KPCW-FM (Salt Lake City, UT)
KPCW is dedicated to providing the residents of Summit and Wasatch Counties with valuable local news, information, entertainment, and emergency updates through both its radio broadcasts and digital platforms. The station also aims to support local non-profit organizations by using its communication resources to help them thrive. Since launching on July 2, 1980, KPCW 91.7 FM has become a trusted source for 73% of adults in the Summit and Wasatch counties in Utah, reaching listeners more frequently than any other station in the area. It’s the primary daily source of local news for 55% of the “Wasatch Back” population and also streams live to audiences across six continents. KPCW devotes five hours daily to producing award-winning local news and interviews, focusing particularly on updates from city and county government meetings. The station provides real-time information about local emergencies, road conditions, and weather. Additionally, it plays a vital role in promoting local non-profits, offering interviews and broadcasting over 26,000 public service announcements each year to highlight their events and initiatives. Among KPCW's local programs are the morning Local News Hour hosted by Leslie Thatcher and the afternoon show, The Local View with Randy Barton. The daily Public Affairs Hour features segments like Mountain Money (finance), This Green Earth (environment), The Mountain Life (health), Community Voices (politics), and Fun Friday (entertainment). On weekends, listeners can enjoy The Classifieds Show (garage sales), The Story Mine (storytelling), The Week In Review (news recap), and Cada Domingo (Spanish language). *The station’s music format follows SOSNSCSB: Something Old, Something New, Something Covered, Something Blues. The broadcast schedule also features popular programs from National Public Radio, American Public Media, and Public Radio International, including Morning Edition, The Splendid Table, American Routes, Weekend Edition, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, and TED Radio Hour. Overnight, the BBC’s World News Service is aired until 5 AM. Throughout the day, listeners can enjoy a diverse music library featuring over 3,000 songs from the 1970s to today, expertly curated by more than 50 volunteer DJs, some with over 30 years of experience at the station. KPCW operates as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, overseen by a volunteer board of trustees currently led by Bob Richer. The budget for 2011-2012 was
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1 day ago |
kpcw.org | Grace Doerfler
En el estrado el miércoles, el 4 de junio, antiguo agente del Sheriff del Condado de Wasatch Hayden Walker dijo que los detectives encontraron el pistol enterrado debajo de una piedra, “no más de 100 yardas” de la casa en Browns Canyon de Greg Kyle DeBoer. Walker fue uno de los dos detectives que testificaron durante una audiencia pública para decidir si DeBoer comparecerá en juicio de un cargo de delito grave por obstrucción a la justicia en conexión con la muerte de Patrick Hayes.
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2 days ago |
kpcw.org | Grace Doerfler
Heber City Mayor Heidi Franco applauded the sewer team for their big hearts after they jumped into a storm drain in early May to help a family of ducks who’d gotten stuck. Franco said a local called public works to report the brood of ducklings was “fighting for their lives trying to stay afloat on a cold, rainy day.”“Public works came out, and it was actually Stephen LaFay, who's not with us [tonight], that jumped into the storm drain and started fishing out the ducklings,” she said.
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2 days ago |
kpcw.org | Grace Doerfler
House Bill 356 es la legislación controversia que requiere que la mayoría de los condados tengan cargos del consejo completamente distritados y que redibujen los mapas de distritos si tienen representantes en general. HB356, el cuál el Gobernador Spencer Cox firmó en ley el 27 de marzo, programó una fecha límite del 1 de junio para que formen una comisión para dibujar nuevos límites.
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2 days ago |
kpcw.org | Grace Doerfler
The two-mile stretch of U.S. 189 just south of downtown Heber has seen numerous severe crashes over the past decade. UDOT estimates putting concrete barriers down the middle of the highway could have prevented 19 crashes, four serious injuries and five fatalities in that time. Now, it’s planning to install barriers along the road from Industrial Parkway to 3000 South.
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2 days ago |
kpcw.org | Grace Doerfler
La demanda fue presentada en el Tribunal del Cuarto Distrito hace más de un año por un grupo pequeño de residentes de Red Ledges. Alega que el condado actuó ilegalmente cuando aprobó los planes en noviembre de 2023 de la construcción de un templo de La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días en Heber Valley.
KPCW-FM (Salt Lake City, UT) journalists
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123 Example Street
City, Country 12345
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+1 (555) 123-4567
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