EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER | KUTV, KMYU, KJZZ ISSUE 13 Employee Newsletter

KENT’S CORNER

I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know how proud I am of the work we do here at the station. KUTV had an outstanding night in Phoenix as the Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards were announced on September 22nd. September 2018 The list of winners is below. You received it earlier in the month, but I wanted to make sure these outstanding employees are acknowledged. • Business / Consumer News Single Story: $1 Door Fix; Matthew Gephardt, Michael Fessler, Patrick Fitzgibbon • Business / Consumer News Single Story: Exploding Shower Doors; Matthew Gephardt, Michelle Poe, Michael Fessler NOTES FROM HR • News Producer Producing In-Depth Story: Michelle Poe Referring a friend is easy! If your • Sports News Single Story: Triple Threat; Dan Rascon, Maren referral is hired and successfully completes their introductory period, Jensen, Meghan Thackrey you will receive a referral bonus! • Team Coverage Brian Head Wildfire: Heidi Hatch, Jeremy Harris, Go to the referral site at Sterling Poulson, Tazya Williams, Kristi Henderson, Mike Stephen, sinclair.employeereferrals.com to Thor Fielder, Ben Pollchik, Erik Bullard, Kevin Bills, Morgan Saxton refer a friend. • Teen News Single Story, Feature Segment: Graduation Project; NEW EMPLOYEES Dan Rascon, Maren Jensen, Meghan Thackery Say hi to the new All the hard work everyone at KUTV / KMYU / KJZZ does is much employees in August: appreciated. As we close out 3rd Quarter, it looks like we exceeded our Tommy Collier ...... FT Studio Tech Tazya Williams ...... Promoted to EP sales goals. This may mean a little bit of extra cash for many of you! Michael Locklear ...... Reporter

Sean Smith ...... KJZZ MC

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DEPARTMENT UPDATES NEWS September was great in many ways. Chief among That was among six awards on the night; one of our them was our ownership of the big weather story and best performances. That night was special... and it fires. No team put as much effort and resources will lead to even more hardware in the future. towards the fire and it showed. KUTV has become Finally, a huge shout out to the team of producers known for this type of coverage when the big story we are blessed to work with. Life hit us with two hits and it is evident that the team embraces it. weddings and hours of overtime were the only things This was further evidenced by our success at the that kept us on the air. It takes a village, and this one Emmy awards, where we won for team coverage. rocked throughout September. SALES September 2018 was an performance of 107% for the and digital as it pertains to excellent month for the Sinclair September CMS (Combined political advertising. Broadcasting Group in Salt Lake Market Summary). We continue to have City. Both KUTV and KJZZ made Political advertising is starting tremendous results in sports with their goal for September! to heat up and our excellent High School Football, Real Salt We also exceeded the Digital political specialist, Shannon Lake and the NFL. Here comes Budget and Production Budget. Eaker, is doing a great job fourth quarter and we are looking Most important, we scored a representing all three stations for similar results.

TRAFFIC We are very busy with political across all our markets, and expect it to increase even more as we enter October through Election Day. Sports, both network and non-network, are also keeping us busy with the World Series coming up soon for our FOX station.

HUMAN RESOURCES Time is running out! The 2019 Wellness Program offers two ways to lower your insurance premiums: 1. Earn the “Wellness Discount” of $50 per check by completing the Physician’s Verification Form and submitting it by September 30th 2. Avoid the $50 per check tobacco user fee. Complete the Tobacco Affidavit during Open Enrollment. The opportunities to lower your premiums are independent of one another; you may qualify for either or both. Make your appointment today and don’t miss the opportunity to save! Please do NOT submit wellness forms to Jessica. All forms must be emailed to the email address on the form by the employee submitting. Jessica CAN NOT accept the form for you.

ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS The new MAXReality Weather system was setup at least until the end of the year. Engineering will for testing and training in the news studio. On-air continue to test the systems for our three stations in deployment of this system is TBD at this point. the meantime. Deployment of the eleven new The speech recognition system implementation Laptops and forty-six new Desktop computers is in mentioned in last month’s update has been delayed progress. EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER | KUTV, KMYU, KJZZ | ISSUE 13 3

AVID will be here September 27th through October antenna on September 20th while the issue is 1st to perform contractual software upgrades to our investigated and corrected. system. AVID will provide on-air support over the With the Spectrum Repack completed in the Salt weekend in case there are any problems. Lake City area, the use of wireless mics on TV FCC SPECTRUM REPACK UPDATE channels 30 and 35 will no longer be available for the The switch to the new broadcast channels, new Sony and Sennheiser Group G wireless mics. TV main antenna, and new combiner system was channels 23 and 27 will no longer be available for completed on September 9th as planned. Due to Sennheiser Group A wireless mics. As a reminder, unforeseen issues with the new main antenna, the use of wireless mics in TV channels above 36 will be th transmissions were switched back to the auxiliary prohibited after November 30 . EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER

DAVE APPLEGATE, IT BRÓNAGH TUMULTY, NEWS Dave is always working on projects that we Brónagh is tireless, dedicated, and embodies everything must do with our computer systems. He always someone wants from a reporter in this landscape. That on its own offers to work overnights and long shifts to isn't remarkable. We have dozens and dozens of reporters, ensure that it doesn't interrupt day to day producers, and directors just like that at KUTV. What sets work. He always goes above and beyond to Brónagh apart is her pleasantness and professionalism day after make sure things run smoothly and jumps on day even when filling in or turning 2 or 3 stories a day. Brónagh is any problems. working 24 hours a day to make calls and bring the best stories to the 2News viewer.

GREG WINDLEY, CREATIVE SERVICES ADAM MIKULICH, NEWS Greg’s over the top performance when it came Nobody works harder than Adam. He shoots, edits, anchors and to producing the KUHL Tour of Utah moment. does a million other small things that shouldn’t go unnoticed. He He would not get the footage from the tour voluntarily takes on jobs for other people and pours his heart into until the end of the day, would re-work it and every story he covers. He walks around the station with a make sure it aired correctly in the tour re-cap purpose and is genuine and kind to all. There are three interns in show. In addition, Greg, along with Brooke sports this summer and Adam goes out of his way to help check Mangum’s, helped Winston Morris secure in on them, teach them and enhance their learning experience. $20,000 in new business form the Foothill He’s specifically taken them under his wing and has shown them cultural district. around and made them feel like part of the KUTV family.

Employee of the Month is now a Quarterly endeavor! Please make sure to continue to submit nominations for Employee of the Quarter at http://kutv2productions.com/eotm/. Thank you for your submissions. Your 2018 Continuous Improvement Committee: Suzanne Viehweg | Dannielle Malmstrom | Matthew Blank | Maren Jensen | Mary Nickles Tom Bottom | Sandy Dringman | Richard Archuleta | Patrick Fitzgibbon | Mike Stringham