View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk ‘Hannibal’ Producer Compares Salt Lake City Station to Soviet Newspaper By Kevin Eck on Feb. 27, 2014 - 11:46 AM Bryan Fuller, executive producer of the NBC show Hannibal, told the Salt Lake Tribune the Salt Lake City NBC affiliate’s decision not to run his show doesn’t hurt his feelings. “Well, because they had yanked othe ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk KSL Remembers 15-Year Anniversary of Station Shooting By Kevin Eck on Jan. 15, 2014 - 2:00 PM Salt Lake City NBC affiliate KSL marked the 15-year anniversary of a shooting at the Triad Center that started in the station’s lobby and ended with one woman dead. On January 14, 1999 De-Kieu Duy walked into the KSL lobby a ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Salt Lake City Station Denies Ban on Kissing Video By Kevin Eck on Dec. 26, 2013 - 11:24 AM Salt Lake City NBC affiliate KSL is denying rumors it has outlawed showing video of kissing after a federal judge struck down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage, reports The Salt Lake Tribune. The Tribune asked KSL executive vi ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Vietnam Vet Watches Interview He Did With KSL While Still Fighting War By Kevin Eck on Aug. 26, 2013 - 10:46 AM For a 70th Birthday surprise, Steve Rasmussen got to watch an interview he did 45 years ago near Da Nang, Vietnam with former KSL reporter Dick Nourse. “We got back from on a patrol, and somebody says ‘There was a new ...
View Post ShopTalk | TV Biz Darrell Brown Named President of KSL Broadcast Group By Merrill Knox on Aug. 6, 2013 - 5:08 PM Darrell Brown has been named president of KSL Broadcast Group, which includes Salt Lake City NBC affiliate KSL and three area radio stations. Brown was most recently the president of McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, a position he ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk KSL to Start Airing ‘SNL’ in the Fall By Kevin Eck on Jun. 27, 2013 - 9:52 AM Salt Lake City NBC affiliate KSL will begin airing “Saturday Night Live.” The station announced the move on its facebook page saying, “Programming Note: Starting this fall, KSL is pleased to welcome Saturday Nig ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk KSL Stops Airing NBC’s ‘Hannibal’ Because It’s Too Graphic By Kevin Eck on Apr. 30, 2013 - 11:53 AM KSL, the Salt Lake City NBC affiliate, has announced on its facebook page and its website it will no longer air episodes of the network series “Hannibal.” PROGRAMMING NOTE: After viewing the past few episodes, as well ...
View Post ShopTalk KTUL, KSL and WFTS Win NABEF Service to America Awards By Merrill Knox on Apr. 2, 2013 - 11:50 AM KTUL in Tulsa, KSL in Salt Lake City and WFTS in Tampa are the winners of the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation’s annual Service to America Awards. KTUL is the winner of the Service to America Televis ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Why is KSL Losing Viewers in Salt Lake City? By Kevin Eck on Mar. 4, 2013 - 2:59 PM The end of the most recent sweeps period has revealed a disturbing trend for NBC affiliate KSL in the battle for Salt Lake City’s news viewers. The Salt Lake Tribune has taken a look at why KSL, which was once a dominant num ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk KSL Reporter Has Photos Hijacked for Online ‘Catfishing’ Scam By Kevin Eck on Feb. 12, 2013 - 10:38 AM Andrew Adams, multi-media journalist for Salt Lake City NBC affiliate KSL, found himself caught up in a facebook “catfishing” scam. Saturday night he received a private facebook message from a woman he had recently fri ...