KUEN

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KUEN
KUEN logo
Ogden, Utah
Branding UEN-TV
Channels 9 (VHF) analog,
36 (UHF) digital
Affiliations Educational Independent
Owner Utah State Board of Regents
Founded March 21, 1984
Call letters meaning K Utah Educational Network
Former callsigns KULC, KWBR (CP only), KTYY (CP only)
Transmitter Power 166 kW (analog)
200 kW (digital)
Height 893 m (analog)
1256 m (digital)
Facility ID 69582
Website www.uen.org/tv/

KUEN, also known as UEN-TV, is a full-service, educational television station in Ogden, Utah, broadcasting locally in analog on VHF channel 9 and in digital on UHF channel 36, serving the state of Utah through a system of mountain-top translators. Founded March 21, 1984, the station is licensed to the Utah State Board of Regents and operates on behalf of higher education (USHE) as well as public education (USOE) by the Utah Education Network (UEN). UEN-TV originates from the Dolores Doré Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah campus.

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[edit] History

On March 21, 1984, the FCC granted an original construction permit to Weber State College (now Weber State University) for a full-service educational television 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 (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), who changed the station's call letters to KULC (Utah's Learning Channel). KULC was licensed on February 27, 1987. In May 2001, the FCC granted permission to build digital station KULC-DT and by the end of April 2003, the station was operating under Program Test Authority. KULC-DT was licensed August 21, 2003. In September 2004, the station changed call letters to KUEN and KUEN-DT.

[edit] 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 AM until 3 PM, KUEN broadcasts programming from Utah Instructional Television (ITV). Overnight programming features telecourses from Salt Lake Community College, Utah Valley State College, 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 AM until 5 PM, 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.)

[edit] Translators

KUEN uses a network of nearly 40 translator stations to extend its signal throughout Utah, plus parts of Arizona:

City Callsign City Callsign City Callsign
Beaver, Utah K40FT Logan, Utah K49FS Rural Carbon County, Utah K29CM
Bicknell, Utah, etc. K38CJ Long Valley Junction, Utah K46EO Rural Garfield County, Utah K43DY
Blanding & Monticello, Utah K47JI Manila & Dutch John, Utah K19DV Rural Garfield County, Utah, etc. K24FD
Bluebell, Utah, etc. K31DB Manti & Ephraim, Utah K27HR Rural Uintah County, Utah K16DA
Bullfrog, Utah K15GN Marysvale, Utah K48GS Salina & Redmond, Utah K17FC
Cane Beds, Arizona & Hildale, Utah K06OB Milford, Utah, etc. K16BO-D Saint George, Utah, etc. K32FQ
Cedar City, Utah K41GE Myton, Utah K41GT Ticaboo, Utah K09XT
Delta, Utah, etc. K41GH Orangeville, Utah K15GQ Tooele, Utah K20ER
Escalante, Utah K15EM Panguitch, Utah K34FN Toquerville, Utah K05CP
Eureka, Utah K35CZ Park City, Utah K25DL Tropic, Utah, etc. K31EL
Fillmore, Utah, etc. K44EA Parowan, Utah, etc. K46DF Vernal, Utah, etc. K33DO
Juab, Utah K20DW-D Price, Utah K18DF Washington, Utah, etc. K51GH
Kanab, Utah K23DP Richfield, Utah, etc. K36CB

[edit] See also

Other organizations located in the Eccles Broadcast Center:

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Salt Lake City/St. George/Provo/Ogden/Orem market  (Nielsen DMA #35)

KUTV 2 / KUSG 12 (CBS) - KCBU 3 (RTN) - KTVX 4 (ABC) - KCSG 4 (A1) - KSL 5 (NBC) - KUED 7 (PBS) - KUEN 9 (Ind) - KENV 10 (NBC) - KBYU 11 (PBS) - KUTF 12 (TFU) - KGWR 13 (CBS) - KSTU 13 (Fox) - KJZZ 14 (MNTV) - KUPX 16 (ION) - KTMW 20 (Ind) - K22BK 22 (PBS) - KPNZ 24 (Ind) - KUCL-LP 26 (3ABN) - KUCW 30 (The CW) - KUTH 32 (UNI) - KKRP-LP 46 (A1) - KSVN-CA 49 / K66FN 66 (AZA) - KEJT-LP 50 / KULX-LP 51 (TEL) - K68FY 68 (TFU)

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