KBYU-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KBYU-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 11 (VHF)
digital = 44 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = November 15, 1965
location = Provo/Salt Lake City, Utah
callsign_meaning = Brigham
Young
University
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Brigham Young University
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = NET (1965-1970)
effective_radiated_power = 162 kW (analog)
346 kW (digital)
HAAT = 896 m (analog)
1257 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 6823
coordinates = coord|40|36|28.3|N|112|9|35.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|40|39|33|N|112|12|10|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.kbyutv.org/ www.kbyutv.org]

KBYU-TV is a PBS member station in Provo, Utah, serving the Salt Lake City television market. The station broadcasts locally in analog on VHF channel 11 and in digital on UHF channel 44, and is rebroadcast statewide through a network of translators. KBYU-TV is owned by Brigham Young University, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (which owns commercial station KSL-TV, through Bonneville International), hence the station airs programming with both academic and religious content. It is one of at least three PBS member stations owned and operated by a religious-based organization, the others being WLAE-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana and WXEL-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida.

KBYU-TV was first licensed by the FCC on November 7, 1965.

Programming

Programming on KBYU-TV is general PBS fare, with emphasis on children's, informational and entertainment programming. The station also airs special programs related to the Mormon church, and offers a nightly block of classic TV programs, such as "I Love Lucy", "Perry Mason", "My Three Sons", "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Little House on the Prairie".

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 [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=4036] . "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 has been "Hooked on Aerobics", which has aired since the 1980s.

Digital television

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

In 2009, KBYU-TV will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 44.http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101233476&formid=387&fac_num=10758] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KBYU's virtual channel as 11.

Translators

KBYU-TV uses an extensive network of over 60 translator stations to extend its signal throughout Utah, plus parts of Arizona and Idaho:

Other BYU Broadcasting divisions

BYU Television (BYU TV) is broadcast nationwide via Dish Network and DirecTV, via cable television systems, and worldwide at [http://www.BYUTV.org BYUTV.org] . Often confused with KBYU-TV, BYU TV is a separate programming entity. Related to BYU TV is its sister station BYU Television International, which is yet another a separate programming entity.

BYU Broadcasting also operates radio station "Classical 89", KBYU-FM 89.1, plus internet-exclusive radio services.

References

External links

* [http://www.kbyutv.org/ KBYU-TV Official site]
* [http://www.small-fortunes.com Small Fortunes website]
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