KUTV is the CBS-affiliated television station serving the greater Salt Lake City, Utah metro area. The station broadcasts on UHF digital channel 34 from Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains as well as a variety of translators throughout Utah, Nevada and Wyoming. It is a sister station to KUSG channel 12, which serves the St. George area as a This TV affiliate; until 2008, it was operated as a satellite of KUTV. As of April 6, 2009, KUTV began...
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KUTV is the CBS-affiliated television station serving the greater Salt Lake City, Utah metro area. The station broadcasts on UHF digital channel 34 from Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains as well as a variety of translators throughout Utah, Nevada and Wyoming. It is a sister station to KUSG channel 12, which serves the St. George area as a This TV affiliate; until 2008, it was operated as a satellite of KUTV. As of April 6, 2009, KUTV began carrying This TV on its 2.2 digital subchannel.
It originally signed on in 1954 as Utah's ABC affiliate, trading affiliations with KCPX-TV (now KTVX) in 1960 and becoming an NBC station.
The station was originally owned by the family of George Hatch (not the politician). In 1994, NBC bought majority control (88%) of KUTV from VS&A; Communications Partners (by this point, the Hatches' stake had been reduced to 12%). However, in September 1995, KUTV became a CBS affiliate as part of a complex deal resulting from Westinghouse Broadcasting (Group...
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