KVZK TV

KVZK-TV is the public government-owned broadcaster of the U.S. territory of American Samoa, based in Pago Pago.
==History==
===Early years===
KVZK-TV, the first television service in American Samoa and the first educational broadcaster in the South Pacific, began broadcasting on October 5, 1964.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61505704/
KVZK-TV was a significant educational television experiment, garnering attention from the press and scholarly articles. It was visited by education ministers, public officials, and broadcasters, including President Lyndon B. Johnson.https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131517737 In 1965, a second funding round was provided to introduce high school classes into the system.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61547121/
===Shift to commercial operation===
In 1975, KVZK-TV was reorganized into the Office of Television Operations, without any consultation with station staff.https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/17595/PacificIslandsCommunicationNewsletter_1975_v5_n3%5Bpdfa%5D.pdf
KVZK-TV's budget was cut by 61% between 1974 and 1978,https://www.jstor.org/stable/30218035 resulting in a decrease from six channels to five and finally to three channels in 1977.https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000137721https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/17602/PacificIslandsCommunicationNewsletter_1977_v7_n2%5Bpdfa%5D.pdf
===Switching to Digital===
KVZK-TV, previously broadcasting as separate analog channels, transitioned to digital in the late 2000s and received $300,000 in funding from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to convert its transmitter.http://www.pireport.org/articles/2010/06/30/american-samoa%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s-manau%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99-get-digital-tv
==Trivia==
*KVZK-TV, for the second time in its history, broadcast live programming from Samoa during the daily coverage of the 2019 Pacific Games.https://www.talanei.com/2019/07/10/kvzk-tv-broadcasting-live-from-samoa/
*The merger of KVZK-TV with ASTCA has been considered.https://www.samoanews.com/local-news/plan-move-kvzk-astca-being-advanced
==References==
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