KUCW
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HAAT | 1,259.3 m (4,132 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′33″N 112°12′10″W / 40.65917°N 112.20278°W |
Translator(s) | see § Translators |
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Public license information | |
Website | www |
KUCW (channel 30) is a
Channel 30 from Ogden came on air in October 1985 as KOOG-TV an
KOOG-TV became Utah's affiliate of
History
KOOG-TV: Early history
The
The new station struggled to find an audience for a variety of reasons, primarily technical and financial. Its transmitter was sited on Little Mountain, and intervening terrain blocked large areas of the Salt Lake Valley from receiving channel 30.[7] In December 1986, this was remediated when a translator was installed atop the Beneficial Life Building in Salt Lake City,[8] but the reputation of KOOG as a station that was hard to receive persisted.[9] Even in Ogden, cable viewers did not have access to KOOG until July 1986;[10] the station had threatened to sue, claiming that Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI)'s lack of carriage was inflicting "severe economic hardship" because of TCI's "absolute domination of the marketplace", which it said gave it the power to decide which stations "shall live and which shall die".[11]
The operation also suffered from financial issues. Program director John Mason noted that management did not put enough money into promotion when channel 30 went on air.
Trivest filed to sell the station to the Salt Lake City–based Miracle Rock Church in 1993,[19] a year in which the station was placed into receivership. The FCC approved the transfer of the broadcast license to Alpha and Omega Communications, a subsidiary of Miracle Rock, in March 1994.[20] Under Miracle Rock, KOOG-TV affiliated with The WB when the network launched in January 1995.[21] In spite of the upgraded programming, channel 30 continued to provide poor reception to many households.[22]
Paxson acquisition and station swap
Alpha and Omega announced in September 1996 that it would sell KOOG-TV to
At the same time, plans were set in motion for a new station to replace channel 30 as the WB affiliate in the Salt Lake City market. In 1995, Roberts Broadcasting had acquired a construction permit for KZAR-TV (channel 16) in Provo.[27] ACME Communications–owned by WB chief executive officer Jamie Kellner–agreed in August 1997 to acquire a 49 percent stake in KZAR-TV, with an agreement to purchase the other 51 percent once the television station was on the air; the deal closed in February 1998 and cemented channel 16's likely future as a WB affiliate.[28] Construction was already underway to broadcast the station, renamed KUWB, from Lake Mountain near Provo.[29]
By March 1998,[29] Paxson entered into an agreement with Roberts Broadcasting and ACME Communications where each group would acquire the other's assets, but WB programming would remain on channel 30.[30] To expedite the process, the parties immediately entered into local marketing agreements, whereby the stations would swap call signs and would begin to operate each other's stations until the FCC could approve the assignments of license. On the evening of April 20, channel 30 became KUWB from the existing channel 30 facility on Farnsworth Peak, while channel 16 signed on from Lake Mountain as KUPX-TV with Paxson's programming.[31][32] Neither station would have studios in Utah County; channel 30 went on air from facilities in Murray, while Paxson also sought Salt Lake–area office space.[33] Paxson continued to air its existing infomercial programming on channel 16 until Pax Net, renamed Pax, began broadcasting on August 31, 1998.[31][34] The FCC approved the swap of the licenses in March 1999, and the deal closed in the third quarter of the year.[35]
Prior to the channel swap agreement and going on air, KUWB had already acquired the rights to air Saturday Night Live in Utah. Salt Lake City's NBC affiliate, KSL-TV (channel 5), had not carried the program since becoming an affiliate of the network in 1995, citing existing local programming, SNL's content, and middling ratings.[36] In October 1999, ACME debuted local weather updates on channel 30 as part of a strategy to keep viewers that might otherwise switch channels for a weather forecast tuned to KUWB; meteorologist Mitch English delivered forecasts as "The Love Master".[37] English also appeared on the station's morning show, WBAM, which debuted for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and utilized radio disc jockeys from KZHT as hosts.[38] In August 2002, English departed KUWB for the syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz, which aired on channel 30.[39]
Ownership with KTVX
While the sale was pending, The WB and UPN announced their merger into The CW effective in September 2006.[42][43] KUWB's sale to Clear Channel became contingent on the ability of the station to secure the CW affiliation.[44] Clear Channel assumed control of KUWB on April 4, 2006, and announced it would become the CW affiliate in Utah.[45] With the sale, KUWB moved into KTVX's studios on 1700 South in Salt Lake City.[46] To reflect the CW affiliation, KUWB became KUCW.[47]
The Clear Channel acquisition was the first of three sales in a three-year period for KUCW. In November 2006, Clear Channel was sold and announced its intention to exit small-market radio and its 42-station television division;
Newport broke itself up in 2012, with KTVX and KUCW being acquired by
Newscasts
In 2010, KTVX debuted a 9 p.m. newscast on KUCW, which canceled in December 2011 due to low ratings[57] but later revived. KUCW resumed airing a 7 a.m. hour of Good Morning Utah in 2021; at the same time, the 9 p.m. news moved to 7 p.m., becoming a full hour.[58]
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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30.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
KUCW-HD | The CW |
30.2 | 480i | Mystery | Ion Mystery | |
30.3 | Quest | Quest | ||
30.4 | CIRCLE | Circle
| ||
14.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KJZZ-HD | KJZZ-TV (Independent) |
Analog-to-digital conversion
On April 3, 1997, the FCC adopted its Sixth Report and Order establishing digital television service allotments.[60][61] Channel 29 was assigned to Ogden for use by KOOG-TV and channel 17 to Provo for use by KZAR-TV, but the Roberts and ACME–Paxson swap arrangement provided for channel 17 to be transferred to the Ogden license.[62] In July 1999, a consortium of KUWB and seven other area stations, collectively known as DTV Utah, proposed significant changes to the Salt Lake City–market DTV allocations, including moving KUWB-DT from channel 17 to channel 48.[63] KUWB-DT came into service on February 1, 2002.[6]
KUCW shut down its analog signal, over
Translators
KUCW is additionally rebroadcast over a network of low-power digital translator stations throughout Utah, plus parts of Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming:[59]
- Blanding–Monticello: K34OO-D
- Bloomington: KUWB-LD
- Clear Creek: K27NY-D
- Coalville and Adj. A: K32IT-D
- Delta–Oak City: K28PD-D
- Duchesne: K27NP-D
- East Price: K27NW-D
- Emery: K30KH-D
- Ferron: K29IY-D
- Fillmore: K32JW-D
- Fountain Green: K36MI-D
- Garrison, etc.: K32NE-D
- Green River: K24IN-D, K27NU-D
- Heber–Midway: K26IK-D
- Helper: K27NQ-D
- Hemefer–Echo: K29FY-D
- Huntington: K29IZ-D
- Huntsville: K19LR-D
- Leamington: K17NN-D
- Logan: K13AAK-D
- Manila: K28PT-D
- Manti–Ephraim: K36OI-D
- Mayfield: K22IX-D
- Aneth: K21IX-D
- Myton: K14LW-D
- Mount Pleasant: K17JD-D
- Nephi: K25NN-D
- Orangeville: K24ND-D
- Park City: K33FY-D
- Peoa–Oakley: K29MF-D
- Price: K28PG-D
- Randolph: K29MY-D
- Richfield, etc.: K22MP-D
- Rural Beaver, etc.: K27NJ-D
- Rural Summit County: K18KO-D
- Salina: K05NF-D
- Roosevelt: K26OF-D
- Samak: K36OX-D
- Santa Clara: K33PC-D
- Scofield: K27NV-D
- Scipio: K14RN-D
- Spring Glen: K20NP-D
- Vernal: K28PF-D
- Wanship: K30KE-D
- Soda Springs, ID: K33HO-D
- Battle Mountain, NV: K11IY-D
- Elko, NV(Grindstone Mtn.): K28PJ-D
- Elko, NV(Lamoille Summit): K34HE-D
- Wells, NV: K26JB-D
- Evanston, WY: K27KV-D
- Lyman, WY: K31FW-D
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