waukesha wisconsin assigned the icao code kues see waukesha county airport . kued salt lake city utah united states branding kued 7 slogan tv worth watching channels digital 42 uhf virtual 7 psip affiliations .1 pbs .2 kued world .3 v me owner university of utah first air date january 20 1958 ; 58 years ago 1958 01 20 call letters meaning utah education former channel number s analog 7 vhf 1958 2009 former affiliations net 1958 1970 transmitter power 239 kw height 1266 m facility id 69396 transmitter coordinates 40 39 33 n 112 12 7 w 40.65917 n 112.20194 w 40.65917 ; 112.20194 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.kued.org kued virtual channel 7 uhf digital channel 42 is a pbs member television station located in salt lake city utah united states . the station is owned by the university of utah . kued maintains studio facilities and offices located on wasatch drive in the northeastern section of salt lake city and its transmitter is located on 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 . it is one of two pbs member stations serving utah the other being kbyu tv channel 11 . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 rebroadcasters 4 related stations 5 references 6 external links history edit the station first signed on the air on january 20 1958 with an episode of the friendly giant . the station originally broadcast from improvised studios set up in the basement of the old student union building on the university of utah campus . the station had humble beginnings with no props primitive equipment and a donated transmitter thanks to time life inc. then owners of ktvt channel 4 now ktvx . a us 100 000 grant from the ford foundation made it possible from kued to sign on the air . early programming was purely educational in some cases consisting of nothing more than a teacher standing in front of a chalk board and lecturing . about half of the programs aired were locally produced with the rest coming from national educational television net and other sources . when the public broadcasting service pbs succeeded net in 1970 the focus of programming changed to educational and entertainment programming . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 7.1 720p 16 9 kued hd main kued programming pbs 7.2 480i world world 7.3 4 3 v me v me analog to digital conversion edit kued shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 7 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 42 3 using psip to display kued s virtual channel as 7 on digital television receivers . rebroadcasters edit kued has two full power relay stations serving rural areas of utah both digital only station city of license channel first air date erp haat facility id transmitter coordinates kues richfield 19 uhf 2000 0.33 kw 441 m 82576 38 38 5.2 n 112 3 36.7 w 38.634778 n 112.060194 w 38.634778 ; 112.060194 kues kuew st. george 18 uhf 2002 1.62 kw 66.5 m 82585 37 3 50 n 113 34 23 w 37.06389 n 113.57306 w 37.06389 ; 113.57306 kuew additionally kued can be seen on over 85 translator stations covering all of utah plus parts of arizona idaho nevada and wyoming . city callsign city callsign city callsign hatch utah k36fv d parowan utah k38cm d heber & midway utah k33fx d peoa & oakley utah k15fp helper utah k07ns preston idaho k50ie d beaver utah etc. k07gy randolph & woodruff utah k38gn d brian head utah k43io huntsville utah etc. k35gg d roosevelt utah k45gn d cedar city utah k07gq d kanarraville utah etc. k02kn d rural garfield county utah k22ft d cedar city utah k45hd d circleville utah k33jd d laketown utah etc. k46gd d rural juab county utah etc. k49ao d rural sevier county utah k33du d delta & oak city utah k47hm d little america wyoming etc. k45go d duchesne utah k03cn long valley junction utah k50gd d salina & redmond utah k15ff d east price utah k07oq salina & redmond utah k22hy d emery utah k43ev manti & ephraim utah k30ji d samak utah k07us enoch & summit utah etc. k50hi manti & ephraim utah k33ft d spring glen utah etc. k06dr summit county utah k47hb d eureka utah k45dd milford utah etc. k20gh d modena utah etc. k21ei d fillmore utah etc. k48ed monticello utah etc. k40af d montpelier idaho k14nt d vernal utah etc. k13hf fruitland utah etc. k29ez mount pleasant utah k22fw d wanship utah k12lc orangeville utah etc. k22fx green river utah k07ov orderville utah etc. k07oy wendover utah k15gz d woodland & kamas utah k26gi hanna & tabiona utah k03hm related stations edit kuen also known as uen tv kuer kbyu tv utah s only other pbs station references edit rabbitears tv query for kued list of digital full power stations http www.sltrib.com news ci 11628657 congress delays digital tv switch until june ; utah sticks to original cutoff vince horiuchi salt lake tribune february 4 2009 about kued external links edit query the fcc s tv station database for kued query the fcc s tv station database for kues query the fcc s tv station database for kuew biafn s media web database information on kued tv biafn s media web database information on kues tv biafn s media web database information on kuew tv v t e broadcast television in utah and eastern nevada including salt lake city and elko salt lake city kutv 2.1 cbs 2.2 kmyu mntv ktvx 4.1 abc 4.2 metv 4.3 weathernation 4.30 kucw ksl tv 5.1 nbc 5.2 cozi tv 5.3 this tv kued 7.1 pbs 7.2 world 7.3 v me kuen 9.1 uen tv 9.2 wv 9.3 fnx 9.91 kuer fm radio kulx cd 10.1 tel 10.2 hsn 10.3 latv kbyu tv 11.1 pbs 11.2 byutv 11.3 byu intl kstu 13.1 fox 13.2 antenna tv kjzz tv 14.1 ind kutb ld 15.1 kuto ld pbj 15.2 family 15.3 infomercials 15.4 vacant kupx tv 16.1 ion 16.2 qubo 16.3 ion life 16.4 ion shop 16.5 qvc over air 16.6 hsn kutb ld 18 tbn kpdr ld 19.1 youtoo 19.2 tuff tv 19.3 infomercials 19.4 tv scout 19.5 superbuyz 19.6 local infomercials ktmw 20.1 fn family jtv 20.2 retro 20.3 infomercials biz 20.4 vida tv kbtu ld 23.1 mundomax 23.2 sonlife kpnz 24.1 estrella ksvn cd 25.1 azteca kucl ld 26.1 3abn 26.2 3abnpro 26.3 3abn dd 26.4 3abn latino 26.5 3abn radio 26.6 3abn esp radio 26.7 radio74 kucw 30.1 cw 30.2 movies 30.3 zuus kuth dt 32.1 uni 32.2 unim s 32.3 get 32.4 escape kejt cd 50.1 tel outlying areas cedar city st. george kghd lp 6 rel kmyu 12.1 mntv kcsg 14.1 h & i 14.2 familynet 14.3 news from the associated press 14.4 the family channel kuew 18.1 pbs 18.2 world 18.3 v me kvbt lp 41 nbc logan kcvb cd 3 26.1 ion kuta ld 8.1 youtoo 8.2 tel kutf 12.1 daystar richfield kues 19.1 pbs 19.2 world 19.3 v me rock springs wy kgwr 13.1 cbs elko nv kenv 10.1 10.2 nbc transmitter sites farnsworth peak salt lake city lake mountain provo aspen mountain rock springs wyoming webb hill saint george utah atsc m h mobile dtv encrypted channels italicized kutv 2.1 cbs kuen 9.3 mhz kupx tv 16.82 gran cine 16.85 nfl net 16.87 gol tv 16.88 nfl redzone 16.90 starz 16.96 airbox defunct stations price kcbu 3.1 telefutura rtn daystar ely nv kbjn kvnv 3 nbc independent family relocated to new jersey see also media in salt lake city reno tv las vegas tv idaho falls tv twin falls tv casper tv grand junction montrose tv v t e university of utah colleges college of architecture and planning college of engineering honors college david eccles school of business school of medicine s.j. quinney college of law institutes center for american indian languages hinckley institute of politics middle east center scientific computing and imaging institute medical arup laboratories huntsman cancer institute moran eye center primary children s medical center university neuropsychiatric institute university of utah hospital university orthopaedic center athletics utah utes men s basketball football gymnastics pac 12 conference campus block u fort douglas hoberman arch huntsman center marriott library nielsen fieldhouse olympic cauldron park presidents circle red butte garden research park rice eccles stadium cultural kingsbury hall pioneer theatre company university of utah press university of utah singers utah museum of fine arts natural history museum of utah people list of university of utah people university of utah presidents broadcasting eccles broadcast center k ute kued kuen kuer fm retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kued & oldid 744222252 categories university of utahtelevision stations in utahpbs member stationstelevision channels and stations established in 1958media in salt lake city1958 establishments in utahhidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 21 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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