Radio Free 91 KRCL
by Matt
Issue 254 / February 2010 More from this Issue
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Sandi has been working at KRCL since July of last year. She’s a senior at the U and plans to stay on at KRCL for a few years after she graduates, “until I make a difference.” Her job consists of promoting KRCL, advertising and promoting concerts. Basically she makes the community aware of what KRCL is and what they do there. They also work at many festivals in the area such as they May Fest at the U, the Living Traditions Festival in May with the Salt Lake City Arts Council and others in Deer Valley and Snowbird.
“It’s a powerful station,” says Sandi. “It broadens people’s minds and if you’re a listener you know that it’s something different from other radio stations. You can turn it on and learn something new. Music’s very political. You can learn something from that.”
The station has helped to educate Sandi. Since joining the staff she has become more open-minded, a more liberal thinker. Radio personnel at KRCL are able to dress as themselves and be themselves. The atmosphere around the station is very relaxed, very warm and inviting. Listeners are always dropping in to visit the station and the staff welcomes them.
In the last year, KRCL has made a mark on the community. They ran the Iran-Contra hearings from gavel to gavel, which took a whole summer. Recently they have been one of only twenty-five radio stations in the country to run the Nicaraguan elections, only because they feel that is important. They have been involved with the rise of the peace movement, with the arts community and with many of the ethnic minority communities. And they hope to become more involved. Donna feels that more people will use KRCL to their advantage as they become more established in the community. KRCL is there to protect everybody’s rights, not just those on the fringes of society—that is their commitment.
“Fortunately for us, there are people who are reaching, always reaching beyond certain boundaries for things,” says Donna.
KRCL is always looking for volunteers. For more info call the station at 363-1818 or stop by and see what’s up at 208 W. 800 S. in Salt Lake.
“It’s a powerful station,” says Sandi. “It broadens people’s minds and if you’re a listener you know that it’s something different from other radio stations. You can turn it on and learn something new. Music’s very political. You can learn something from that.”
The station has helped to educate Sandi. Since joining the staff she has become more open-minded, a more liberal thinker. Radio personnel at KRCL are able to dress as themselves and be themselves. The atmosphere around the station is very relaxed, very warm and inviting. Listeners are always dropping in to visit the station and the staff welcomes them.
In the last year, KRCL has made a mark on the community. They ran the Iran-Contra hearings from gavel to gavel, which took a whole summer. Recently they have been one of only twenty-five radio stations in the country to run the Nicaraguan elections, only because they feel that is important. They have been involved with the rise of the peace movement, with the arts community and with many of the ethnic minority communities. And they hope to become more involved. Donna feels that more people will use KRCL to their advantage as they become more established in the community. KRCL is there to protect everybody’s rights, not just those on the fringes of society—that is their commitment.
“Fortunately for us, there are people who are reaching, always reaching beyond certain boundaries for things,” says Donna.
KRCL is always looking for volunteers. For more info call the station at 363-1818 or stop by and see what’s up at 208 W. 800 S. in Salt Lake.
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