RadioACTive
Thank you for your support of RadioACTive, KRCL's community affairs program for grassroots activists, community builders, punk rock farmers and DIY makers a muscicians. 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 7:50 a.m., 10:50 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.
Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones
Production Assistant: Valene MC
Production Assistant: Connor Estes
Volunteer Hosts:
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Mondays: Olivia Jaramillo
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Tuesdays: Risshan Leak
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Wednesdays: Nick Burns
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Thursdays: Stephanie Mahina & Val MC (RadioACTive the Talanoa Way)
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Fridays: Aldine, KRCL's Punk Rock Farmer
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Emeritus Host: Tamrika Khvtisiashvili
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 just may end up on the show. Or call 385-800-1889 and leave a voicemail with your story idea and song to match.
- Radio: 90.9fm in SLC, UT
- Live Stream: krcl.org/listen-live
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- Archive: krcl.org/community-stories/radioactive
RadioActive: Legislative Preview from League of Women Voters of Utah, Civil Rights with the NAACP/SLC
Posted January 18th, 2015RadioActive host Nick Burns had two guests on the show Sunday, January 18, 2015: Jenn Gonnelley, League of Women Voters of Utah, previewed the league's expectations for the general session of the Utah Legislature that starts in a week. She breaks down myths about access and invites KRCL listeners to a day of training at the capitol during the legislative session. We'll be there. Will you? Jeannetta Williams, president of the Salt Lake Branch of the NAACP and the Tri-State Conference for Idaho, Nevada and Utah, talks about civil rights cases in Utah, Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, and historic accuracy in the movie Selma.
READ MORERadioActive: State of play with Utah Film Commissioner Virginia Pearce
Posted January 13th, 2015Sunday, January 11, 2015 Sundance Film Festival starts later this month, bringing new films, filmmakers, actors and agents to the Beehive State. Radioactive host Nick Burns talks about the state of the film industry in Utah, which has a nearly $7 million incentive fund to lure productions to the Beehive State. Utah Film Commissioner Virginia Pearce explains how incentives are allocated, the YouTube generation, and ways to foster a thriving film industry in Zion.
READ MORERadioActive: 'Willy the Plumber' scholarships fund college dreams of inmates' children
Posted January 5th, 2015Sunday, January 4, 2015RadioActive host Nick Burns talks with Karl Winsness about his “Willy the Plumber” college scholarship program for the children of incarcerated individuals. Winsness created it after doing time and seeing how his choices limited those of his own children. Since starting the program two years ago, he’s helped eight teens with their higher education goals. Joining Nick and Karl is Mariah Williamson, one of his first scholarship recipients. (Producer: Shannalee Otanez.)
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