TTKK

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TTKK
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History
First air date
1980;45 years ago (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 calls 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 Truk lacked television by 1993, but instead resorted on videotaped American programming. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. Academic. 2003. ISBN   978-0-12-387673-7 . Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  2. ↑ Metzgar, 1987
  3. ↑ Tolstedt, June 1986
  4. ↑ Metzgar, 1986
  5. 1 2 "PACIFIC ISLANDS TELEVISION SURVEY REPORT 2002". UNESCO. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ The Far East and Australasia. Europa Publications Limited. 1990. ISBN   978-0-946653-53-9 . Retrieved July 5, 2024.


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