KGUM (AM)
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| City | Hagåtña, Guam |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Guam |
| Branding | News Talk K57 |
| Slogan | The Hottest Talk On Guam |
| Frequency | 567 kHz |
| First air date |
February 1975 (as KATB) November 1981 (as KGUM) |
| Format | News/Talk radio |
| Language(s) | English |
| Power | 10,000 watts (unlimited) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 60853 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 13°23′21″N 144°45′34″E / 13.38917°N 144.75944°E |
| Callsign meaning | GUaM |
| Former callsigns | KATB (1975-1981) |
| Affiliations | CBS Radio News |
| Owner | Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Sister stations | KGUM-FM, KZGU, KZGZ |
| Website | k57.com |
KGUM, (567 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Hagåtña, Guam.
Owned by Sorensen Media Group, it broadcasts a news/talk format branded as News Talk K57. Although KGUM broadcasts at 567 kHz, most U.S. radios tune in 10 kHz increments only; the station has thus marketed itself as being on the next nearest frequency, 570. Stations in Guam fall within the jurisdiction of the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975, instead of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement used in the U.S. mainland.
KGUM's sister stations include FM stations KZGZ and KGUM-FM, TV stations KTGM and KEQI-LP, and additional stations in the Northern Mariana Islands.
History
KATB to KGUM
On February 1975 they became as KATB 570 AM for the Talk radio station until 1981. They purchased KATB and changed the station's under the new call letters of KGUM (AM) on November 1981 and became as K57 Radio and then four years they changed as News Talk K57 in 1985 for the talk radio station.
Programming
K57 carries the CBS Radio News every hour around the clock, and provides hourly local news update from Sorensen's Pacific News Center (PNC) during local programming. PNC's nightly TV newscast at 6 pm is simulcast on K57.
K57's weekday daytime and Saturday morning hours are dedicated to locally produced talk shows, while nationally syndicated programs play overnight, Saturday afternoons and Sunday. K57's only music program is the weekly "Juke Box Saturday Night" (6 pm to midnight).
External links
- K57 KGUM official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KGUM
- Radio-Locator Information on KGUM
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KGUM