KUEN

For the music composer known as Kuen, see Christopher Lloyd Cooley.
KUEN
Ogden/Salt Lake City, Utah
United States
City Ogden, Utah
Branding UEN-TV
Channels Digital: 36 (UHF)
Virtual: 9 (PSIP)
Subchannels 9.1 UEN-TV
9.2 MHz WorldView
9.3 First Nations Experience
9.91 KUER (Radio)
Affiliations Educational independent
Owner Utah State Board of Regents
Founded March 21, 1984
First air date December 1, 1986
Call letters' meaning Utah Educational Network
Former callsigns KULC (1986–2004)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
9 (VHF, 1986–2009)
Transmitter power 200 kW
Height 1,256 m
Facility ID 69582
Transmitter coordinates 40°39′33″N 112°12′7″W / 40.65917°N 112.20194°W / 40.65917; -112.20194
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.uen.org/tv

KUEN, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 36), is an educational independent television station serving Salt Lake City, Utah, United States that is licensed to Ogden. The station is owned by the Utah State Board of Regents, and is operated by the Utah Education Network on behalf of higher education (USHE) as well as public education (USOE). KUEN maintains studio facilities located at the Dolores Doré Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah campus, and its transmitter is located at Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City. The station has a large network of broadcast translators that extend its over-the-air coverage throughout Utah, as well as portions of Colorado.

History

On March 21, 1984, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit to Weber State College (now Weber State University) for a full-power educational television station to serve Ogden and the Salt Lake City area on VHF channel 9. The station's original call letters were KTYY, but were soon changed to KWBR (for "WeBeR State College"). The school had trouble getting the station up and running, and in March 1986, assigned the construction permt to the Utah State Board of Regents (University of Utah), which changed 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.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
9.1 480i 4:3 KUEN Main KUEN programming
9.2 MHzWrld MHz WorldView
9.3 FNX First Nations Experience
9.91 KUER-FM Audio simulcast of 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.[2] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 36,[3] using PSIP to display KUEN's virtual channel as 9 on digital television receivers.

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 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television programs is broadcast by KUEN's sister station, KUED.

Translators

KUEN uses a network of translator stations to extend its signal throughout Utah, plus parts of Arizona and Colorado:

Translators of KUEN
Call sign Community of license Additional Information
K09YW-D Leamington, Utah FCC
K14LB-D Scofield, Utah FCC
K15EM-D Escalante, Utah FCC
K15GQ Orangeville, Utah FCC
K15IA-D Orderville, Utah FCC
K16BO-D Milford, Utah FCC
K16CT-D Cortez, Colorado FCC
K16IB-D Mount Pleasant, Utah FCC
K17FC-D Salina, Utah FCC
K17JK-D Hildale, Utah FCC
K19DV Manila, Utah FCC
K19EX-D Price, Utah FCC
K19ID-D Green River, Utah FCC
K19IE-D Boulder, Utah FCC
K20DW-D Juab, Utah FCC
K21GW-D Toquerville, Utah FCC
K22DM-D Summit County, Utah FCC
K22KP-D Wendover, Utah FCC
K23DP-D Kanab, Utah FCC
Translators of KUEN
Call sign Community of license Additional Information
K23FT-D Myton, Utah FCC
K23JX-D Hatch, Utah FCC
K23KW-D Circleville, Utah FCC
K24FD-D Garfield County, Utah FCC
K24IO-D Ferron, Utah FCC
K24IP-D Huntington, Utah FCC
K25LH-D Fishlake Resort, Utah FCC
K27HR-D Manti, Utah FCC
K27KB-D Caineville, Utah FCC
K28KN-D Emery, Utah FCC
K29IV-D Fremont, Utah FCC
K30JN-D Carbon County, Utah FCC
K31DB Bluebell, Utah FCC
K31EL-D Tropic, Utah FCC
K31KP-D Alton, Utah FCC
K32FQ-D St. George, Utah FCC
K33DO-D Vernal, Utah FCC
K33KH-D Nephi, Utah FCC
K35CZ Eureka, Utah FCC
K35KL-D Manila, Utah FCC
K36CB-D Richfield, Utah FCC
Translators of KUEN
Call sign Community of license Additional Information
K36DT-D Clear Creek, Utah FCC
K36JU-D Helper, Utah FCC
K36JV-D East Price, Utah FCC
K38LH-D Mayfield, Utah FCC
K38MW-D Torrey, Utah FCC
K39HP-D Park City, Utah FCC
K39KH-D Fountain Green, Utah FCC
K40KP-D Koosharem, Utah FCC
K41GE-D Cedar City, Utah FCC
K41GT Myton, Utah FCC
K41LD-D Antimony, Utah FCC
K43DY-D Garfield County, Utah FCC
K43KL-D Panguitch, Utah FCC
K44EA-D Fillmore, Utah FCC
K44IP-D Roosevelt, Utah FCC
K45LD-D Scipio, Utah FCC
K46DF-D Parowan, Utah FCC
K46EO-D Long Valley Junction, Utah FCC
K46JK-D Orangeville, Utah FCC
K47JI-D Blanding, Utah FCC
K47MD-D Henrieville, Utah FCC
Translators of KUEN
Call sign Community of license Additional Information
K47MG-D Sevier County, Utah FCC
K48KS-D Delta, Utah FCC
K48LR-D Green River, Utah FCC
K48LT-D Beryl, Utah FCC
K49FD-D Logan, Utah FCC
K50KC-D Washington, Utah FCC
K51GI-D Kanarraville, Utah FCC
K51JO-D Marysvale, Utah FCC
K51JV-D Beaver, Utah FCC
K51KV-D Hanksville, Utah FCC
K58IU-D Price, Utah FCC

See also

References

  1. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KUEN
  2. ↑ List of Digital Full-Power Stations
  3. ↑ Congress delays digital TV switch until June; Utah sticks to original cutoff, Vince Horiuchi, Salt Lake Tribune, February 4, 2009.

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