by Dan Wees | Aug 25, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“It still bothers those of us who work here [LDS Church Public Communications Department] and must constantly juggle what the brethren want and what we ourselves know is right. You really have to wrestle with your conscience sometimes in cases like this, because if...
by Dan Wees | Aug 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The business involvement which we have is a very, very minor part of our activity… We try to operate the few – and I emphasize that – the few business interests that we do have in a business-like prudent way, as any prudent business corporation would do,...
by Dan Wees | Aug 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“KSL-TV [LDS-owned television station] possesses the largest Area of Dominant Influence [ADI] of any station in the continental United States.” Federal Communications Commission Reports – Volume 62 (Washington, DC: Federal Communications Commission – 2nd...
by Dan Wees | Aug 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“God in His wisdom has given us television and radio to assist Him in His great purposes. May we be blessed and ever diligent in the use of all communications media to hasten the day of His kingdom.” Richard Barnum-Reece, This People – Volume 2, “Arch...
by Dan Wees | Aug 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Being the editor of a Church-owned newspaper has not always been easy for me. The hardest thing I believe I’ve ever encountered was reporting of the destruction of the Coalville tabernacle by the Church. I found it hard to report it like it should really have been...
by Dan Wees | Aug 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“When I did a series on The Central Utah [water] Project [CUP], it was killed by my editors and publisher because some of the brethren in the Church apparently felt it could be potentially damaging to future [federal] government funding… “It’s even more interesting...
