Deseret News | BYU breaks ground for broadcast building

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BYU breaks ground for broadcast building

BYU Alum | 5:00 p.m. May 7, 2009

How about building a multi level parking structure? Would be interested to know how many parking spaces were eliminated to cram yet another building on campus.

Anonymous | 5:13 p.m. May 7, 2009

Where is the building located?

Anonymous | 5:34 p.m. May 7, 2009

I think that the three-level building will be located north of the Monte L. Bean Museum and extend down over the hill overlooking a parking area between the Marriott Center and the BYU Conference Center

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Robert Just | 5:48 p.m. May 7, 2009

As a regular BYU Radio listener I would like to go out and see the new facility.

J Kennedy | 10:43 p.m. May 7, 2009

The "BYU Radio" portion of the broadcasting services mentioned was once earlier known as LDS Radio and was available in some of the big metropolitan area on FM subcarriers channels in places like the SF Bay Area, LA, Chicago, etc. It was started and done by the Bonneville company. For some reason they (Bonneville) decided to dis-continue doing that. It is sorely missed by some of its faithful fans. I'm not LDS but some LDS, including an aging Aunt, really miss the LDS Radio.

Bonneville with KSL carries BYU Sports, it seems logocal then that those subcarriers could run BYU Radio and then those who lost the previous service could have it "restored". It would be a good idea. Like a "trade" between the two groups.

Haven't heard back from e-mails to some Church leaders on that subject.

God Bless. That service is missed by a number.

Excellent! | 8:42 a.m. May 8, 2009

The building plans look beautiful. One can only hope though that it really doesn't cascade down the hillside once it is completed.

Seriously though - wow! The talent there is great, and the product will be amazing.

John Pack Lambert | 10:34 a.m. May 8, 2009

The first commentator is sorely unaware of events at BYU. They have a multi-level parking structure under the Joseph F. Smith building. They may have built another as well, but I will allow others who know for sure to comment on that.
Some BYU students love to gripe about the parking situation, but I always found it the extreme of laziness that people who lived at 7th North and 7th East ever found it neccesary to drive to campus.
I attended both BYU and Wayne State University, and there were a lot fewer obesse students at BYU, primarily because it is so difficult to find close parking, so my assessment is that parking is detrimental to health.
Lastly, this area where they are building the broadcasting building, at least the parking lot in question, used to be used for practice by the BYU marching band, so it is to some extent a place that has a long history of being only a marginally usable parking lot.
This is a great stucture. With the centalization of some of these functions on BYU campus, it will actually cut down the need for cars.

Zadruga Guy | 2:58 p.m. May 8, 2009

The FM channels that were used by Bonneville to carry LDS Radio are no longer available. They are now used by stations for digital radio.

Minorities | 5:51 p.m. May 8, 2009

I hope they take into account minorities considering the growing industry in the U.S for Spanish speaking broadcast majors.

Rich in Orem | 8:01 p.m. May 8, 2009

My hope is that somehow in the process of building new facilities (or whatever it would take) they can get that annoying hum out of KBYU-TV's audio signal. I'm a lot less likely to watch channel 11 because of the hum than I would be otherwise.

Cable right? | 11:14 p.m. May 8, 2009

Rich in orem < You don't listen off air do you?

RockOn Minorities | 11:05 a.m. May 9, 2009

Do as the market will bear, but don't kowtow to any minorities unless it is your best financial interest to you.

And for the sake of the minorities hold "learn English" broadcasts... that's where their future is. Minorities in America who fail to learn fluent English are financially doomed and contribute little to the fabric of America. It's been so for 200+ years and will continue.

Arie Noot | 5:37 p.m. May 9, 2009

How blessed we are to have the means to make this happen.
The world will change and this will allow us to more effectively communicate our values and mission.

The prophets have approved this.

I am so thankfull to live in this time and to miracles like this.

John Pack Lambert | 8:00 p.m. May 9, 2009

To the 5:51 commentator,
BYU-TV Insternational has service in Spanish and Portugese. Despite its name, it is carried by providers in the United States, and the fact that it is not carried by more in the United States is probably as much a reflection of a view by those service providers that there are not adequte market demands for foriegn language stations.
That said, we need to avoid confusing Hispanic with Spanish-speaking. I know several Hispanic who know less Spanish than me.

To: Zadruga Guy | 8:10 p.m. May 9, 2009

The developers of the digital radio made it possible for the "digital" radio to co-exist with the traditional "analog" subcarriers.

You have NOT done your research!!

Check with the engineers of KBYU-FM in Provo.

They Are doing the "digital" with the extra HD program channels and still doing the "Reading Services for the Blind" on the traditional "analog" subcarrier services.

If you want to check it out you could also check with the Ibiquity Corp. who created the HD digital radio. They designed it to protect the "Reading Services" from the necessity to vacate!!

Study the Reality of the technology before passing on Mis-Information!!

Check it out!! A station in California is also doing the HD digital technology and the extra channels And also doing a Christian station in Russian on the traditional analog subcarrier. The station is in Sacramento and owned by Clear Channel Communications.

Ask the radio engineers there also if you want confirmation!!

Anonymous | 9:22 p.m. May 9, 2009

is this being built where Deseret Towers used to be?

To Anon @9:22 pm | 10:46 p.m. May 9, 2009

No, it's not where the (formerly on-campus housing
known as the Deseret Towers) once stood. The location for the new BYU Broadcasting facility is
near the Marriott Center and the Monte L. Bean Museum... about a mile to the West of where the 5
(later 7, I believe) Deseret Towers once stood.

Last Christmas when I was in Provo visiting, I drove to that location where the Deseret Towers once stood.
It's an errie feeling to see something like those
dormitories, which once stood so tall, totally gone. Half of one of my student wards lived in one of those a while back. Almost married a girl that lived there then. At the time they seemed liked the most modern dorms on campus. Times change. Don't understand the whole reason for their disappearance?? They were further from the main campus than then older Helaman Halls and Heritage Halls, but most university students are able to walk that distance. Most off-campus housing apartments/houses were much further away.

Wonder what comes next to that Prime Real Estate location?? I'm sure that that property is worth a whole lot in terms of dollar value.

Deseret Towers | 3:33 p.m. May 11, 2009

The new building is only slightly West of where Deseret Towers used to be (not a mile.
I imagine that DT was torn down because in general today's students don't want to live in a tiny room with shared showers and sinks. Also they were likely too expensive to bring up to today's Earthquake and Fire Codes.

English | 6:38 p.m. May 11, 2009

English is the language of this country. If you want to live here, at least try to assimilate into the culture instead of bringing a failed culture here.

You are right... | 2:36 p.m. May 13, 2009

I wrote the "to Anon@9:22" entry.

The new proposed BYU Broadcasting facility is not a whole mile West of where the Deseret Towers once stood. You (who wrote "Deseret Towers") is right!! It's probably just one tenth of a miles or so West,
maybe less.

I looked on a map later, after making the post, and realized the the Bean Museum and Marriott Center are
much closer. Sorry...

Used to live there in the 60's and 70's and only visit once in a while now, so remembering distances can get a little fuzzy, but I KNEW IT WAS TO THE WEST.

I do remember looking at a map a long time ago and realizing that the whole main part of the BYU campus is "roughly" a square mile in size.... The population density there during the school year is almost like a square mile of Mid-town Manhattan (New York City)during the business day. Lot's of People!!

Did my mission in New York City (Eastern States Mission). Also was a BYU student and did graduate;
Now alumni status.

Lord Bless BYU... Yeah Cougars and Cosmo!!!

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