FREE OVER THE AIR SDTV & HDTV DIGITAL TELEVISION IN EMERY COUNTY

 

     Emery County is now testing and Transmitting ten over the Air Digital Television

Channels at the Horn Mountain Communication site, these channels are the Salt Lake area channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 30.  This gives people in the Huntington, Castle Dale, Orangeville, Ferron, and surrounding areas the chance to test there systems and to watch these Digital and High Definition channels, Emery now has four of the above channels and Green River has six Channels to watch, the other channels will be installed as soon as possible.

Disclaimer: These Channels are in the Testing phase and may be changed or turned off at times and are NOT meant to be in full service YET.

      When this project in finished, most of Emery County homes will have the capability of receiving all 10 Free over the air DIGITAL Television Channels which have several SUB channels for a total of 22 Channels.

 

 

WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO RECEIVE THE NEW OVER THE AIR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS IN YOUR HOME??

 

 

1:  You will need a reasonably good antenna and Feed line (COAX), if you have a splitter inline to feed more then one Television you may need a good low noise UHF Pre-Amp or distribution Amp.

The UHF Flat Panel Antenna’s sold by ACE Hardware and others work very well for Over the Air Digital TV.

Position the Antenna’s orientation so it faces or points at Horn Mountain west of Orangeville.

One thing to remember while you are testing your Antenna, if you have a reasonable good picture on your TV now with the regular Analog channels using your Antenna you will have a PERFECT picture with the Digital Television signals.

 

2: YOU will have to have a Digital Television Receiver labeled as (ATSC) built in or Stand alone set top box.

Most Larger screen TV’s on the market today have the ATSC (Digital Receiver) built in, If your looking to buy a new Television be sure to look for the ATSC receiver listed on the box or display.

If you buy a TV that says “HDTV Monitor” then it most likely DOES NOT have a Digital receiver built.

For the Televisions that do not have a “ATSC” Digital Tuner built in then there is a “SET TOP” box that plugs in to your existing TV just like a DVD Player does. 

The SET TOP BOX’s are a bit expensive still at $189 at most large Electronic Stores, If you buy a new TV with the “ATSC” Digital tuner built in it only raises the price of the set about $40 dollars.

 

 

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS ??

 

     The old Analog (NTSC) Television technology we currently use is over 50 years old and with the Government selling off the Television channels between Channel 52 and 69 to make room for more Cell Phones and the like, we have had Channels taken away which leaves us with a lot less room for the same amount of Television channels.

The new Digital Television Technology is not affected like Analog TV by other Television transmitters outside a given distance which lets us reuse TV Channels more often.

     The Federal Communication Commission has given us a dead line which is by Feb. 17th 2009,  we MUST TURN OFF the Analog Channels that we have now.

 

So in a nut shell we are being forced to make these changes but the changes in the long run is a great improvement in our local FREE over the Air television.

 

On another note the Federal Government is talking very seriously about giving the elderly and those on fixed income a Digital Television channel converter so they can continue to have free over the air TV.

 

Emery County will NOT be turning off our Analog Channels until we are ordered to by the Federal Communication Commission so you can continue to use the Channels until then.

The “Over the Air” Analog channels have gotten much better lately as well because we have started to use the Digital Signals to rebroadcast instead of receiving them from Salt Lake City.

 

WHO IS PAYING FOR THE NEW TRANSMITTING EQUIPMENT??

    

Emery County has led the way and joined together with 6 other Counties to form the  “Eastern Utah Television and Technologies Association” . This group went to the Community impact board “CIB” and requested a grant from the Mineral lease moneys in the amount of $2.8+ Million Dollars to build the system that would bring ALL of Eastern Utah the best Free over the air Television possible, We received the Grant at 100% and instead of getting the money in trimesters they gave the Association the Money as they needed it to build the Television system with out coming back in to the CIB, So in a nut shell Emery County citizens are getting this Television upgrade for free using NO tax dollars except for paying for wages for Employees to help build the system.

 

     90% of the Mineral Lease Money comes from the Counties in Eastern Utah’s Mining, Gas, and Oil production so we basically got back the money which was sent out of our Counties.

 

     Channel 26 change to Digital is not included in the CIB Grant funding because no other County uses it and will have to be paid for by Emery County, this upgrade will take affect by the time that the F.C.C. makes us turn off the Analog Channels so CH 26 will continue to be part of the local Channel line up.

 

QUESTIONS: Contact Bret @ Emery County Communications Dept. at 381-5678

 

 

WHAT CHANNELS ARE ON THE NEW FREE OVER THE AIR DIGITAL TELEVISION IN EMERY COUNTY??

 

           

Digital

Network

Channel Name

Local Channel

Screen Format

Format

Channel

 

Number

Definition

 

CH 2-1

CBS

KSL SD / HD

DIG 36-1

Widescreen (16:9)

480i / 1080i

CH 4-1

ABC

KTVX SD / HD

DIG 38-1

Widescreen (16:9)

480i / 1080i

CH 4-2

KZHT

KZHT RADIO

DIG 38-2

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 5-1

NBC

KSL SD

DIG 40-1

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 5-2

NBC

KSL HD

DIG 40-2

Widescreen (16:9)

1080i

CH 5-3

KSL

KSL WEATHER

DIG 40-3

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 7-1

PBS

KUED SD

DIG 45-1

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 7-2

PBS HD

KUED HD

DIG 45-2

Widescreen (16:9)

1080i

CH 7-3

PBS KIDS

7 KIDS

DIG 45-3

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 9-1

UEN

KULC SD 1

DIG 46-1

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 9-2

UEN

KULC SD 2

DIG 46-2

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 9-90

NPR FM

KUER FM

DIG 46-90

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 11-1

KBYU HD

KBYU HD

DIG 47-1

Widescreen (16:9)

1080i

CH 11-2

KBYU SD

KBYU SD

DIG 47-2

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 11-3

KBYU

KBYU TV

DIG 47-3

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 11-4

KBYU

KBYU KIDS

DIG 47-4

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 11-5

KBYU

KBYU YOU

DIG 47-5

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 13-1

FOX

KSTU SD

DIG 48-1

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 13-2

FOX

KSTU HD

DIG 48-2

Widescreen (16:9)

1080i

CH 14-1

INDEPENDENT

KJZZ SD / HD

DIG 49-1

Standard (4:3)

480i / 1080i

CH 16-1

PAX

KUPX i

DIG 35-1

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 16-2

PAX

KUPX PAX

DIG 35-2

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 16-3

PAX

KUPX WORSHIP

DIG 35-3

Standard (4:3)

480i

CH 26-1

LOCAL

K26EM

FUTURE

Standard (4:3)

FUTURE

CH 30-1

WB

KUWB SD / HD

DIG 50-1

Standard (4:3)

480i / 1080i

ALL of the Television and Radio Channels above will be available to most Emery County Citizens

by using a STANDARD OUTSIDE UHF Television Antenna and a Digital Receiver in the near future.

 

 

 

Note 1: ALL above Channels are available NOW in the Horn Mtn. Coverage area,

very soon 8 channels in the Emery area and 8 channels in the Green River area.

These channels are for testing purposes and may change without notice.