KCPW-FM (88.3

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) is a public radio

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. It airs local news and music programming, as well as network shows from

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, Public Radio International, the

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and the

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. It broadcasts from studios at the

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at Library Square. KCPW-FM is owned by Wasatch Public Media. Its previous

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was located atop the Wells Fargo Center in downtown Salt Lake City for much of its history. It is currently located in the

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Range southwest of

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. The 88.3 FM frequency does not broadcast in

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audio, to improve reception in marginal signal areas. Due to other stations on 88.3 FM and adjacent frequencies in nearby cities, KCPW-FM has an

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of 450

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s. It cannot use as much power as most of the other Salt Lake City FM stations.

History

On August 9, 1991, Community Wireless of Park City, Inc., received a

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to build a new FM non-commercial station in Salt Lake City from the

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. The FCC assigned it the

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KBQA. Community Wireless already had an FM station on 91.9 MHz in

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, a ski resort community about 50 miles east of Salt Lake City. It later added other stations around Utah

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ing its programming. On November 1, 1992, the Salt Lake City station officially

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the air, with the new call letters KCPW-FM. In 2005, Community Wireless acquired an

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station

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, at 1010

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, which also took the call sign KCPW.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006 page D-512
/ref> The AM station is powered in the daytime at 50,000 watts, giving the station a much wider coverage area. But in January 2008, Community Wireless decided to sell the 1010 AM frequency. Programming was switched to airing the

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around the clock until a

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organization agreed to acquire the station for religious programming. On March 28, 2008, Wasatch Public Media signed a letter of intent to purchase KCPW-FM. A sales contract was signed in June 2008. Had this not occurred, KCPW-FM would have instead been sold to the

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for a national

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format. KCPW's AM 1010 facility was separately sold to

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. It became

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that August. KCPW-FM ended its longtime

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(NPR) membership on June 24, 2013, allowing the station to reduce expenses as well as decrease duplication with the area's primary NPR

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, 90.1

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. KCPW continues to carry national programming supplied by Public Radio International,

, the

and the

. The station also continues to produce its local programming. In June 2014, the station announced that it would need to raise $42,000 by July 3 in order to pay for its American Public Media programming; if the goal was not met, KCPW would have closed down and the money donated during the fund drive would be returned to the contributors. The goal was reached on July 2, 2014.

Local Programs

On Fridays at 9 a.m., KCPW airs ''Behind The Headlines'', hosted by Roger McDonough, featuring reporters from the ''

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''. It is rebroadcast on Sunday at 10 a.m. On Wednesdays at 10 a.m., ''The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour'' is heard, hosted by Christian Camargo. It deals with local and national issues and politics, in cooperation with the

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. On Sunday evenings from 6 to 10 p.m., KCPW airs "Jazz Time" hosted by Steve Williams, a 35-year veteran of public radio. In the past, KCPW-FM produced two local affairs programs, ''Midday Utah'' (shared with sister station KPCW) and ''Midday Metro''. ''Midday Utah'' was hosted by Blair Feulner and covered topics of statewide and regional interest. ''Midday Metro'', later renamed ''The Public Square'', was hosted and produced by Lara Jones and covered topics of interest in the

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. Former Salt Lake City Mayor

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was an occasional guest host on ''Midday Metro''.

References

External links

KCPW-FM websiteKCPW-FM's Politics Up Close
{{Salt Lake City Radio CPW-FM Mass media in Salt Lake City Radio stations established in 1994 1994 establishments in Utah