KBYU-TV

KBYU-TV
Provo/Salt Lake City, Utah
United States
City Provo, Utah
Branding BYU TV
Slogan At Home With Eleven
Channels Digital: 44 (UHF)
(to move to 17 (UHF))
Virtual: 11 (PSIP)
Subchannels
Affiliations BYUtv (2018–present)
Owner Brigham Young University
Founded November 7, 1965 (1965-11-07)
(license granted)
First air date November 15, 1965 (1965-11-15)
Call letters' meaning Brigham
Young
University
Sister station(s) KBYU-FM, KUMT
Former channel number(s) Analog:
11 (VHF, 1965–2009)
Former affiliations NET (1965–1970)
PBS (1970–2018)
Transmitter power 346 kW
298 kW (application)
Height 1,257 m (4,124 ft)
Facility ID 6823
Transmitter coordinates 40°39′33″N 112°12′10″W / 40.65917°N 112.20278°W / 40.65917; -112.20278
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.kbyutv.org

KBYU-TV, virtual channel 11 (UHF digital channel 44), is a religious television station serving Salt Lake City, Utah, United States that is licensed to Provo. The station is owned by Brigham Young University (BYU), which is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. KBYU-TV's studios are located on the BYU campus in Provo, 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, as well as portions of Idaho and Colorado.

KBYU-TV was first licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 7, 1965. It first signed on the air just over a week later, on November 15. This made Salt Lake City one of the smallest markets with two PBS member stations; its main competition was the University of Utah's KUED (channel 7). In 2010, KBYU-TV rebranded as "Eleven."

In October 2017, it was announced that KBYU-TV would end its PBS affiliation on June 30, 2018 (later pushed back to July 2), with the simulcast of co-owned cable/satellite channel BYUtv moving to the station's primary subchannel.[1] This leaves KUED as the sole PBS station for the Salt Lake City market.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[2]
11.1720p16:9KBYUMain KBYU-TV programming / BYUtv
11.2480i4:3BYURDIOBYU Radio
11.3KBYUFMClassical 89

KBYU-TV also utilizes the alternate audio tracks that can be activated through the second audio program function, both carried on the third alternate audio track: the station's main channel features an audio simulcast of KBYU-FM (89.1). Digital subchannel 11.2 featured an alternate audio feed of BYU Radio (which is commonly found streamed over the Internet), but was taken off-the-air on June 30, 2018 when BYU TV International ceased operations.

Analog-to-digital conversion

In 1997, KBYU-TV was allotted UHF channel 39 for its digital signal, but in 1999, the station changed its digital allotment to UHF channel 44 as part of a digital channel realignment coordinated by DTV Utah, a consortium of eight Salt Lake City market television stations, of which KBYU is a member. KBYU-DT began broadcasting its digital signal on November 15, 2000 and it was licensed on January 23, 2003.

KBYU-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 44,[3][4][5] using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 11.

Since KBYU's current physical TV channel is in the 600 MHz band being sold off in the FCC's incentive auction, with channels 38 to 51 being eliminated, the station filed for a construction permit in September 2017 to move to physical channel 17 at the same location, power and height.[6]

Programming

Prior to July 2, 2018, programming on KBYU-TV consisted of general PBS fare, with emphasis on children's, informational and entertainment programming. The station also airs special programs related to the LDS church, and offered a nightly block of classic television programs, such as I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, My Three Sons, The Andy Griffith Show and Little House on the Prairie (as such, it was one of the only, if not the only, public television stations in the United States that broadcasts programming normally acquired for U.S. commercial syndication).

The only exception that KBYU-TV currently airs from the straight simulcast of BYU TV is the weekday student-produced half-hour newscast, Eleven News at Noon.

KBYU-TV has produced some notable programs for national distribution. Ancestors, produced in conjunction with the Family History Library and PBS, was a highly successful series of videos on family genealogy. It was so well received that KBYU-TV produced a second series of videos, also entitled Ancestors, which proved to be even more successful . Small Fortunes: Microcredit and the Future of Poverty, produced in 2005, explored the business of Microcredit through eleven providers of the service. Another show produced by KBYU was Hooked on Aerobics, which was on the air for many years.

Translators

KBYU-TV uses an extensive network of translator stations to extend its signal throughout Utah, plus parts of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada:

Translators of KBYU-TV
Call signCommunity of licenseAdditional Information
K04PIBluff, UtahFCC
K08PJ-DCedar City, UtahFCC
K09YK-DDurango/Purgatory, ColoradoFCC
K12QY-DLeamington, UtahFCC
K15GI-DFremont, UtahFCC
K15HM-DMontezuma Creek, UtahFCC
K16HI-DNavajo Mountain, UtahFCC
K16HJ-DOljeto, UtahFCC
K16HK-DMexican Hat, UtahFCC
K17DG-DSummit County, UtahFCC
K17JC-DOrderville, UtahFCC
K18DN-DKanab, UtahFCC
K18HO-DSalina, UtahFCC
K19DOModena, UtahFCC
K19HE-DBluff, UtahFCC
K20GPOrangeville, UtahFCC
K20JZ-DGreen River, UtahFCC
K21HV-DMalad, IdahoFCC
K21JY-DBoulder, UtahFCC
K21MR-DSoda Springs, IdahoFCC
K23FQ-DToquerville, UtahFCC
Translators of KBYU-TV
Call signCommunity of licenseAdditional Information
K23IE-DEmery, UtahFCC
K23IV-DSpring Glen, UtahFCC
K23JN-DVirgin, UtahFCC
K23KR-DAlton, UtahFCC
K25HG-DPreston, IdahoFCC
K25KU-DFerron, UtahFCC
K25KV-DHuntington, UtahFCC
K25LS-DCircleville, UtahFCC
K26GD-DGarfield County, UtahFCC
K27GN-DMyton, UtahFCC
K27ID-DTropic, UtahFCC
K27IT-DEscalante, UtahFCC
K27JA-DHenefer, UtahFCC
K27KD-DHatch, UtahFCC
K27KR-DFishlake Resort, UtahFCC
K28GQ-DIron County, UtahFCC
K29IM-DSamak, UtahFCC
K29IN-DCoalville, UtahFCC
K29IX-DCaineville, UtahFCC
K30HJ-DCortez, ColoradoFCC
K31FN-DManti, UtahFCC
K32IU-DWanship, UtahFCC
K32JP-DLogan, UtahFCC
Translators of KBYU-TV
Call signCommunity of licenseAdditional Information
K33JE-DModena, UtahFCC
K34FW-DEnterprise, UtahFCC
K35JL-DNephi, UtahFCC
K36FM-DBeaver, UtahFCC
K36FT-DSanta Clara, UtahFCC
K36FXGreen River, UtahFCC
K36IL-DHanna, UtahFCC
K36IP-DScipio, UtahFCC
K36IQ-DVernal, UtahFCC
K36KV-DTeasdale, UtahFCC
K38AJ-DBlanding, UtahFCC
K38AQ-DRichfield, UtahFCC
K38NQ-DOverton, NevadaFCC
K39HS-DHeber, UtahFCC
K39JL-DDuchesne, UtahFCC
K39JZ-DSt. George, UtahFCC
K39KG-DMayfield, UtahFCC
K40FU-DRockville, UtahFCC
K40KO-DFountain Green, UtahFCC
K41DE-DCortez, ColoradoFCC
Translators of KBYU-TV
Call signCommunity of licenseAdditional Information
K41FZ-DKoosharem, UtahFCC
K41LC-DLong Valley Junction, UtahFCC
K42AF-DParowan, UtahFCC
K42IX-DAntimony, UtahFCC
K43MC-DScofield, UtahFCC
K44IN-DHenrieville, UtahFCC
K44IS-DPrice, UtahFCC
K44IU-DPanguitch, UtahFCC
K44JT-DClear Creek, UtahFCC
K45AGDuchesne, UtahFCC
K45BY-DGarfield, UtahFCC
K45GPEmery, UtahFCC
K46FU-DHanksville, UtahFCC
K46HO-DMount Pleasant, UtahFCC
K46KN-DMarysvale, UtahFCC
K47KK-DOrangeville, UtahFCC
K47KS-DGarrison, etc., UtahFCC
K47KX-DGreen River, UtahFCC
K48IJ-DPreston, IdahoFCC
K49ATVernal, UtahFCC
K49KZ-DSevier County, UtahFCC
K49LR-DDelta, UtahFCC
Translators of KBYU-TV
Call signCommunity of licenseAdditional Information
K50LJ-DSpring Glen, UtahFCC
K50MC-DFillmore, UtahFCC
K51JX-DHelper, UtahFCC
K51KS-DMalad, IdahoFCC
K52JZ-DWoodland, UtahFCC

Other BYU Broadcasting divisions

BYU Broadcasting also operates classical music radio station KBYU-FM (89.1), BYU Radio, and other internet-exclusive radio services.

References

  1. ↑ Pierce, Scott D. (October 23, 2017). "KBYU-TV will no longer be a PBS station in 2018 — and KBYU-FM will abandon classical music". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KBYU
  3. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  4. ↑ Congress delays digital TV switch until June; Utah sticks to original cutoff, Vince Horiuchi, Salt Lake Tribune, February 4, 2009.
  5. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101233476&formid=387&fac_num=10758
  6. ↑ https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=6823
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