Phil Reardon TV Production

The beautiful mosaic here on the Dixie State Campus has been dedicated to Mrs. Helen Barber and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Child for their generous contribution to the development of the project, along with their outstanding interest in it.  The National Endowment for the Arts of Washington DC, a federal agency granted a large portion of the money to contribute to the mural.  The mosaic was developed in 1975.  It is known as the Dixie college outdoor mosaic. It is viewed from the left to right to represent and symbolize an important aspect of the Virgin River and its significance of the Dixie region of the American Southwest.  The mural is 15ft 4 ½in  by 127ft 9 inches of ceramic tile and it is located on the Graff building of fine arts.

The KSL broadcast covers pretty much everything.  They focus more on the news through out Utah and even some of Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, and Wyoming.  They also cover some National news stories.  For the most part I would say that they target all Utah residents, but most the people that follow KSL are members of the LDS church due to ties that KSL has with the church.  In the over the phone interview I had with a story writer from KSL I was told that they strive to be the number one watched news broadcast in Utah and that they cover national stories, but for the most part they are just trying to get Utah residents to tune in and watch their broadcast.  KSL has been the number one rated news station for most of the past 45 years and not only the number one in Utah, but they have had some of the highest ratings in the United States as well. KSL has been around for 67 years and is currently owned by Bonneville International.  Their first on the air broadca...