Lake Mountain (Utah)

Lake Mountain
Lake Mountain, from Orem
Highest point
Elevation	7,694 ft (2,345 m)  NAVD 88
Prominence	2,710 feet (826 m)
Coordinates	40°16′30″N 111°56′26″W / 40.274895°N 111.940581°W / 40.274895; -111.940581Coordinates: 40°16′30″N 111°56′26″W / 40.274895°N 111.940581°W / 40.274895; -111.940581
Geography
Lake Mountain High Point Location in Utah
Location	Utah County, Utah, U.S.
Parent range	Lake Mountains
Topo map	USGS Saratoga Springs
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike or road.

Lake Mountain is a stretch of mountains that lie west of Utah Lake in Utah County, Utah. The small range extends 7 miles (11 km) from north to south. Radio infrastructure on the range serves several radio and television needs for the cities of Provo, Orem, American Fork and almost all of Utah county. The highest point of the range is 7,645 feet (2,330 m) above sea level. It is located approximately 11.9 miles (19 km) west of Provo.

Lake Mountain houses radio towers for several radio stations serving the general area. KENZ 94.9 FM, a contemporary hits station, broadcasts from Lake Mountain.KJMY, a hot adult contemporary format radio station on 99.5 FM formerly had a translator known as K256AE, which is on 99.1 MHz from a tower on the mountain. The translator is now used as a rebroadcast of KJMY's HD-2 stream through a loophole in FCC rules. It is known as "Country 99.1." KVFX had a translator known as K284AI-FM. K284AI was on located 104.7 MHz. In order to make way for KNIV, the station signed off the air. One Religious radio translator also call the mountain home. K217CL (91.3 FM), carries programming from KYCC, and is licensed to Provo. KUDD 103.9 FM has a booster on the mountain, providing coverage to Utah County and southern Salt Lake County.

Multiple repeaters for amateur radio exist on Lake Mountain. The most well known repeaters are operated by the Utah Amateur Radio Club (UARC), first coordinated in 1978, and the Utah Valley Amateur Radio Club (UVARC), first coordinated in 2016 Numerous other stations share tower space with the repeaters above, all operating on different frequencies. A list is Amateur radio repeaters on Lake Mountain included below.

Numerous high and low power television stations call Lake Mountain their home. KUPX's, former analog broadcast on channel 16 from a tower on the mountain. KUPX is owned by Paxson Salt Lake City License Inc and carries programming from the Ion Television. Its tower was located on the northern flank of the mountain (pictured right). KUPX now broadcasts its digital television signal on channel 29 from Farnsworth Peak. K22IT, another television station on the mountain, carried programming from KTMW in Salt Lake City. It remained in analog, and had no application to transmit in digital. Its license has since been deleted. KUTH, Salt Lake City's Univision affiliate, broadcasts its digital broadcast from Lake Mountain on channel 32. K43JV, a lower power television translator, carries programming from 3ABN. It broadcasts on channel 43. Currently it has a construction permit to transmit in digital on RF channel 16, the former analog home of KUPX. K49GD, channel 49, was a translator for KTMW and carried a variety of programming. K49GD was licensed to Spanish Fork, Utah. The station license was deleted by the FCC. KUTH filed an application with the FCC to move its transmitter to Farnsworth Peak which would leave only K43JV transmitting from the mountain. This move will allow KUTH to better serve the Wasatch Front because of Farnsworth Peak's higher terrain.