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KUEN

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KUEN
CityOgden, Utah
Channels
BrandingUEN-TV
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerUtah State Board of Regents
History
FoundedMarch 21, 1984
First air date
December 1, 1986 (37 years ago) (1986-12-01)
Former call signs
KULC (1986–2004)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 9 (VHF, 1986–2009)
Call sign meaning
Utah Education Network
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID69582
ERP200 kW
HAAT1,247 m (4,091 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°39′33″N 112°12′10″W / 40.65917°N 112.20278°W / 40.65917; -112.20278
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.uen.org/tv/

KUEN (channel 9), known as UEN-TV, is an educational television station licensed to Ogden, Utah, United States, serving Salt Lake City and the state of Utah. The station is owned by the Utah Board of Higher Education and part of the Utah Education Network (UEN), which provides services to the state's K-12 and higher education systems. KUEN's studios are located at the Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah campus; its transmitter is located at Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City, and is extended by dozens of broadcast translators across the state.

Prior history of channel 9 in Ogden

Main article: KOET (Utah)

Channel 9 in Ogden had originally been assigned as a commercial channel and went on the air as KVOG-TV on December 5, 1960.[2] It operated as an independent station until the owner, Arch G. Webb, opted to exit the television business. The Ogden city school system, which had long planned educational television broadcasts, agreed to acquire KVOG-TV in January 1962.[3] Upon acquiring KVOG-TV at a final cost of $155,500, the board changed the call letters to KOET, for "Ogden Educational Television", and converted the license to noncommercial operation.[4]

As early as 1967, Ogden school officials wanted to sell KOET but found that the noncommercial designation of the channel hindered their efforts. James Lavenstein agreed to buy KOET with the intention of converting it back to a commercial station;[5] the sale application stalled at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which denied it in 1970 because of the recent or discussed closure of other educational stations in northern Utah, such as Logan's short-lived KUSU-TV and the Weber County school system's KWCS-TV.[6][7] Commercial broadcasters, resisting competition, said that a fourth commercial station in Salt Lake would hinder the development of UHF broadcasting.[6] KOET and KWCS-TV merged operations in 1971,[8] but after Weber County withdrew from the partnership in 1973,[9] the station closed. Ogden school leaders regretted changing the channel to noncommercial use.[10] KOET was deleted by the FCC in February 1975.[11]

History

Weber State plans

Momentum for putting channel 9 to use again started with Weber State College in Ogden. By early 1982, it was preparing an application to the FCC for channel 9, which it hoped would be a laboratory for students learning broadcast journalism and a station providing local programming.[12] Under an agreement with the Standard Corporation, parent of the Ogden Standard-Examiner and Salt Lake City TV station KUTV, Weber State would receive financial and facilities assistance.[13] By November 1983, a second application had been received for the channel from Way of the Cross of Utah, a group based in Lexington, Kentucky.[14]

Weber State received the construction permit in 1984;[15] the college had already proposed building a transmitter on Mount Vision in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City.[16] In spite of corporate support and a federal grant, however, Weber State proved unable to raise the funds necessary to build channel 9. The federal grant required a local match, which was not feasible. One proposal that could have provided the funding came from KSTU (channel 20), which proposed swapping channels to move KSTU to channel 9 and the Weber State station to channel 20. However, channel swaps between public VHF and commercial UHF stations were controversial, leading college administrators to deny the offer.[17] In addition, there was no source of funding for recurring expenses.[18]

Construction

As a result of Weber State's financial inability to build channel 9 and a desire to prevent the channel from being lost to the state,[18] on May 18, 1985, the Utah State Board of Regents—the governing body for the state's higher education institutions—approved a plan to transfer the channel 9 construction permit to a consortium of institutions. Under the consortium, channel 9 would share facilities and space with KUED (channel 7), Utah's primary public television station, at the University of Utah.[17]

The station's call letters to KULC (for "Utah's Learning Channel"). KULC was licensed on February 27, 1987. In May 2001, the FCC granted permission to build a digital signal for KULC-DT, and by the end of April 2003, the station was operating under Program Test Authority. KULC-DT was licensed on August 21, 2003. In September 2004, the station changed its call letters to KUEN.

Programming

Instructional television makes up a significant portion of the daily KUEN broadcast schedule, including learning programs aimed at K-12 students, college distance education telecourses and teacher development programs. On weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., KUEN broadcasts programming from Utah Instructional Television (ITV). Overnight programming features telecourses from Salt Lake Community College, Utah Valley University, and the University of Utah.

The station also occasionally broadcasts programs produced by Utah State University and Weber State University. Teacher professional development workshops air on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and KUEN also offers adult educational programming for people trying to obtain their GED. In the evening, KUEN broadcasts a variety of general interest programs, with each night of the week devoted to a different topic.

UEN-TV

8-10 p.m.

Topics
Mondays Science
Tuesdays Health and Home
Wednesdays World Cultures
Thursdays Current Events
Fridays Health and UEN SciFi Friday
Saturdays Documentaries, Monthly Themes
Sundays Arts and Performances

Note: The above programs are supplied from a variety of independent producers. The full schedule of nightly PBS programs is broadcast by KUEN's sister station, KUED.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KUEN[19]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
9.1 1080i 16:9 KUEN Main KUEN programming
9.2 480i NASA NASA TV
9.3 FNX First Nations Experience
9.4 NHK NHK World
9.91 Audio only KUER-FM KUER-FM

Analog-to-digital conversion

KUEN shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 9, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[20] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 36,[21] using virtual channel 9.

Translators

KUEN is rebroadcast on the following translators:[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KUEN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Martin, Richard O. (December 1, 1960). "Theater? Root of McGrath Family Tree". Salt Lake Tribune. p. B7. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Ogden Schools Approve TV Station's Purchase". Salt Lake Tribune. January 11, 1962. p. 26. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "TV in Full Swing for City Students". Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 22, 1962. p. 6B. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "TV Station Sold to Private Firm". Provo Herald. UPI. May 10, 1967. p. 14. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "City Board OKs Hiring Legal Firm to Appeal TV Decision". Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 10, 1970. p. 1B. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  7. ^ "USU Channel Plans Ceasing Of Operations". Daily Herald. UPI. February 16, 1970. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ogden, Weber Districts To Merge TV Operations". Ogden Standard-Examiner. July 13, 1971. p. 1B. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  9. ^ "Television Or Not, Ogden School Board Makes Study". Ogden Standard-Examiner. April 21, 1973. p. 1B. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  10. ^ "Ogden School Board Okays Extension for Television Study". Ogden Standard-Examiner. July 19, 1973. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  11. ^ "Other actions" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 17, 1975. p. 66. ProQuest 1014681167. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  12. ^ "Local TV for Ogden area". Ogden Standard-Examiner. January 22, 1982. p. 4A.
  13. ^ "WSC gets OK to apply for TV station". Ogden Standard-Examiner. July 20, 1982. p. 1B.
  14. ^ "For the Record". Broadcasting. November 21, 1983. p. 67. ProQuest 1014709553.
  15. ^ Larsen, Christian Y. (April 5, 1985). "Channel 9 is not WSC Cable TV". The Signpost. Ogden, Utah. p. 2. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Spencer, Mark (October 19, 1984). "Plans Being Drafted For Channel 9 Station". The Signpost. Ogden, Utah. p. 1. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ a b Olbert, Rae Dawn (May 21, 1985). "Channel 9 relocates—Utah schools now share Weber's television station". The Signpost. Ogden, Utah. p. 1. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ a b Howard, Sherwin W. (May 28, 1985). "Dean explains dilemma over Channel 9". The Signpost. Ogden, Utah. p. 5. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ a b RabbitEars TV Query for KUEN
  20. ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ Congress delays digital TV switch until June; Utah sticks to original cutoff Archived February 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Vince Horiuchi, Salt Lake Tribune, February 4, 2009.

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