changes are set for June 30. Channel 11 will become a broadcast outlet for cable channel BYUtv; the station will simulcast the BYUtv schedule. And KBYU-FM will become an over-the-air outlet for BYUradio, currently available on Sirius XM and online. (BYU International, a linear TV channel, is also being eliminated.)
On the TV side, this really is a “no brainer,” as BYU Broadcasting managing director Michael Dunn put it. Channel 11 doesn’t air the full PBS schedule, but all the PBS programming it carries also airs on KUED-Channel 7. For decades, it’s been kind of weird that Utah has two PBS stations duplicating each other’s schedules to such a large extent.