The Community Campfire
Fridays from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
The Community Campfire is a weekly, hour-long program that invites listeners, young and old, to gather 'round the Community Campfire for storytelling and tunes from your neighbors and friends here in the Wasatch Back. Hosts John Burdick, Sarah Ervin, Andrea Buchanan, Amber Borowski Johnson, Bill Skinner and Mitchell Elliott feature the human-interest stories, in-studio performances and local voices that warm the Wasatch Back.
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The Community Campfire is sponsored in part by: The Promontory Foundation
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact brooke@kpcw.org.
Do you know someone with a great story? Email us at CommunityCampfire@kpcw.org.
Latest Segments
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Members of Mountain Town Band share how a hobby that began with writing songs while serving in the Navy grew into the laid-back Americana trio Mountain Town Band, performing stories of mountain-town life live in the KPCW studio.
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Women Rising, a program of the Wasatch Community Foundation, shows how connection, vulnerability and small acts of support help women — and communities — thrive.
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Dena Stewart has dense breasts. Turns out that half the population of women do as well. Her determination to not take no for an answer from her doctor turned one routine mammogram into an MRI and early detection that saved her life.
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Returning to the KPCW studios is Owen Quincy, who talks about his recent performances, classical/opera background, and the concept behind his album Lyre Man.
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Park City High School head baseball coach Dave Feasler joins Bill on The Skinny on Sports to preview the 2026 baseball season, which begins March 3rd.
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From New Orleans to Hawaii to 40 states in an RV, Allison Williams never expected Park City to be the place she’d call home — but a broken-down motorhome and a summer job at Lucky Ones Coffee changed everything. In this Behind the DJ conversation, the KPCW volunteer shares her passion for empowering the neurodiverse community, her deep radio roots, and why every shift includes at least one Taylor Swift song — whether listeners request it or not.
Full Episodes
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This week on The Community Campfire, Amber Johnson shares how the Wasatch Community Foundation’s Women Rising program helps women—and communities—thrive through connection and support. Andrea Buchanan tells the story of Dena Stewart, whose persistence turned a routine mammogram into life-saving early detection. Plus, the Skinny on Sports wraps up the winter high school season, and Mountain Town Band performs live in the KPCW studio.
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On this week's The Community Campfire, Andrea brings us a story about Benny McGinnis, the Woodward Park City terrain park builder who climbs into his snowcat “War Pig” and shows how big air jumps are shaped—one careful pass at a time. Then it’s the Skinny on Sports, featuring a conversation with Park City High School coach Dave Feasler on the Miners program, the season’s biggest moments, and what it takes to build a winning culture in Park City athletics. And we close the show with musical guest Owen Quincy, who joins the campfire for a live performance and a conversation about his music, songwriting, and ties to the local scene.
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On this week's The Community Campfire, a nurse’s compassion sparks unexpected reunions years later at the National Ability Center, proving how one act of kindness can change lives. Then, KPCW DJ Allison Williams talks radio roots and neurodiversity advocacy, Coach Skinner brings the latest high school sports, and singer-songwriter Mel Soul shares her journey from Orem open mics to a creative home in Park City.
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The Olympics are underway, and love is in the air. We catch up with two couples whose love stories began at the Olympic Games—from chance encounters to lifelong partnerships, including one couple who met in Turin, Italy, 20 years ago and are now celebrating their anniversary at the Olympics in Italy where it all began.Coach Skinner and Madeline have the latest on high school basketball playoffs, swimming, and wrestling. And high-energy folk-Americana band The Last Wild Buffalo stops by the KPCW studio to share how their friendship-turned-band came together, how their sound took shape on the road, and what listeners can expect from their upcoming record.