KUED
KUED (channel 7), branded PBS Utah, is a PBS member television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The station is owned by the University of Utah, and has studios at the Eccles Broadcast Center on Wasatch Drive in the northeastern section of Salt Lake City; its transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City. KUED has a large network of broadcast translators that extend its over-the-air coverage throughout Utah.
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| Branding | PBS Utah |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | University of Utah |
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First air date | January 20, 1958 |
Former call signs | KUTA (CP, 1956–1957) |
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Former affiliations | NET (1958–1970) |
Call sign meaning | Utah Education |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69396 |
| ERP | 374 kW |
| HAAT | 1,266 m (4,154 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′33″N 112°12′10″W |
| Translator(s) | see § Satellite stations and translators |
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| Website | www |
Prior to July 2018, KUED was one of two PBS member stations serving Utah, the other being Provo-licensed KBYU-TV (channel 11), owned by Brigham Young University. In October 2017, it was announced that KBYU would drop PBS programming on June 30, 2018, in favor of its own BYUtv service, leaving KUED as the sole PBS station for the state.