KSL-TV
Salt Lake City, Utah
Branding	KSL 5 KSL 5 Eyewitness News HD
Slogan	Eyewitness News. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of Your News.
Channels	Analog: 5 (VHF) Digital: 38 (UHF)
Affiliations	NBC NBC Weather Plus (DT2)
Owner	Bonneville International (Bonneville Holding Company)
First air date	June 1, 1949
Call letters’ meaning	Salt Lake
Sister station(s)	KSL radio, KRSP-FM, KSFI, KUTR
Former affiliations	Primary: CBS (1949-1995) Secondary: ABC (1949-1954) DuMont (1949-1955)
Transmitter Power	33. In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour commercially-sponsored weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property History Bonneville International was formed with approval of the LDS First Presidency in 1964. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In Broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels (or "sibling stations" in gender-neutral form are radio and/or Television stations KSL Newsradio is a Radio programming service based in Salt Lake City, Utah. KRSP-FM (1035 FM, "1035 The Arrow" is a Radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah. KSFI is a radio station operating at frequency 1003 FM in Salt Lake City, Utah. KUTR (" AM 820 " is a Radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah broadcast at 820 KHz AM. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF 4 kW (analog) 546 kW (digital)
Height	1168 m (analog) 1267 m (digital)
Facility ID	6359
Transmitter Coordinates	40°39′35″N, 112°12′8″W (analog) 40°39′33″N, 112°12′10″W (digital)
Website	tv.ksl.com

KSL-TV (Channel 5) is an NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah that broadcasts locally in analog on VHF channel 5 and in digital on UHF channel 38. The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. A large translator network extends coverage throughout the state and into portions of Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. KSL-TV is owned by Bonneville International Corporation, which is in turn owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. History Bonneville International was formed with approval of the LDS First Presidency in 1964. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known A sister station to KSL Newsradio (AM 1160 and FM 102. KSL Newsradio is a Radio programming service based in Salt Lake City, Utah. 7), KSL-TV is also related to KBYU-FM-TV in Provo through Brigham Young University, also owned by the LDS Church. Live 5 WeatherPlus is offered through KSL's digital station. NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour commercially-sponsored weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the KSL broadcasts from a tower located on Farnsworth Peak west of Salt Lake City. Farnsworth Peak is a peak located on the northern end of the Oquirrh Mountain range approximately south west of Salt Lake City Utah.

History

KSL-TV began transmission on June 1, 1949. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It broadcast from the radio station's cramped studio facility on Social Hall Avenue in downtown Salt Lake City until 1984, when it moved to 5 Triad Center. Downtown Salt Lake City is the oldest district It was a primary CBS affiliate owing to KSL-AM's long affiliation with CBS Radio. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. However, it shared ABC programming with KDYL-TV (now KTVX) until KUTV signed on in 1954 as an ABC affiliate. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. KTVX ( "ABC4") is the ABC affiliate in Salt Lake City Utah. For the Communist International university known as KUTV see Communist University of the Toilers of the East. It also broadcast DuMont programming. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 KSL-AM-FM-TV was a division of the Deseret News until 1964, when Bonneville International was formed as the parent company for the LDS' broadcasting holdings. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.

In 1995, NBC sold KUTV (which swapped affiliations with what is now KTVX in 1960) to a partnership of CBS and Group W as part of a swap involving stations in Denver, Miami and Philadelphia. KTVX ( "ABC4") is the ABC affiliate in Salt Lake City Utah. Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the Broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Originally, NBC sought to reaffiliate with KTVX; but after KTVX renewed its ABC affiliation, NBC then secured an affiliation agreement with KSL-TV.

KSL-TV downtown studios (Center) in Salt Lake City, Utah

KSL-TV experienced a scare in 1999 when a shooter entered the Triad Center, allegedly looking for a KSL-TV reporter. An employee of another company in the building was shot during the incident, resulting in her later death. De-Kieu Duy, a 24-year-old female, was arrested in connection with the incident. She has been declared incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness, and is currently awaiting trial while committed at Utah State Hospital.

In 2002, Bruce Christensen was named the President of KSL-TV. Christensen is the former president of PBS, the former dean of BYU's College of Fine Arts and Communications, as well as a former reporter for KSL-TV. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the

Personalities

Main article: KSL-TV Eyewitness News Team

Programming

KSL-TV airs most NBC programming with locally-produced news and sports programs. This is a listing of past and present members of the Eyewitness News team of KSL-TV in Salt Lake City Utah.

Notable exceptions to airing all network programs include the short-lived sitcom Coupling and long-running Saturday Night Live. Coupling is a 2003 American remake of the British television Sitcom of the same title. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Instead of SNL, KSL airs SportsBeat Saturday, a sports talk program that had been airing in the same time slot when the station was a CBS affiliate. (The former NBC affiliate, KUTV, also passed on SNL, before the local WB (now CW) affiliate, KUWB (now KUCW), decided to air SNL. KUCW is a full-service Television station licensed to Ogden Utah and serving the Salt Lake City market as the CW Television affiliate KUCW is a full-service Television station licensed to Ogden Utah and serving the Salt Lake City market as the CW Television affiliate ) However, KSL-TV did air NBC's controversial and short-lived drama, The Book of Daniel (which was not shown by a few other NBC affiliates). The Book of Daniel was a short-lived Television series broadcast on NBC. KSL also aired a paid political message criticizing the war in Iraq, which featured Cindy Sheehan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.

KSL-TV airs the semiannual LDS General Conference as it is held, pre-empting any regularly-scheduled programming. In the Latter Day Saint movement, a general conference is a meeting for all members of the church for conducting general church business and instruction

KSL-TV still signs off at night, doing so at 3:30 am Saturday nights.

Translators

KSL-TV extends its coverage throughout Utah, plus parts of Arizona, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming, using a network of more than 115 community-owned translator television stations listed below. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States.

External links

• KSL-TV Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KSL-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KSL-TV