KUED
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| Channels | |
| Branding | PBS Utah |
| Programming | |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | University of Utah |
| History | |
First air date | January 20, 1958 |
Former call signs | KUTA (CP, 1956–1957)[1] |
Former channel number(s) |
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| NET(1958–1970) | |
Call signmeaning | Utah Education |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69396 |
| ERP | 374 kW |
| HAAT | 1,266 m (4,154 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′33″N112°12′10″W/ 40.65917°N 112.20278°W |
| Translator(s) | see§ Satellite stations and translators |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
KUED(channel 7), brandedPBS Utah,is aPBSmembertelevision stationinSalt Lake City, Utah,United States. The station is owned by theUniversity of Utah,and has studios at theEccles Broadcast Centeron Wasatch Drive in the northeastern section of Salt Lake City; its transmitter is located onFarnsworth Peakin theOquirrh Mountains,southwest of Salt Lake City. KUED has a largenetwork of broadcast translatorsthat extend its over-the-air coverage throughout Utah.
Prior to July 2018, KUED was one of two PBS member stations serving Utah, the other beingProvo-licensedKBYU-TV(channel 11), owned byBrigham Young University.In October 2017, it was announced that KBYU would drop PBS programming on June 30, 2018, in favor of its ownBYUtvservice, leaving KUED as the sole PBS station for the state.[3]
History
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The station first signed on the air on January 20, 1958, with an episode ofThe Friendly Giant.The station originally broadcast from improvised studios set up in the basement of the old student union building on the University of Utah campus. The station had humble beginnings with no props, primitive equipment, and a donated transmitter, courtesy ofTime-Life Inc.,then-owners of KTVT (channel 4, nowKTVX). A $100,000 grant from theFord Foundationmade it possible from KUED to sign on the air.
Early programming was purely educational, in some cases consisting of nothing more than a teacher standing in front of a chalk board and lecturing. About half of the programs aired were locally produced, with the rest coming fromNational Educational Television(NET) and other sources. When PBS succeeded NET in 1970, the focus of programming changed to educational and entertainment programming.
For most of the time from 1965 to 1988, KUED was the default NET/PBS member station for most ofMontana;cable systems in most of the state fromButteeastward piped in KUED. WhenKUSMsigned on fromBozemanas the first public television station in Montana, it simulcast KUED for PBS programming for its first three years on the air as part of a partnership between the U of U and KUSM's owner,Montana State University.This gave KUSM time to train its staff and build local support. In 1988,TCI Cable,which by then had become the dominant cable provider in most of Montana, began phasing out KUED, with KUSM completely replacing KUED across TCI's footprint by 1990.
After having branded with its call letters and channel number for virtually its entire history, KUED announced on November 4, 2019, that it would rebrand as "PBS Utah" on November 25, adopting the updated national PBS logo and branding that was unveiled the same day.[4][5]
Technical information
[edit]Subchannels
[edit]The stations' signals aremultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUED | KUES | KUEW | ||||
| 7.1 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KUED-HD | Main programming /PBS |
| 7.2 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 480i | World | World | |
| 7.3 | 19.3 | 18.3 | Kids | PBS Kids | ||
| 7.4 | 19.4 | 18.4 | Create | Create | ||
On March 7, 2017, KUED replacedV-meon digital 7.3 withPBS Kids.[9]
On December 29, 2017, KUED addedCreateon digital subchannel 7.4.[10]
Analog-to-digital conversion
[edit]KUED shut down its analog signal, overVHFchannel 7, on June 12, 2009, as part of thefederally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[11]The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transitionUHFchannel 42,[12]usingvirtual channel7.
Satellite stations and translators
[edit]KUED has two full powersatellitesserving rural areas of Utah, both digital-only:
| Station | City of license | Channel RF /VC |
First air date | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter coordinates | Public license information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUES1 | Richfield |
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2000 | 0.33kW | 441 m (1,447 ft) | 82576 | 38°38′3.9″N112°3′35.7″W/ 38.634417°N 112.059917°W | |
| KUEW | St. George |
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2002 | 1.62 kW | 66.5 m (218.2 ft) | 82585 | 37°3′49.9″N113°34′22.8″W/ 37.063861°N 113.573000°W |
Notes:
- 1. KUES used the callsign KAVT during its construction permit from September 15 to November 3, 1997.
Aside from their transmitters, KUES and KUEW do not maintain any physical presence in their cities of license.
Additionally, KUED can be seen on over 85translator stationscovering all of Utah, plus parts ofArizona,Idaho,NevadaandWyoming.[6]
- Preston, ID:K04RX-D
- Cedar City:K07GQ-D
- Blanding–Monticello:K07ZU-D
- Beaver,etc.: K07ZY-D
- Laketown,etc.: K08PW-D
- Mink Creek, ID:K09YP-D
- Long Valley Junction:K09ZK-D
- Helper:K09ZV-D
- Salina–Redmond:K10RH-D
- Marysvale:K10RI-D
- Woodland–Kamas:K10RJ-D
- EastEast Price:K10RL-D
- Roosevelt,etc.: K10RO-D
- RuralJuab,etc.: K11XD-D
- Mexican Hat:K14QC-D
- Mayfield:K14RJ-D
- Leamington:K14RP-D
- Spring Glen:K14RU-D
- Wendover:K15GZ-D
- Circleville:K15KX-D
- Cortez, etc., CO:K15MJ-D
- Evanston, etc., WY:K16HW-D
- Hildale:K16II-D
- Hatch:K16MB-D
- Montezuma Creek–Aneth:K17IH-D
- RuralSevier County:K17MU-D
- Torrey:K17MZ-D
- Panguitch:K17NA-D
- Henrieville:K17NB-D
- Koosharem:K17ND-D
- Columbia,etc.: K17NP-D
- Fruitland:K17NY-D
- Green River:K18IT-D
- RuralGarfield:K18MH-D
- Orangeville,etc.: K18MX-D
- Malad:K18NC-D
- Navajo Mountain School,etc.: K19HA-D
- Oljeto:K19HB-D
- Milford,etc.: K20GH-D
- Tabiona–Myton:K20NU-D
- Beryl–Modena,etc.: K21EI-D
- Apple Valley:K21IL-D
- Bluff,etc.: K21KC-D
- Summit County:K21MU-D
- Mount Pleasant:K22FW-D
- Mexican Hat:K22IG-D
- Virgin:K22IP-D
- Orderville:K22LW-D
- Fishlake Resort:K23KP-D
- Fillmore,etc.: K27JT-D
- Morgan,etc.: K27NH-D
- Enterprise:K17NL-D
- Wanship:K28JR-D
- Coalville:K28OT-D
- Parowna–Enoch,etc.: K28OW-D
- Kanab:K29MH-D
- Kanarraville–New Harmony:K29ML-D
- Washington, etc.:K30OL-D
- Montpelier, ID:K30OX-D
- Cedar Canyon:K31EI-D
- Nephi:K31LC-D
- Peoa–Oakley:K31NK-D
- Hanksville:K31NU-D
- Randolph:K31OB-D
- Vernal,etc.: K32HV-D
- Henefer,etc.: K32IS-D
- Delta–Oak City, etc.:K32MI-D
- Logan:K32MW-D
- Toquerville:K32NC-D
- Clear Creek:K32NI-D
- Manti–Ephraim:K33FT-D
- Heber–Midway:K33FX-D
- LeChee, etc., AZ:K33IY-D
- Rockville–Springdale:K33JW-D
- Duchesne:K33LA-D
- Antimony:K33OO-D
- Escalante:K33OQ-D
- Emery:K33PJ-D
- Green River:K33PK-D
- Ferron:K33PN-D
- Huntington:K33PP-D
- Fremont:K33OL-D
- Boulder:K34IY-D
- Manila,etc.: K34JD-D
- RuralGarfield County:K34NW-D
- Caineville:K34OF-D
- Park City:K34OJ-D
- Samak:K34ON-D
- Huntsville,etc.: K35GG-D
- Preston, ID:K35GJ-D
- Hanna–Tabiona:K35IJ-D
- Garrison,etc.: K35IR-D
- Scofield:K35JJ-D
- Fountain Green:K35JK-D
- Cannonville:K35NK-D
- Alton,etc.: K36NO-D
Related stations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"FCC History Cards for KUED"(PDF).
- ^"Facility Technical Data for KUED".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Pierce, Scott D. (October 23, 2017)."KBYU-TV will no longer be a PBS station in 2018 — and KBYU-FM will abandon classical music".The Salt Lake Tribune.RetrievedOctober 23,2017.
- ^"KUED being rebranded as PBS Utah".Deseret News.November 4, 2019.RetrievedNovember 6,2019.
- ^"KUED-Channel 7 is changing its name to PBS Utah".The Salt Lake Tribune.November 4, 2019.RetrievedNovember 6,2019.
- ^abRabbitEars TV Query for KUED
- ^RabbitEars TV Query for KUES
- ^RabbitEars TV Query for KUEW
- ^KUED to Launch KUED PBS Kids Channel Services
- ^KUED to Add Create Channel
- ^List of Digital Full-Power StationsArchivedAugust 29, 2013, at theWayback Machine
- ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20090206090120/http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11628657 Archived2009-02-06 at theWayback MachineCongress delays digital TV switch until June; Utah sticks to original cutoff, Vince Horiuchi,Salt Lake TribuneFebruary 4, 2009