KTVX Channel 4 ROCKS Utah! "The Cool TV" is coming to 4.2

You're So Cool, Channel 4!

UPDATE: KTVX 4.2 Became The Cool TV on 4/15/2011

In my last post, I told you that Channel 4, KTVX, had added CW30 as a subchannel at 4.30, allowing all of us in areas that don't have a dedicated translator station to watch the CW. Now, they are poised to become one of the coolest channels in Utah.

My sources at Rabbitears and TVnewscheck have confirmed that Newport Television, the owners of KTVX 4, have agreed to carry TheCoolTV multicast network in 10 of its 22 markets.

The 10 markets: Harrisburg, Pa.; Seattle-Tacoma; Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y.; Jackson, Tenn.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Ark.; Salt Lake City, UT; Tulsa, Okla.; Wichita-Hutchison, Kan.; and Memphis, Tenn.



For those of you that are old enough to remember when MTV was cool, The Cool TV is what MTV used to be: Music videos, and nothing but music videos. No stupid reality shows, no "VJs", no bull crap. Just straight up music videos. I have yet to confirm with KTVX when it will start, but if I get any updates, I'll pass them on to you ASAP.

Goodbye, Universal Sports TV?

Unfortunately, this means that we'll lose the current network occupying the 4.2 subchannel, Untamed Sports TV. Some other station may pick it up as a subchannel, but for now at least, Untamed Sports outdoors, hunting, and fishing programming will be unavailable OTA in the Salt Lake / Northern Utah area. Looking around, I found it is available on Dish Network and on C-band satellite (The big, ugly, 6 to 10 foot dish). I know there will be some who will miss it, but I think this is a wise choice on the part of Newport Television and KTVX. It certainly will have a larger target audience than Universal Sports.

Click here to view The Cool TV's schedule.

To you, Channel 4, I say: Good move, and good luck. KTVX 4, YOU ROCK!