016.
  4. News: Hope Channel launched in American Samoa. October 24, 2020. January 10, 2017. Adventist Record.