UPR Station News

Pledge Drive Winners Announced: Not too Late to Plant your Pledge

UPR — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:31:28 +0000

Thank you for your pledges of financial support during UPR’s Spring 2013 Pledge Drive. Our listeners' pledges will plant more than 2,500 ponderosa pine trees next year in Utah’s Manti-La Sal National Forest through our partnership with the National Forest Foundation!

See Wait Wait Live on the Big Screen

UPR — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:15:00 +0000

The beloved NPR show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! will be coming to the big screen on Thursday May 2, 2013. UPR will host our guests at the showing in Ogden at the Cinemark Tinseltown 14 Theatre.

Host Peter Sagal and official judge and scorekeeper Carl Kasell will be joined by panelists Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca and Tom Bodett to play the quiz in front of a live audience - Carl reading limericks! Celebrity guests answering stupid questions! Faces made for radio! You’ve heard it in 1D, now see it live in 2D.

Win a StoryCorps Package Friday

UPR — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:51:00 +0000

Friday at UPR we're giving away another package to the UPR StoryCorps event in May, with your support. Each person who fills out and submits our pledge form will be entered in to win the escape package:

Pledge Your Support to UPR

April Ashland — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:59:11 +0000

It's spring pledge drive, hand in hand with our 60th anniversary. We're celebrating what makes Utah Public Radio work- our members and listeners.

You are UPR- you provide the means for us to gather quality news and information. You provide the means for us to reach out in our community. You are the beneficiaries of our work, and we couldn't do it without you.

Reserve Your Spot for StoryCorps in St. George

UPR — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:40:28 +0000

UPR and Dixie Regional Medical Center are sponsoring the StoryCorps recording booth in St. George May 2 to June 1, and the slots are ready to be taken!

StoryCorps allows two people to enter the recording booth and interview each other for 45 minutes. At the end of the interview, they receive a CD of the interview, and a copy of their interview is placed in the Library of Congress.

Tell Us Your "Bad Air" Stories

Jennifer Pemberton — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:39:32 +0000

If you haven’t filled out our form about air pollution yet, you now have the chance to come tell us about it in person at our Bad Air Story Booth.

This Saturday, April 20, from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. members of the Utah Public Radio staff will be collecting your air quality stories at Logan’s Earth Day Downtown Street Festival.

UPR Celebrates Earth Day at Downtown Studios in Logan

April Ashland — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:49:43 +0000

On Saturday, Utah Public Radio will be hosting an Earth Day celebration at our downtown studios from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

USU Grads Ace CPA Exams

UPR — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:14:10 +0000

Only 39 people out of more than 92,000 candidates who took the Uniform CPA Examination in 2012 scored above 95.5, and two of those high scorers were graduates of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

Close Race in Public Radio Madness Ends with...

UPR — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:11:33 +0000

The results are in for the end of our "March Madness" game with Public Radio programming at Utah Public Radio. The race began in March with 32 of UPR's programs. One of our locally produced shows, Science Questions by Sheri Quinn, made it all the way to the final four, but was beat out by NPR's Wait Wait! Don't Tell Me to make the end.

But now the votes are finally in, and in a very close race, All Things Considered has won the game! With an 8 percent lead, the show took over Wait Wait! Don't Tell Me.

Volunteer Your Time for Utah Public Radio

UPR — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:15:17 +0000

>>Volunteer Here<<

Utah Public Radio is looking for volunteers during our semi-annual pledge drive! To volunteer, sign up in the appropriate time slot here.

Volunteers are a necessary part of making the pledge drive a success from year to year, and we thank you for your help. We welcome couples or groups as well as individuals, but the form needs to be filled out for each member of your group.