KSL-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KSL-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Eyewitness News. Your News.
station_branding = KSL 5
KSL 5 Eyewitness News HD
analog = 5 (VHF)
digital = 38 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = NBC
NBC Weather Plus (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = June 1, 1949
location = Salt Lake City, Utah
callsign_meaning = Salt Lake
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Bonneville International
licensee = Bonneville Holding Company
sister_stations = KSL radio, KRSP-FM, KSFI, KUTR
former_affiliations = Primary:
CBS (1949-1995)
Secondary:
ABC (1949-1954)
DuMont (1949-1955)
effective_radiated_power = 33.4 kW (analog)
546 kW (digital)
HAAT = 1168 m (analog)
1267 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 6359
coordinates = coord|40|39|35|N|112|12|8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|40|39|33|N|112|12|10|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://tv.ksl.com/ 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. A large translator network extends coverage throughout the state and into portions of Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming. KSL-TV is owned by Bonneville International Corporation, which is in turn owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A sister station to KSL Newsradio (AM 1160 and FM 102.7), KSL-TV is also related to KBYU-FM and KBYU-TV in Provo through Brigham Young University, also owned by the LDS Church. Live 5 WeatherPlus is offered through KSL's digital station. KSL broadcasts from a tower located on Farnsworth Peak west of Salt Lake City.

History

KSL-TV began transmission on June 1, 1949. 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. It was a primary CBS affiliate owing to KSL-AM's long affiliation with CBS Radio. However, it shared ABC programming with KDYL-TV (now KTVX) until KUTV signed on in 1954 as an ABC affiliate. It also broadcast DuMont programming. 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.

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. 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 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.

Personalities

Programming

KSL-TV airs most NBC programming with locally-produced news and sports programs.

Notable exceptions to airing all network programs include the short-lived sitcom "Coupling" and long-running "Saturday Night Live". 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.) 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) as well as selected Real Salt Lake Major League Soccer telecasts. KSL also aired a paid political message criticizing the war in Iraq, which featured Cindy Sheehan.

KSL-TV airs the semiannual LDS General Conference as it is held, pre-empting any regularly-scheduled programming.

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.hidden begin
title = List of translators
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External links

* [http://tv.ksl.com/ KSL-TV Website]
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