CSL-TV was the callsign of a television station operated by the American Forces Network in the Lajes Field in the Azores.
Plans to introduce a television station were proposed to Gen. Curtis E. LeMay to boost morale for servicemen in US Air Force bases.
[2]: 81 CSL-TV became the first television station set up by them, and started broadcasting on October 17, 1954, after receiving a permit from the Portuguese Government.
[5] Following the Limestone Air Base 20-watt experiment, it was determined that all AFRTS television stations would operate on low-powered transmitters.
[8] Programming was received in tapes from the United States until the entrance of the station to the AFRTS SATNET system.
[2]: 112 The station used to have a tremendous influence on the local Portuguese population in Praia da Vitória, alongside other imported goods that were available there first before the rest of the country.