KEQI-LD (channel 22) is a low-power television station in

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, serving the U.S. territory as an affiliate of the

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network. It is owned by Sorensen Media Group and operated by Lilly Broadcasting alongside ABC affiliate

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(channel 14). The two stations share studios on 111 Chalan Santo Papa in Hagåtña (Agana); KEQI-LD's transmitter is located in the heights of Barigåda (Barrigada). KEQI-LD's signal can be seen

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in Hagåtña (Agana), Tamuneng (Tamuning), and Dededo. Its programming is also available island-wide on KTGM's second digital subchannel, on

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channel 6 on MCV Broadband and GTA's GUdTV systems in Guam, and on cable channel 10 on MCV Broadband in the

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Programming

Originally KEQI-LP, the station signed on the air on December 17, 2004, and has been owned by Sorensen Media Group since its inception. It broadcast as an

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until picking up the Fox network affiliation on September 1, 2005. Prior to this, Fox had only been carried as a secondary affiliation, first on

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affiliate KUAM-TV, then on KTGM (which Sorensen acquired in November 2005) from 1990 onward, until near the end of the decade, when KTGM dropped it to focus on ABC programming. After this, local cable systems carried

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affiliate

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before the network affiliated with KEQI-LP. The station aired a mix of Fox network programming and syndicated fare. It also aired the Fox prime time schedule on the same week as the

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, except that shows were aired on a Tuesday-through-Monday pattern rather than the Monday-through-Sunday pattern, since Guam is a day ahead of the United States. This did not apply to live sports, which mainly aired live early in the morning. In 2008, the station added news programming from the

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, using content from

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and its sister news cable channel ANC through

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, throughout the day when they did not air any Fox programming. KEQI-LD also aired radio simulcasts of several KGUM talk shows with live studio cams. KTGM and KEQI-LD's transmitting facilities and studios were heavily damaged by May 2023's

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, and the stations were forced off the air. On June 1, 2023, Lilly Broadcasting obtained the ABC and Fox affiliations for Guam, keeping the networks' programming available on local cable providers. Sorensen was able to return KTGM to the air intermittently, though insurance litigation and reduced advertising revenues put financial pressure on the company and it ceased operations again on October 30. The station was also evicted from its studios for failure to pay rent. On February 18, 2025, Sorensen determined there was no possible way to return KTGM and KEQI-LD to operation and applied for cancellation of their licenses. Lilly countered with an offer to buy the two licenses and reconstruct their transmitting facilities. This would be contingent on obtaining a waiver of Section 312(g) of the

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, which requires the

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(FCC) to cancel the license of any station that has been silent for one year. However, the commission has a precedent of granting waivers to stations which have gone silent due to natural disasters.

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2004 establishments in Guam Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates Lilly Broadcasting EQI-LD Television channels and stations established in 2004 {{Guam-tv-station-stub

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