Donna Land Maldonado, a force in Salt Lake City airwave diversity, dies at 78

Utah lost a reckoning force in the community radio scene on Sunday.Donna Land Maldonado, one of the first staff members at Salt Lake City station KRCL-FM 90.9 who eventually served as general manager, uplifting diverse voices as she worked her way up the ranks, has died. The member of the Northern Ute tribe was 78.“She was willing to do what needed to be done and it wasn’t always easy to do,” said Stephen Holbrook, founder of the KRCL station. He brought Maldonado on in July 19