Television

Department

Free over-the-air television service

Carbon County provides over-the-air television service to the majority of the residents of Carbon County. Through the use of 6 transmitter sites, we deliver this to the home if the homeowner installs their own receiving antenna.

 

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MeTV Changes

July 29, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MeTV Broadcast Transition in Carbon County
PRICE, UT – July 29, 2025 – Carbon County Television received short noticed information that beginning today there will be important changes regarding the broadcast of MeTV programming for its viewers.
Effective Tuesday, July 29, MeTV will no longer be available on KTVX (ABC) channel 4.2. Viewers can now find MeTV exclusively on KCSG (MeTV) channel 8.1.

Carbon County Television is actively working to implement the necessary equipment changes to accommodate this transition and ensure a seamless viewing experience. During this period, residents may experience intermittent outages or disruptions in television service as our teams work to update the broadcasting infrastructure. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we strive to complete these adjustments as quickly as possible.
While it was once believed that Channel 8 would no longer be available, Carbon County Television is working to make changes to continue the service.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank our viewers for their continued support.

TV Update – Outage of Channels 14 and 30

November 7, 2024

TV Channels 14 (KJZZ) and 30 (CW) from Star Point are offline. The TV amplifier for these channels has suffered a failure and will need to be replaced. The outage is only for these two channels from Star Point. These two channels are still available from the other translator sites. Access to Star Point is now difficult due to snow fall on the mountain and we do not yet have an estimated time for replacement of the amplifier.

TV Update – April 11, 2024

April 11, 2024

The repair for the TV problem has been accomplished at Ford Ridge. Normal TV channels should now be available now at all sites. If you have issues please try to rescan your TV. A tower crew was able to reach the communication site and was able to replace the faulty cable up the tower.

TV Update 3

April 2, 2024

We now have conformation of shipment of the backordered parts to fix the problem at Ford Ridge. The equipment should arrive on the 8th of April. After this date the tower crew will set a date to install the new equipment on the tower, depending on weather and safety.

TV issues Update 2

March 29, 2024

We have ordered the equipment for the repair at the Ford Ridge communication site. We have specified quick delivery and some parts will be here today. Unfortunately some parts are backordered and we are waiting for them to get back into stock. Once in stock they too will be delivered quickly. Once all the parts arrive a tower crew will be sent to the site weather permitting. The issue is a main cable problem for the microwave radio receiver that is used to get the TV channels to us from Salt Lake. The fix will require a tower crew to remove the bad cable and replace it with the new better cable on the tower.

TV Issues update

March 26, 2024

We have implemented at temporary fix to get some channels back on the air. Those that have their antenna pointed towards Ford Ridge and Star Point should have most of the channels. Those in the Helper area should have about half the channels. Those in northeast price and use Wood Hill only have a few channels back. We are working to get Helper and Wood Hill to have the same channels as Ford and Star Point.  This is a temporary fix and there still could be issues until the proper fix has been implemented.

TV Issues

March 25, 2024

As of 3/25/2024 we are aware of the issue with the over-the-air TV signals. This issue is system wide and we have chased down the problem to Ford Ridge. We are now working on solutions to fix the problem. At this moment we do not have a time when it will be fixed.

Regarding Previous Reception Issues

November 6, 2023

As of 11/6/2023 To address the previous issues our technicians have replaced older Cable with newer Fiber.

TV Reception Issues

October 20, 2023

10/20/2023 – There is a problem in Utah County that is causing a TV reception problem for Southeastern Utah residents.  We have technicians working on the problem and are currently waiting on some parts to hopefully resolve the interference that we are receiving. The parts are anticipated to be received early next week.

Further TV Outage Repair Progress

October 3, 2023

10/17/23 – We are continuing repairs on TV signal issues. The system was taken offline as of this morning and technicians are working on equipment in Lehi (Lake Mountain.) We plan to have services restored around 5PM.

As of 10/4 the loss of Utility power and compounding backup power issues are causing Television outages.  Repairs are in progress. (Utility Power has been restored)

As of 10/3, our technician is currently deployed at Ford Ridge making repairs and diagnosing issues that have been reported.

 

What is offered?

Carbon County broadcasts, free, over-the-air, digital television channels from its Star Point, Ford Ridge, and Helper, Wood Hill, Scofield, Clear Creek, communication sites. These channels are the Salt Lake area channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 30 and now almost every home in the Carbon County area will have the capability of receiving FREE, over-the-air, DIGITAL television channels, each of which has one or more SUB channels for a total of as many as 33 or more channels.

How do I get free television?

You will need a reasonably good VHF - UHF combo television antenna and feed line (COAX cable). An outdoor antenna is highly recommended. If you have a splitter in-line to feed more than one television, you may need a good low-noise preamp or distribution amp.

Viewers in Helper and northeast Price (signal from Wood Hill) will require a VHF / UHF combo antenna. These sites broadcast in the VHF and UHF bands. If a preamp or distribution amp is also required make sure it covers both of these bands.

Position the antenna's orientation so it faces our transmitting sites and has a clear sightline (see diagram below).

You will need either a television with a built-in receiver labeled as ATSC, or a stand-alone digital ATSC box that will sit on top of your regular analog TV.

Most large-screen TV's on the market today have the ATSC (digital receiver) built in. If you are planning to buy a new television in the near future, be sure to look for the ATSC (digital receiver) listed on the box or display. If you buy a TV that says "HDTV Monitor" or "HDTV Ready", then it most likely DOES NOT have a digital receiver built in, and you will need to purchase a stand-alone ATSC box. Be sure to ask your sales person to verify whether or not it has the digital television receiver built in.

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For televisions that do not have a built-in "ATSC" digital tuner, there is a "SET TOP" box that plugs into your existing TV just like a DVD player does.

What is the channel listing?

Television Networks

wdt_ID Channel Network Name Format Resolution
1 CH 2.1 CBS KUTV Widescreen (16:9) 1080i
2 CH 2.1 CBS KUTV Widescreen (16:9) 1080i
3 CH 2.1 CBS KUTV Widescreen (16:9) 1080i
4 CH 4.2 Me-TV Widescreen (16:9) 480i
5 CH 4.3 Rewind TV Widescreen (16:9) 480i
6 CH 4.4 TheGrio Widescreen (16:9) 480i
7 CH 5.1 NBC KSL Widescreen (16:9) 1080i
8 CH 5.2 Cozi-TV Widescreen (16:9) 480i
9 CH 5.3 This TV Widescreen (16:9) 480i
10 CH 7.1 PBS KUED Widescreen (16:9) 720p
11 CH 7.2 World Widescreen (16:9) 480i
12 CH 7.3 PBS Kids Widescreen (16:9) 480i
13 CH 7.4 Create Widescreen (16:9) 480i
14 CH 9.1 KUEN Widescreen (16:9) 1080i
15 CH 9.2 NASA TV Widescreen (16:9) 480i
16 CH 9.3 FNX First Nations Experience Widescreen (16:9) 480i
17 CH 9.4 NHK NHK World Widescreen (16:9) 480i
18 CH 9.91 KUER-FM (Audio Only) Standard (4:3) 480i
19 CH 11.1 KBYU - BYUtv Widescreen (16:9) 720p
20 CH 11.2 BYURADIO (Audio Only) Standard (4:3) 480i
21 CH 11.3 KBYU-FM (Audio Only) Standard (4:3) 480i
22 CH 13.1 FOX KSTU Widescreen (16:9) 720p
23 CH 13.2 ION Standard (4:3) 480i
24 CH 13.3 COURTTV Widescreen (16:9) 480i
25 CH 13.4 Bounce Widescreen (16:9) 480i
26 CH 13.5 QVC Widescreen (16:9) 480i
27 CH 14.1 KJZZ Widescreen (16:9) 720p
28 CH 2.3 Comet Widescreen (16:9) 480i
29 CH 14.3 Roar Widescreen (16:9) 480i
30 CH 2.4 Nest Widescreen (16:9) 480i
31 CH 16.1 ION Utah16 Widescreen (16:9) 720p
32 CH 16.2 Grit Widescreen (16:9) 720p
33 CH 16.3 Laff Widescreen (16:9) 480i
34 CH 16.4 ION Widescreen (16:9 480i
35 CH 16.5 ION Plus Widescreen (16:9) 480i
36 CH 16.6 Busted Widescreen (16:9) 480i
37 CH 30.1 KUCW Widescreen (16:9) 720p
38 CH 30.2 Mystery! Widescreen (16:9) 480i
39 CH 30.3 DefyTV Widescreen (16:9) 480i
40 CH 30.4 Shop-LC Widescreen (16:9) 480i
41 CH 13.6 SHOP-LC Widescreen (16:9) 480i
42 CH 14.5 DABL Widescreen (16:9) 480i
43 CH 16.7 GameSto Widescreen (16:9) 480i
44 CH 16.8 HSN Widescreen (16:9) 480i
45 CH 16.9 HSN2 Widescreen (16:9) 480i
46 CH 8.1 meTV Widescreen (16:9)
47 CH 8.2 Catchy Widescreen (16:9)
48 CH 8.3 Start Widescreen (16:9)
49 CH 8.4 Heroes Widescreen (16:9)
50 CH 8.5 West Widescreen (16:9)
51 CH 8.6 Story Widescreen (16:9)
52 CH 8.7 Movies Widescreen (16:9)
53 CH 8.8 Toons Widescreen (16:9)
54 CH 8.9 DABL Widescreen (16:9)
55 CH 8.10 meTV+ Widescreen (16:9)
56 CH 13.7 HSN Widescreen (16:9)
Channel Network Name Format Resolution

Why is free television offered?

Carbon County uses tax dollars to provide this service to the citizens of Carbon County. Through these tax dollars and grants, we maintain the equipment on all the mountain tops to transmit the signal to the valleys.

We also participate in the Eastern Utah Television Association, which is a collaboration effort among the regional counties to make sure the tv signal is brought into the area and delivered to each of the participating counties.

Will you install my antenna?

You may call a local electrician, or handyman and they may be able to help you with the installation.

Unfortunately we cannot install equipment for private citizens.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Carbon County Communications

751 E 100 N Ste 2500
Price, UT 84501

Phone

(435) 636-3275

Email

IT@carbon.utah.gov