KUEN
Encyclopedia
KUEN, also known as UEN-TV, is a full-service, educational television
station in Ogden, Utah
, operated by the Utah Education Network
on behalf of higher education (USHE) as well as public education (USOE). Founded March 21, 1984, the station is licensed to the Utah State Board of Regents
and broadcasts locally in digital-only on UHF
channel 36, serving the state through a system of mountain-top translators. UEN-TV originates from the Dolores Doré Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah
campus.
(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.
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 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 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.
(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
.)
On June 12, 2009, KUED
, KUEN and KBYU-TV
ended analog broadcasts and began to transmit exclusively digitally.
, plus parts of Arizona
:
Educational television
Educational television is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. It may be in the form of individual television programs or dedicated specialty channels that is often associated with cable television in the United States as Public, educational, and government access ...
station in Ogden, Utah
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...
, operated by the Utah Education Network
Utah Education Network
The Utah Education Network is a not-for-profit consortium of higher and public education, libraries, state government and business. UEN’s high speed computer network connects Utah colleges and universities as well as the state’s school districts and libraries...
on behalf of higher education (USHE) as well as public education (USOE). Founded March 21, 1984, the station is licensed to the Utah State Board of Regents
Utah State Board of Regents
The Utah State Board of Regents was formed in 1969 as agoverning body for the Utah System of Higher Education.The Board consists of eighteen residents of the State; fifteen regents and one student regent are appointed by the Governor of Utah and two members of the State Board of Education,...
and broadcasts locally in digital-only on UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 36, serving the state through a system of mountain-top translators. UEN-TV originates from the Dolores Doré Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
campus.
History
On March 21, 1984, the Federal Communications CommissionFederal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) granted an original construction permit to Weber State College (now Weber State University
Weber State University
Weber State University is a public university located in the city of Ogden in Weber County, Utah, USA. It was founded in 1889 and is a coeducational, publicly supported university offering professional, liberal arts and technical certificates, as well as associate, bachelor's and master's degrees...
) 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.
Programming
Instructional television makes up a significant portion of the daily KUEN broadcast schedule, including learning programs aimed at K-12K-12
K–12 is a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand where P–12 is also commonly used...
students, college distance education
Distance education
Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...
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
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake Community College is the largest higher education institution with the most diverse student body in Utah . The College offers and operates throughout the Salt Lake valley. Even with its large student body, the College maintains a student to faculty ratio of just 20 to 1...
, Utah Valley University, and the University of Utah.
The station also occasionally broadcasts programs produced by Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
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
GED
General Educational Development tests are a group of five subject tests which, when passed, certify that the taker has American or Canadian high school-level academic skills...
. 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
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(PBS) public television programs is broadcast by KUEN's sister station, KUED
KUED
KUED is full-service Public Broadcasting Service public television located in Salt Lake City, Utah, broadcasting locally in digital-only on UHF channel 42. It is one of two PBS member stations serving the Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan area...
.)
On June 12, 2009, KUED
KUED
KUED is full-service Public Broadcasting Service public television located in Salt Lake City, Utah, broadcasting locally in digital-only on UHF channel 42. It is one of two PBS member stations serving the Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan area...
, KUEN and KBYU-TV
KBYU-TV
KBYU-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service member public television station serving the U.S. state of Utah. The station broadcasts locally in digital-only on UHF channel 44, which redirects to its former analog channel 11 via PSIP. It is rebroadcast statewide through a network of translators...
ended analog broadcasts and began to transmit exclusively digitally.
Translators
KUEN uses a network of nearly 40 translator stations to extend its signal throughout UtahUtah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, plus parts of Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
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K49FS | Richfield, Utah Richfield, Utah Richfield is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Utah, in the United States, and is the largest city in southern-central Utah. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,551. It lies in the Mormon Corridor, just off of Interstate 70 about 40 miles east of its junction with... , etc. |
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K19DV | Rural Garfield County, Utah Garfield County, Utah Garfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 4,735. It was named for James A. Garfield, President of the United States in 1881. Its county seat and largest city is Panguitch.-Geography:... |
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| Bluebell, Utah Bluebell, Utah Bluebell is a census-designated place in eastern Duchesne County, Utah, United States, on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. The population as of the 2010 Census was 293. It lies along local roads east of State Route 87, northeast of the city of Duchesne, the county seat of Duchesne County. ... , etc. |
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K27HR | Rural Garfield County, Utah Garfield County, Utah Garfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 4,735. It was named for James A. Garfield, President of the United States in 1881. Its county seat and largest city is Panguitch.-Geography:... , etc. |
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K06OB | Marysvale, Utah Marysvale, Utah Marysvale is a town in Piute County, Utah, United States. The population was 381 at the 2000 census. Marysvale is a trail head for the Paiute ATV Trail.-Geography:Marysvale is located at .... |
K48GS | Salina Salina, Utah Salina is a city in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,393 at the 2000 census.-History:The first permanent settlers moved into the area in 1864 at the direction of leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... & Redmond, Utah Redmond, Utah Redmond is a town in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The population was 788 at the 2000 census. Redmond was first settled in 1875.-Geography:Redmond is located at .... |
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| Cedar City, Utah Cedar City, Utah As of the census of 2000, there were 20,527 people, 6,486 households, and 4,682 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,021.8 people per square mile . There were 7,109 housing units at an average density of 353.9 per square mile... |
K41GE | Milford, Utah Milford, Utah Milford is a city in Beaver County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,420 at the 2010 census.-History:Although there were ranches in the area in the 1870s, Milford did not come into being until the arrival of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad in 1880.-Milford Flat... , etc. |
K16BO-D | Saint George, Utah, etc. | K32FQ |
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K41GH | Myton, Utah Myton, Utah Myton is a city in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. Established in 1905, Myton had a population of 539 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Myton is located at .... |
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K15GQ | Tooele, Utah Tooele, Utah Tooele is a city in Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 22,502 at the 2000 census, and 30,708 as of the 2009 estimates. It is the county seat of Tooele County... |
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| Eureka, Utah Eureka, Utah Eureka was originally known as Ruby Hollow before it developed into a bustling mining town. Incorporated as a city in 1892, Eureka became the financial center for the Tintic Mining District, a wealthy gold and silver mining area in Utah and Juab counties. The district was organized in 1869 and by... |
K35CZ | Panguitch, Utah Panguitch, Utah Panguitch is a city in and the county seat of Garfield County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,623 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Panguitch is located at .... |
K34FN | Toquerville, Utah Toquerville, Utah Toquerville is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 910 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Toquerville is located at .... |
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| Fillmore, Utah Fillmore, Utah Fillmore is a city in Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,253 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Millard County. It is named for the thirteenth US President Millard Fillmore.... , etc. |
K44EA | Park City, Utah Park City, Utah Park City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House along Interstate 80. The population was 7,558 at the 2010 census... |
K25DL | Tropic, Utah Tropic, Utah Tropic is a town in Garfield County, Utah, United States, along Utah Scenic Byway 12. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 508... , etc. |
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| Juab, Utah | K20DW-D | Parowan, Utah Parowan, Utah Parowan is a city in and the county seat of Iron County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,790 at the 2010 census.Parowan became the first incorporated city in Iron County in 1851. A fort that had been constructed on the east side of Center Creek the previous year was an initial in the... , etc. |
K46DF | Vernal, Utah Vernal, Utah Vernal, Uintah County's largest city, is located in eastern Utah near the Colorado State Line, and 175 miles east of Salt Lake City. It is bordered on the north by the Uinta Mountains, one of the few mountains ranges in the world which lie in an east-west rather than the usual north to south... , etc. |
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| Kanab, Utah Kanab, Utah Kanab is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Utah, United States. The area was first settled in 1864 and the town was founded in 1870 when ten Mormon families moved into the area. The population was 3,564 at the 2000 census... |
K23DP | Price, Utah Price, Utah Price is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The city is home to the USU-College of Eastern Utah, as well as the large USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum affiliated with the college. Price is located within short distances from both Nine Mile Canyon and the Manti-La Sal National Forest... |
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