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KUAM
Hagåtña, Guam;
Broadcast area	Guam
Frequency	630 kHz
Branding	"Isla63"
Programming
Format	Chamorro music/Talk
Ownership
Owner	Pacific Telestations, LLC
Sister stations	KUAM-FM, KUAM-TV
History
First air date	March 3, 1954
Former frequencies	610 kHz (1954–1978); 612 kHz (1978–2007)
Call sign meaning	GUAM
Technical information
Power	10,000 watts
Links
Website	http://www.kuam.com

KUAM (630 AM) Isla 63 is a radio station broadcasting from the village of Dededo, in the United States territory of Guam. The station's format is Chamorro music and Talk radio.

History

The station is owned by Pacific Telestations, LLC (a company of the local conglomerate Calvo Enterprises, Inc.) and was Guam's first radio station, having signed on the air on March 3, 1954. They are also the sister station to KUAM-TV, KUAM-LP and KUAM-FM.

Long known as Isla61, KUAM changed its broadcast frequency from 612 kHz to 630 kHz in July 2007. [1] This move enables most radios with digital tuners found locally (built for the Americas' ITU Region 2 interval of 10 kHz) to tune precisely to the station's frequency instead of being 2 kHz off (when tuned to 610 kHz).

After Typhoon Pongsona hit Guam on December 8, 2002, Isla61 was off the air for more than one year. Programs such as the morning talk "Positively Local" and the TV news simulcast were instead carried by sister station KUAM-FM, the only Pacific Telestations radio outlet during that time. The KUAM-TV nightly newscast at 6 pm is simulcast on Isla63.

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