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Show POWER INCREASE NOTED FOR KUED, CHANNEL 7 The state's educational television televis-ion station, KUED, Channel 7, has increased its power to 138,700 watts, according to an announcement announce-ment made by Dr. A. Ray Cpin, president of the University of Utah. At the present time KUED is operating op-erating on increased power under program test authority by the Federal Fed-eral Communications Commission that the power increase will be covered cov-ered by a new license. Funds for the power increase were made available by the last legislature through a bill introduced introduc-ed by Senator Frank Memmott from Carbon County, with the aid of Representative Kumen S. Gardner of Cedar City. An appropriation of $90,000 was voted on the last day of the legislature. Governor George D. Clyde approved the appropriation appropria-tion for the power increase, designed de-signed to make KUED available to 99 of the population of the state, assuming local communities would install translator devices. It was thought for a time that Federal legislation might provide funds for the increase, but when this did not develop by September 1962, state funds were used. According to Keith M. En gar, director of University Uni-versity Radio-Television, a survey was conducted in the fall of 1961 in an effort to determine the best way to achieve increased coverage with KUED. The preliminary survey sur-vey indicated that the power increase in-crease accompanied by installation of translators by local communities would be the most practical method. This is the method presently used by commercial stations. The Utah Committee on Educational Educa-tional Television is currently conducting con-ducting a survey to determine the best organizational pattern and coverage pattern to transmit educational, edu-cational, television most efficiently to all parts of the state. One of the aspects of the state-wide study is a site survey for the most effective location of transmitting devices for KUED. Officials expect completion of the detailed translator site sur- vey within two weeks. According to H. W. Holtsh ouser, chief engineer of KUED, under whose direction the transmitter inv provements were conducted, persons per-sons presently receiving Channel 7 should receive a substantially stronger signal. Individuals living in areas where reception has been marginal should receive a signal wholly (comparable to the commercial commer-cial stations. Mr. Holtshouser noted not-ed that Channel 7 is a high-band VHF station operating at a much I higher frequency than commercial channela 2, 4, or 5. He added that it takes substantially more energy for Channel 7 to reach the same area covered by lower-bartd VHF channels. A mail response coverage map has indicated that KUEDs past coverage has been limited to the Wasatch Front area. Through microwave mi-crowave and cable distribution systems, the station is currently received re-ceived in Pocatello, Idaho, and Butte, Dillon, and Bozeman, Mont. |