KPCW is the nonprofit NPR member station for Summit and Wasatch counties in Utah, broadcasting from Park City on 91.7, 88.1 and 91.9 FM since 1980, with daily local news in English and Spanish, public affairs shows and locally hosted music.
KPCW is a community public radio station based in Park City, Utah, and the NPR member station for the Wasatch Back. On the air since 1980, it describes itself as the only nonprofit source of daily local news for residents and visitors across Summit and Wasatch counties. The station broadcasts from the Spencer F. Eccles Broadcast Center in Park City on 91.7 FM, with 88.1 FM serving Coalville and Kamas and 91.9 FM serving the Heber Valley, and streams around the clock on kpcw.org and the KPCW app. All of its content is free online, without a paywall.
KPCW's mission is to inform, connect and serve the Wasatch Back with trusted local journalism and engaging programming, while delivering critical alerts and amplifying community voices through public media. Its newsroom reports local news seven days a week on air and online, covering local government, housing, schools, the environment, public safety, the ski resorts and winter sports. Weekday mornings bring live interviews with city and county leaders, public health officials, school boards and nonprofits, along with up-to-the-minute information on emergencies, weather and road conditions.
Local programs include the Local News Hour with Leslie Thatcher, The Local View with Claire Wiley, and a weekday Public Affairs Hour featuring Mountain Money, This Green Earth, The Mountain Life, Cool Science Radio and The Community Campfire. A team of local DJs plays more than 80 hours of eclectic music each week. The station also carries national programs such as Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The Splendid Table and Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, and the BBC World Service overnight. In July 2022 KPCW launched The Local, a free weekday and Sunday morning email newsletter, and in June 2024 it launched KPCW.org en español to offer Summit and Wasatch county news in Spanish.
KPCW is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit governed by a volunteer board of trustees; its broadcast license is held by Community Wireless of Park City, Inc. It is funded mainly by individual donors and underwriters, with support from the Summit County Recreation, Arts and Parks (RAP) tax grant program and other charitable grants.
The staff of about 18 includes reporters, editors and news producers, program hosts and producers, programming, operations and production staff, and underwriting, development, community engagement and digital engagement roles. Openings are posted on the station's employment page at kpcw.org/employment, and applications go to jobs@kpcw.org.
