KBYU-TV

KBYU-TV

Provo–Salt Lake City, Utah United States
City	Provo, Utah
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 11
Branding	BYUtv
Programming
Affiliations	11.1: BYUtv 11.2: BYU Radio 11.3: Simulcast of KBYU-FM
Ownership
Owner	Brigham Young University
Sister stations	TV: KSL-TV Radio: KBYU-FM, KSL, KSFI, KSL-FM, KUMT
History
Founded	December 17, 1958 (1958-12-17)
First air date	November 15, 1965 (58 years ago) (1965-11-15) (under BYU)
Former call signs	KLOR-TV (1958–1962)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1965–2009) Digital: 44 (UHF, 2000–2018)
Former affiliations	NET (1965–1970) PBS (1970–2018)
Call sign meaning	Brigham Young University
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6823
ERP	298 kW
HAAT	1,257 m (4,124 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°39′33″N 112°12′10″W / 40.65917°N 112.20278°W / 40.65917; -112.20278
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.byutv.org/kbyu

KBYU-TV (channel 11) is a non-commercial educational independent television station licensed to Provo, Utah, United States, serving Salt Lake City and the state of Utah. The station is owned by Brigham Young University (BYU), an arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). 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.

KBYU-TV airs programming of interest to members of the LDS movement, including religious and instructional shows, as well as family-friendly entertainment programs, often with a moral lesson.