KUER-FM (Salt Lake City, UT)

KUER-FM is a public radio station affiliated with the University of Utah, based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It broadcasts on 90.1 MHz FM and is a proud member of National Public Radio (NPR), also featuring programs from Public Radio International and American Public Media. One of its standout offerings is RadioWest, a local talk show hosted by Doug Fabrizio, which has received multiple awards. KUER features a variety of NPR programs, including favorites like All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, and Morning Edition, as well as local news segments and evening jazz music. Many of its popular syndicated shows, such as Car Talk reruns, Whad'Ya Know, Mountain Stage, This American Life, On The Media, Le Show, and A Prairie Home Companion, air on the weekends. The station’s studios are situated in the Eccles Broadcast Center at the University of Utah, while its transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak, having moved from Mount Vision in the Oquirrh Mountains in 2011.

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Gov. Cox says ‘we should tread very carefully’ on the norms Trump is challenging

1 week ago | kuer.org | Saige Miller

President Donald Trump has been busy. Since taking office in January, tariffs, budget cuts across agencies and the administration’s campaign to crack down on illegal immigration and increase deportations have been at the top of the news cycle. Not to mention moves against public and private universities and the hundreds of lawsuits challenging Trump’s directives. Despite Utah’s status as a red state that supported Trump in 2024, it hasn’t been spared.
Unions turn in 320,000 signatures in bid to repeal Utah’s collective bargaining ban

1 week ago | kuer.org | Martha Harris

After a month of organizing to oppose Utah’s collective bargaining ban, union members and supporters dropped off boxes on boxes of signature packets at county clerks’ offices across Utah. The Protect Utah Workers coalition said Wednesday morning these mounds of paper contain about 320,000 signatures — more than double the amount they needed. The group of 19 labor unions wants to repeal the state’s new ban on public sector collective bargaining through a ballot referendum.
As Utah Hockey Club’s 1st season ends, fans and players are hungry for more

1 week ago | kuer.org | Sean Higgins

Kimberlee Keller never really paid attention to hockey, much less attended a game. That all changed when the NHL announced last April that it was coming to Utah. “I was like, this could be fun,” she said outside the Delta Center before an April 3 Utah Hockey Club home game against the Los Angeles Kings. “And now I'm a big fan. I'm really into it.”She and Ross Jackson said they have been to about 10 games this season.
Bernie Sanders & AOC drew 20,000 Utahns. Strategists hope the energy lasts

1 week ago | kuer.org | Saige Miller

In a solidly red state like Utah, a visit from two of the most progressive members of Congress isn’t expected to change the political landscape, but to organizers and attendees their trip doesn’t feel like a lost cause, either. Around 20,000 people gathered at the University of Utah on April 13 to hear Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. The Jon M.
As referendum deadline approaches, a few Utahns are making their support permanent

1 week ago | kuer.org | Martha Harris

Labor groups seeking to repeal Utah’s recent ban on public sector collective bargaining are coming up on their deadline to gather enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot. To trigger a referendum vote in 2026, the coalition of labor unions must collect 140,748 signatures from registered voters. Additionally, those voters have to represent at least 8% of voters in 15 of the state’s 29 Senate Districts. The Protect Utah Workers coalition includes both public and private labor unions.
As Utah’s San Rafael River dries, scientists try to give native fish a fighting chance

1 week ago | kuer.org | David Condos

The San Rafael River has a problem. As it winds through red rock country northwest of Canyonlands National Park, it increasingly runs dry. Drought is again taking hold across Utah, and that could spell trouble for the wildlife that rely on the river, such as native fish that get stranded in puddles when the flow stops. “Picture being in a little pool and never being able to move. Your oxygen levels start to get low.
Southern Utah’s dry winter could make for a long wildfire season

1 week ago | kuer.org | Sean Higgins

Southern Utah could be in for a longer than normal fire season. The region endured a very dry winter and little snowpack and dry soil is a dangerous mix. According to the most recent state data, Utah’s three southernmost watersheds barely hit 40-percent of average snowpack over the winter. “The soils are already in the bottom tenth percentile of our observations in both the Escalante-Paria region and also southwestern Utah region,” said Jordan Clayton with the Utah Snow Survey.
A tale of two dragons: How a St. George event brings art to the streets

2 weeks ago | kuer.org | David Condos

There’s a new 12-foot-long metal dragon in St. George. Its eyes are made from kitchen utensils. Its belly, two stop signs. The scales that cover its wings, horns and everywhere else come from the Salt Lake City police station’s evidence room. “All those license plates you see on that dragon have been confiscated by the police,” Utah County artist Deveren B. Farley said.
Tariffs, taxes, labor and lessons from former Utah Sen. Reed Smoot

2 weeks ago | kuer.org | Sean Higgins

Global markets are swinging wildly from the effect of President Donald Trump's announcement of wide-ranging tariffs on virtually all of the United States’ trading partners. To better understand today’s situation, some historians say lessons can be learned from what happened nearly a century ago in the runup to the Great Depression. Much of what we understand about tariffs and the global economy comes from Utah Senator Reed Smoot.
Utah colleges confirm dozens of international student visas terminated

2 weeks ago | kuer.org | Martha Harris

International students from at least seven Utah colleges have had their student visas revoked or records quietly terminated by the Trump administration. Across the country, colleges are reporting a similar pattern of international students unexpectedly having their visas stripped away. KUER reached out to colleges statewide to see how many students had been impacted.