KGUM (AM)

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KGUM
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City of license Hagåtña, Guam
Broadcast area Guam
Branding News Talk K57
Slogan "The Hottest Talk On Guam"
Frequency 567 kHz
First air date February 1975
Format News/Talk
ERP 10,000 watts
Facility ID 60853
Transmitter Coordinates 13°23′21.00″N 144°45′34.00″E / 13.3891667, 144.7594444
Callsign meaning GUaM
Owner Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting
Sister stations KZGZ, KGUM-FM, KTGM, & KEQI-LP
Website http://www.k57.com

KGUM (567 AM, "News Talk K57") is a radio station, broadcasting in Hagåtña, Guam. The station's format is News/Talk/Information.

The station is owned by Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting, Inc., which also owns FM stations KZGZ (Power 98) and KGUM-FM (105.1 The Kat), TV stations KTGM (ABC-7) and KEQI (Fox 6), and additional stations in the Northern Mariana Islands.

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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).

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