RadioACTive

Thank you for your support of RadioACTive, KRCL's community affairs program for grassroots activists, community builders, punk rock farmers and DIY makers and musicians. Tune in weeknights at 6 as the RadioACTive team passes the mic so folks can share their stories and the causes they care about.

If you missed the show or want to listen again, visit the RadioACTive Archives or listen on-demand. And catch audio clips from the show every day at 6:55 a.m., 10:55 a.m. & 2:55 p.m.

Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones 

Producer, Host: Connor Estes

Producer: Asha Pruitt

Volunteer Hosts:

GET INVOLVED: If you have a story idea for RadioACTive and a song to match, then let's hear it! Email radioactive@krcl.org with your ideas or simply dedicate a song to someone in your life or a cause you support — either way, you may end up on the show. Or call 385-800-1889 and leave a voicemail with your story idea and song to match.

PLAY HOMEGROWN MUSIC ON THE SHOW: We have live homegrown music every Friday on the show and always looking for bands to play. Fill out our form!

Ways to listen:

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Punk Rock Farmer Halloween with Homegrown Music, Garlic + More

Posted October 31st, 2025

Friday, Oct. 31: Aldine, KRCL's Punk Rock Farmer, brings you more truly frightening tales of the agrihood on a special Halloween edition of RadioACTive: Siskiyou Seeds offers garlic planting tips for the Draculas in your life, homegrown music of Graveyard Violet, poet RJ Walker live-crafting spooky verse, a chance to volunteer in the agrihood, and Skywatcher Leo T.

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A Voices Amplified Takeover -- with Costumes!

Posted October 30th, 2025

Thursday, Oct. 30: A Voices Amplified Takeover by rising journalists bringing you the latest from college media as well as student views on issues of the day. Paraclimbing athlete Brayden Butler on the challenges athletes face. The spooky spirit with reporters Bonnie Fox and Cambria Thorley as we debate Utah's best haunted attractions. Plus KRCL history with Ma Black of Nova FM. It's a Halloween-themed edition of the show -- costumes encouraged!

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Campaign to Heal the Music Scene, Exposed Storytelling to Heal the Heart

Posted October 29th, 2025

Wednesday, Oct. 29: Heart Support, a campaign to heal the music scene, rolls out in Ogden, while Exposed Storytelling heads to SLC. The UoU Bystander Initiative on solutions to enabling culture within universities to 'rape by proxy' issues arising from the Pelicot case in France. BONUS: Homegrown music from singer-songwriter Emerson Peery.

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Power to the People, Always

Posted October 28th, 2025

Tuesday, Oct. 28: Rocky Mountain Power customers set to rally against what they say are expensive fossil fuel plans. Community groups are stepping up as the Nov. 1 federal benefits cutoff approaches. Plus, the general election is one week away. League of Women Voters of Utah with an update on people power at the ballot box.

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