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The Dolores Doré Eccles Broadcast Center (often shortened to Eccles Broadcast Center) is headquarters of three broadcast stations and a statewide educational consortium. The center houses
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,
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,
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and the
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. The facility is northeast of the
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and southwest of the
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on the
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campus in
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.


Renovation project

The facility started in 1993 with a $5.5 million gift from the
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and included . An expansion, completed in 2001, added . 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,
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of Babcock Design Group planned the original structure and the addition. Okland Construction Company served as general contractor.


Produced at the Eccles Broadcast Center (partial list)

*''Aftermath of Meth'' (
KUED KUED (channel 7), branded on-air as PBS Utah, is a PBS member television station in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The station is owned by the University of Utah, and has studios at the Eccles Broadcast Center on Wasatch Dr ...
) *''Brigham Young'' (KUED) *''Conversations with Ted Capener'' (KUED) *eMedia, College Media and Media Hub (UEN, Media Solutions, KUED) *''NetSafe Utah'' ( UEN & KUED) *''Nighttime Jazz with Steve Williams'' (
KUER KUER-FM (90.1 MHz) is a public radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah. Owned by the University of Utah, its studios are located in the Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah campus, while its transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak ...
) *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 World War II Stories (KUED) *VoteUtah Web site (KUED, UEN) *''What's in a Song'' (Western Folklife Center for
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) *''Why the Cowboy Sings'' (Western Folklife Center & KUED)


See also

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Spencer Eccles Spencer Fox Eccles (born August 24, 1934, Ogden, Utah) is a prominent financier and philanthropist in Salt Lake City, Utah and chairman emeritus of the Intermountain Region of Wells Fargo Corporation. From 1982 to 2000, he was chairman an ...


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KUED-TV

KUER-FM

UEN-TV (KUEN)

Utah Education Network

Utah History Encyclopedia
hosted by the Utah Education Network
Western Folklife Center
{{University of Utah Buildings and structures at the University of Utah University and college buildings completed in 1993 Mass media in Utah 1993 establishments in Utah