its digital signal to UHF channel 19 at 10:00 a.m. on December 1, 2018, using PSIP to display its virtual channel number as 43. ATSC 3.0 deployment Deployment of the ATSC 3.0 digital transmission standard commenced in the Oklahoma City market on October 8, 2020, when KAUT-TV began transmitting a 3.0 signal as the market's designated NextGen TV host station. KAUT acts as the 3.0 host for four Oklahoma City-area stations owned by broadcasters associated with the Pearl NextGen TV consortium that concurrently deployed the fledgling standard: sister station KFOR (through Nexstar), ABC affiliate KOCO-TV (owned by Hearst Television), and the duopoly of Fox affiliate KOKH-TV and CW affiliate KOCB (owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group). The station's 3.0 signal transmits over UHF digital channel 19.5001, using PSIP to display KAUT's virtual channel as 43.1 on digital television receivers; KAUT, in turn, farms the ATSC 1.0 signals of its main feed and subchannels as host signals transmitted by KFOR (for KAUT-DT1), KOKH (for KAUT-DT2 and KAUT-DT3), and KOCB (for KAUT-DT4), remapped to their respective virtual channels (as PSIP 43.x) on digital television receivers. ATSC 3.0 lighthouse Repeater stations To reach viewers throughout the 34 counties comprising the Oklahoma City Designated Market Area, KAUT-TV extends its over-the-air coverage area through a network of eight low-power digital translator stations–all of which transmit using PSIP virtual channel 43—encompassing much of Western Oklahoma that distribute its programming beyond the range of its broadcast signal. References External links – KAUT-TV official website kfor.com – KFOR-TV official website AUT-TV Independent television stations in the United States Court TV affiliates Ion Mystery affiliates Cozi TV affiliates Nexstar Media Group Television channels and stations established in 1980 1980 establishments in Oklahoma Former Viacom subsidiaries ATSC 3.0 television stations