Eccles Broadcast Center
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The Eccles Broadcast Center, formally known as the Dolores Doré Eccles Broadcast Center, is headquarters of three broadcast stations and a statewide educational consortium. The center houses KUED
KUED
KUED is full-service Public Broadcasting Service public television located in Salt Lake City, Utah, broadcasting locally in digital-only on UHF channel 42. It is one of two PBS member stations serving the Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan area...
, KUER, KUEN
KUEN
KUEN, also known as UEN-TV, is a full-service, educational television station in Ogden, Utah, operated by the Utah Education Network on behalf of higher education as well as public education...
and the Utah Education Network
Utah Education Network
The Utah Education Network is a not-for-profit consortium of higher and public education, libraries, state government and business. UEN’s high speed computer network connects Utah colleges and universities as well as the state’s school districts and libraries...
. The facility sits on the southern edge of a nine hole golf course on the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
campus in Salt Lake City. It is northeast of the Jon M. Huntsman Center
Jon M. Huntsman Center
Jon M. Huntsman Center is a 15,000-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The arena opened in 1969 and is named after chemicals entrepreneur and philanthropist Jon M. Huntsman, father of Utah's former governor Jon Huntsman, Jr....
and southwest of the Huntsman Cancer Institute
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Huntsman Cancer Institute is an NCI-designated cancer research facility and hospital located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center in the Intermountain West. This title ensures patients benefit from the...
.The Eccles Broadcast Center is also home of Media Solutions, Western Folklife Center Media Office, the Utah Electronic College and the Office of the CIO of the University of Utah.
Renovation project
The facility started in 1993 with a $5.5 million gift from the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles FoundationGeorge S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation is a non-profit foundation located in Salt Lake City, Utah that gives grants for projects and programs throughout Utah in the following areas: arts and culture, community, education, health care, and preservation and conservation.-History:The...
and included 59191 square feet (5,499 m²). An expansion, completed in 2001, added 40307 square feet (3,744.6 m²). The original structure cost $8.8 million. The cost of the expansion was $7.6 million according to an Open House brochure published December 7, 2001. Architect Dick Huss, AIA
American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
of Babcock Design Group planned the original structure and the addition. Oakland Construction Company served as general contractor.
Produced at the Eccles Broadcast Center (partial list)
- Aftermath of Meth (KUEDKUEDKUED is full-service Public Broadcasting Service public television located in Salt Lake City, Utah, broadcasting locally in digital-only on UHF channel 42. It is one of two PBS member stations serving the Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan area...
) - Brigham Young (KUED)
- Conversations with Ted Capener (KUED)
- eMedia, College Media and Media Hub (UEN, Media Solutions, KUED)
- Gospel Flight (KUER)
- NetSafe Utah (UENUENUEN may refer to:*Union for Europe of the Nations*Utah Education Network*University of Ednos...
& KUED) - Nighttime Jazz with Steve Williams (KUER)
- Pioneer, Utah's Online Library (UEN)
- Radio West (KUER)
- The Governor's Monthly News Conference (KUED)
- The Struggle for Statehood (KUED)
- The Utah PTA Golden Apple Awards (KUED)
- UEN SciFi Friday (UEN)
- University of Utah Web Site (Media Solutions)
- Utah Now with Doug FabrizioDoug FabrizioDoug Fabrizio is an American radio host and commentator. He is host of RadioWest, a popular talk show heard on KUER and XM satellite radio; RadioWest is syndicated by PRI with a focus on the western United States and especially Utah....
(KUED) - Utah World War II Stories (KUED)
- VoteUtah Web site (KUED, KUER, UEN)
- What's in a Song (Western Folklife Center for NPRNPRNPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
) - Why the Cowboy Sings (Western Folklife Center & KUED)