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County Seat program offers Utah County a dedicated episode and broad distribution
Summary
Presenters from the County Seat described plans to produce a Utah County–specific episode next season, offered the county an educational/outreach version for local use, and outlined broadcast and rebroadcast outlets including ABC‑4, YouTube and local access channels.
The commission heard a work session presentation from representatives of the County Seat program about producing a county‑specific episode for the coming season.
Chad Booth (Speaker 8) explained the County Seat has produced statewide county features for years and proposed a Utah County episode to showcase local statistics, history and issues important to residents. "We were going to offer a county specific episode as part of our season for the coming year where each of our prime counties we would produce a specific episode that would cover statistically where your county is, maybe bring a little of the history..." he said.
Booth said top‑tier sponsors receive one county feature and the county could reserve a slot by signing up early. He described distribution channels—current County Seat airtime on ABC‑4 (Saturday nights at 11 p.m. and Sunday mornings at 8:30 a.m.), YouTube and social platforms, and multiple rebroadcast arrangements with local cable access stations— and offered the county permission to download or re‑use produced segments on county channels and websites.
He suggested the series could be useful in school social‑studies curricula and said production timing would likely fall next season with the possibility of gathering footage before formal contracting. Booth reported audience reach metrics for recent summer months, saying they reached over a quarter million households for three months and nearly half a million people across platforms.
Commissioners asked about timing and educational distribution; Booth encouraged early engagement and said the County Seat team could help format content for school or county use. The program’s producers invited questions about logistics, sponsorship and timeline and emphasized that counties are free to rebroadcast and reuse their episodes.
