ShareUEN's History
The idea of a statewide education network started in 1956 with a research proposal on educational use of closed circuit TV. When KUED signed on the air in 1958, the collaboration of higher education and public education provided a foundation for UEN. By 1978 microwave technology made analog video conferencing possible. The Utah Legislature formally established UEN as the statewide delivery system for education in Utah in 1989. As a broadband fiber optic technology has replaced microwave, UEN now connects all Utah school districts, schools and higher education institutions and is one of the nation's premier education networks.
- 1956 $100,000 grant to explore educational uses of closed-circuit TV is part of the University of Utah's plan to establish a state-wide educational TV station
- 1958
KUED Channel 7 signs on the air as a regional public television station - 1978 SETOC, the State Educational Telecommunications Operations center is established at KUED
- 1983 EDNET analog system for interactive video conferencing is established
- 1986KULC Channel 9, Utah's Learning Channel, signs on the air
- 1989 SETOC becomes the Utah Education Network
- 1993 UEN, KULC, EDNET, KUED and KUER move in the the new Eccles Broadcast Center (EBC)
UEN begins publication of an Instructional TV Guide for Utah educators - 1994UtahLINK is established as UEN's data network and teacher training entity
- 2001 UEN moves into portions of 40,000 square foot addition to EBC
- 2004 KULC becomes UEN-TV and changes call letters to KUEN
