KUATöTV back up and running

KUAT-TV's Channel 6 transmitter went off the air over the weekend, following a telephone line outage that prevented station operators on the UA campus from broadcasting their signal Saturday.

The signal was manually restored around 7 a.m. Sunday when Michael Stanley, operator-manager of the Mount Lemmon Cooperative Water Co., went up to Mount Bigelow, where the transmitter is located.

The outage occurred between sign off on Friday and sign on Saturday morning, and station employees were not allowed to go to the site because of the Aspen Fire ÷ the cause of the telephone outage.

While the signal was down, only cable viewers in Tucson could access the station. Satellite and cable viewers outside of Tucson were not able to catch the signal.

Napolitano to be keynote speaker at New Start Dinner

Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano will speak at the New Start Summer Program Benefit Dinner July 19.

The dinner, which will be held in the Student Union Memorial Center, will benefit the New Start Scholarship Endowment Fund.

The New Start Summer Program is s six-week orientation program designed to bridge the gap from the high school to university environment before students enter the UA as freshmen.

Since its inception in 1969, more than 9,000 students have completed the New Start program. This year, there are about 250 students participating in the program.

Tickets for the governor's reception and dinner are $100 each. Dinner tickets are $75. Net proceeds will go toward the New Start Scholarship Endowment Fund.

The dinner will also honor electrical and computer engineering Professor Emeritus Walter Evans, as well as Teresa Graham Brett, dean of students at the University of Texas, Austin, and former New Start director.

ö Staff report