1931 RCA installs a TV antenna on top of the Empire State Building.

1936 NBC inaugurates its television studio at Rockefeller Center.

1939 Television is introduced to the public at the World's Fair in New York City.

1946 The Beginning of regular network television.

1948 KSL applies for a commercial television broadcasting license on May 26.

1949 KSL-TV goes on the air Wednesday, June 1st, with studios and transmitter located at the Union Pacific Building on Main Street.

1949 KSL-TV first public television broadcast of LDS General Conference in October.

1950 U.S. population owns 5 million TV sets and is served by 100 TV stations in 38 states.

1950 KSL-TV moves into larger broadcast facilities on Social Hall Avenue and is affiliated with the CBS, ABC, and Dumont Television networks.

1951 KSL-TV broadcasts "Let Freedom Ring," an award-winning program starring Lorraine Day and Howard Keel and featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

1952 KSL-TV installs the nation's highest television transmitter atop what would later be named "Farnsworth's Peak" west of Salt Lake City

1952 A severe windstorm demolishes the 370-foot tower in December. A larger and more stable transmission tower complex replaces it.

1953 U.S. television advertising revenues of $538 million surpass those of radio ($451 million) for the first time.

1955 First practical silicone transistor is introduced by Texas Instruments.

1959 KSL-TV news expands to 15 minutes each day.

1962 KSL-TV produces the first nationwide telecast of LDS General Conference in April.

1962 On July 23rd KSL-TV takes part in the first transatlantic satellite broadcast, which features a performance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir live from Mt. Rushmore.

1962 KSL broadcasts the first KSL Editorial.

1964 KSL-TV produces Utah's first color television broadcast.

1964 Bonneville International Corporation is formed as the broadcast media holding company for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It becomes the parent company of KSL.

1965 KSL-TV introduces the anchor team of Dick Nourse, Bob Welti, and Paul James.

1968 KSL's Washington News Bureau first opens.

1968 KSL-TV produces the first telecast of LDS General Conference to South America.

1969 More than 600 million people on earth watch Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 spacecraft land on the moon.

1969 Sony Corporation sells the first commercially viable VCR.

1977 Don Gale joins KSL as Editorial Director.

1978 KSL-TV first uses of fiberoptics in telecasting (March 8th) and produces the first Teletext broadcast (June 15th).

1979 KSL-TV broadcasts via satellite the dedication of the Orson Hyde Memorial Park in Jerusalem.

1979 Chopper Five becomes Mountain America's first full-time helicopter used for news gathering.

1979 Co-anchors Bruce Lindsay and Shelley Thomas join Nourse, Welti and James.

1980 Bonneville Satellite Corporation organized to take advantage of satellite broadcasting technology for both commercial and LDS Church network applications.

1980 KSL Television assigns beats to its news reporters, creating areas of specified expertise, thus creating what is to be known as "The News Specialists."

1983 KSL-TV receives television news' highest honor, the Edward R. Murrow Award, for best local news coverage in America.

1983 KSL is one of a handful of stations to launch the Children's Miracle Network Telethon.

1984 KSL-TV Broadcast House moves to the Triad Center.

1984 For an unprecedented second year in a row, KSL wins the Edward R. Murrow Award.

1986 KSL Television first broadcasts in stereo sound

1989 KSL becomes first local station to close caption all of its newscasts for the hearing impaired.

1990 Meteorologist Mark Eubank makes his KSL-TV debut.

1995 KSL sponsors a party for the community at the City and County Building, where Salt Lake City is named the host city for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

1996 Following 47 years with CBS, KSL-TV changes its affiliation to NBC.

1996 KSL Radio and Television launch their new internet web-site, ksl.com.

1996 Nielsen Company makes Salt Lake City the 35th television market to become metered.

1997 There are 2.8 billion TV sets worldwide, and 98% of U.S. households have color television.

1998 Don Gale retires from KSL Editorials; Duane Cardall takes over.

1998 KSL wins NBC's only affiliate award -- Never Be Complacent Award.