Webb Hill is a hill located in
St. George, Utah
St. George is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Utah, United States. Located in southwestern Utah on the Arizona border, it is the principal city of the St. George Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The city lies in the northe ...
, in
Washington County. The hill houses numerous radio and television tower facilities that serve the local area. The hill's geology is common with the surrounding region. In 1998, the skeletal remains of a male were found on the mountain.
Geology
As with the surrounding area, soil and rock formations on Webb Hill are red in appearance due to the presence of
iron oxide
Iron oxides are chemical compounds composed of iron and oxygen. Several iron oxides are recognized. All are black magnetic solids. Often they are non-stoichiometric. Oxyhydroxides are a related class of compounds, perhaps the best known of whic ...
. Although portions of the older section of the city of St. George (particularly the southern part near the
Virgin River
The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The river is about long.Calculated with Google Maps and Google Earth It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during the ...
) lie on floodplain alluvium, much of the city is built directly upon Jurassic, Triassic, and Permian period sedimentary bedrock. This includes Webb Hill. At its highest point, the hill reaches in elevation. It is in length from east to west, and in length from north to south.
Radio
Multiple lower power and booster stations broadcast from the hill, a full list of which can be foun
here
Given these stations are translators and lower power stations, their coverage of the region is limited. Full power stations in St. George transmit from Seegmiller Mountain, 17 miles south of town in Arizona.
Television
Along with radio station transmitters, the hill is home to numerous television stations. The two best known stations are
KMYU
KMYU (channel 12) is a television station licensed to St. George, Utah, United States, serving as the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the state of Utah. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Salt Lake City–based CBS affiliate KUTV (cha ...
(digital channel 9) and
KUEW UEW may refer to:
* Union of Environment Workers
*United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
* Universal Eclectic Wicca
*University of Education, Winneba
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and rese ...
(digital channel 18). KMYU is a full service television station while KUEW is a satellite of
KUED
KUED (channel 7), branded on-air as PBS Utah, is a PBS member television station in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The station is owned by the University of Utah, and has studios at the Eccles Broadcast Center on Wasatch Dr ...
(PBS) from
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...
. All stations on the list appearing 2.9 miles away from St. George are in fact broadcasting from within the city on Webb Hill. In total 17 television stations (most of them low power) broadcast from the mountain. However, due to the
national digital television transition, several of the analog translator stations were shut off.
Internet
Along with radio and television station transmitters, Webb Hill is home to one of the local high speed internet providers' transmitters in St. George.
References
External links
Case File 692UMUTThe Doe Network.
Saint George, Utah TV TranslatorsUEN Washington County TranslatorsABC4 (KTVX) Translator list
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Mountains of Utah
Mountains of Washington County, Utah
St. George, Utah