The idea for County Seat evolved out of the production of our outdoor recreation program At Your Leisure. The outdoor program took us all over the state and that is where we began meeting County Commissioners. There were a couple of conversations with different commissioners around the state where it was mentioned that it was too bad we couldn’t do a story about Jail Funding, Centrally Assessed Taxes, or Economic Development in Rural Utah. The seed for what would become the County Seat was planted.

Five years later, the County Seat is delivering the kinds of stories you won’t hear from other media outlets. We produce stories about local county governments in both the rural and urban areas of UTAH. The County Seat covers the challenges faced by livestock grazers, the process of taxation, and in-depth coverage of a number of public lands issues that affect the entire state of UTAH.

The program airs every Sunday Morning at 8:30am on the ABC affiliate out of Salt Lake City (KTVX channel 4) and is rebroadcast 20 times a week by local cable producers across the state.

The County Seat started its first season in 2011 with the support of 13 counties and the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA). Today there are 25 sponsors of the program including Utah Association of Counties, SITLA, and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

Each program focuses on an issue by first presenting a short story that provides the background for a panel discussion that takes place later in the program. In addition to our regular show format we have also produced more in-depth coverage of topics such as Wilderness, Sage Grouse, or a description of the roles played by elected officials within county government. These programs became mini-documentaries on hot-button issues for the counties.

The program has been a good fit for Counties because there are a number of compelling stories to be told that until now have been overshadowed by the current affairs coming out of Washington. We like to remind our viewers that the government that affects them most is the one they know the least about.

Please look over this media kit and watch an episode or two by clicking here. We would like to applaud the support of our sponsors in making this project happen.

Sincerely,

Chad Booth

Executive Producer

Derek Dowsett

Producer

Broadcasting the voice of the Counties

One of the fundamental differences in how we produce the show is in how it is Distributed. Typically a news cast or program is produced and aired once on one channel. We believe that this information is important to a broad audience and should be spread as far and wide as possible. The County Seat is broadcast across the state 20 times per week.It airs every Sunday at 8:30am on the ABC affiliate out of Salt Lake City, KTVX Channel 4, and is broadcast on four of UTAH’s major cable systems; as wells as Southern Utah Live and Comcast on Demand. Current rating numbers indicate an audience in excess of 40,000 homes per week.In additional to our traditional broadcasts we have ramped up our internet presence through social media, YouTube (55,000 views), Facebook (629 Followers)and our website. Each source provides information about upcoming shows, important background information and the ability to view, share, and embed previous shows.

Salt Lake City

VTV Channel 6

ETV Channel 10

KTVX ABC4 (metro)

KTVX ABC4 (ADI)

RTV Channel 10

KTTA-LD Channel 42

Programming area

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5 YearS oF groWing SUPPorT The County Seat started its first season with the support of 13 counties and the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. That support has grown to 26 sponsors of the program including Utah Association of Counties, SITLA, and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food in Season 5.

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2015 SeasonFirST QUarTerEpisode 1 : Relocating the State Prison*Episode 2 : Eminent DomainEpisode 3: Grazing Planning GSENM*Episode 4: Raising the Gas TaxEpisode 5: Healthy Utah Gov. Herbert* Episode 6: Economic Feasibility TPLA*Episode 7: Air Quality*Episode 8: UAC Legislative Mid-term*Episode 9: HB348 Criminal JusticeEpisode 10: Juan Palma RetirementEpisode 11: Grazing Amendments USFS*Episode 12: Legislative Wrap Up UACEpisode 13: Grand County Land Use

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2014 SeasonThirD QUarTerEpisode 27 : County CommissionsEpisode 28 : County CouncilsEpisode 29: Wild HorsesEpisode 30: Prison RelocationEpisode 31: Centrally Assessed TaxesEpisode 32: Sheriff vs Federal AuthorityEpisode 33: Tax Relief Episode 34: CODB on Public Lands*Episode 35: Chuck Fluharty Rural SummitEpisode 36: Utah’s Own*Episode 37: Emergency ManagementEpisode 38: Waters of the United StatesEpisode 39: Medicaid Expansion

FoUrTh QUarTerEpisode 40: Oil Shale/SandsEpisode 41: Community Impact BoardEpisode 42: Elections Episode 43: GRAMA / Data MiningEpisode 44: Cowboy ExpressEpisode 45: Six County AOGEpisode 46: PILTEpisode 47: Urban AgEpisode 48: New CommissionersEpisode 49: Envision UtahEpisode 50: RS2477 Roads KaneEpisode 51: Transportation FundingEpisode 52: Weber County EWP

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2014 SeasonFirST QUarTerEpisode 1 : Richfield RMPEpisode 2 : Grazing on GSENM*Episode 3: County SurveyorEpisode 4: Air QualityEpisode 5: Payment in Lieu of Taxes**Episode 6: Public Private Partnerships*Episode 7: Count My Vote*Episode 8: Prison Relocation*Episode 9: Transfer of Public Lands*Episode 10: Medicaid Expansion*Episode 11: Highway Funding*Episode 12: Catastrophic Wildfire*Episode 13: Wild Horses*

SeConD QUarTerEpisode 14: County CommissionsEpisode 15: Public Lands: Mark WardEpisode 16: Renewable EnergyEpisode 17: Congressman Jason ChaffetzEpisode 18: Economics of CattleEpisode 19: Governor HerbertEpisode 20: County AuditorsEpisode 21: Juan PalmaEpisode 22: Sage Grouse**Episode 23: Broadband in Rural Utah*Episode 24: Congressman Jim MathesonEpisode 25: Invasive Weeds* Episode 26: Wild Horses

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