TTKK
| Channels | |
|---|---|
| History | |
First air date | 1980 |
Former call signs | WTKK-TV |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 0.1 kW |
TTKK (channel 7) is a television station in Weno (formerly Moen), Chuuk State. The station is one of the two commercial operations in the Federated States of Micronesia.[1]
It started operations in 1980 as "WTKK-TV" (no relation to the station in Washington, D.C., that held the same call sign at the time), becoming the third television station in the Federated States of Micronesia; however, the station entered bankruptcy about a year and a half after signing on.[2] Moreover, the station faced technical difficulties on a regular basis. Programming was provided by the Pacific Taping Company, which also taped content for WAAB-TV in Yap to air.[3] Upon the shutdown of the initial service, VCRs surpassed conventional television in Chuuk.[4]
There was another service operating for an eighteen-month period from late 1975 to early 1977 that closed due to a reported lack of income.[5]
It is unknown exactly when the station resumed its operations; as early as 1990, the station was already listed in guide books under the current TTKK call sign.[6] Other sources say that Chuuk lacked television by 1993, but instead resorted to videotaped American programming.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. Academic. 2003. ISBN 978-0-12-387673-7. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ↑ Metzgar, 1987
- ↑ Tolstedt, June 1986
- ↑ Metzgar, 1986
- 1 2 "Pacific Islands Television Survey Report 2002". UNESCO. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ↑ The Far East and Australasia. Europa Publications Limited. 1990. ISBN 978-0-946653-53-9. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
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