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Pure Energy
Pure Energy brings you feel-good music from electrifying hosts, Dot Matrix & DJ Lippy. Out with the jive and in
Commercial Suicide
Commercial Suicide is Central Texas’ longest running experimental music radio program. Experimental, electronic, ambient, minimalist, noise, improvised, and other strange
Hip Hop Hooray
Hip Hop Hooray @hiphophoorayradio is a cultural cornerstone that centers local BIPOC and Queer artists, creatives, and community leaders. Now
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Latest Updates
City of Austin Opens FY27 ACME Grant Cycle
Austin’s creative community has another major opportunity to bring new ideas to life. The City of Austin’s Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME) Office has officially opened the FY27 ACME Grant
World Refugee Day Celebration Event: What Refugee Communities Can Contribute to Societies
by Asfa Awan Preparations for this year’s World Refugee Day event began against a backdrop of institutional nervousness and in an increasingly precarious political environment. Challenges almost prevented an in-person
KOOP’s Boots On the Air Receives “Excellence in Media” Award in the Radio Category
Boots producer and host Michael A. Brown (L) with Tom Palladino, Executive Director of the Texas Veterans Commission.
KOOP Celebration Event – The Difference in This Year’s World Refugee Day: Community
A few years ago, an Iraqi refugee walked out of a Walmart and saw two police officers heading towards him. He dropped his bags and raised his arms. The officers
Program Highlights
Adventures in (Jazz) Sound
Tune in on Saturday, September 5, for a special two-hour Adventures in (Jazz) Sound! Every four weeks, Dennis Campa combines The Jazz Show and Adventures in Sound for a celebration
Ali Holder on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes Ali Holder. Ali is a great Austin singer songwriter whose latest project, Uncomfortable Truths, explores personal matters, global matters, and how they intersect. She
Wilson Marks Trio on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes Wilson Marks. Wilson is a fine and fascinating Austin musician, a singer songwriter who brings dream pop and jazz sensibilities, and he’s bringing a
Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring Devo, Slant 6, & Suburban Lawns
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, August 29, 8-10pm) include the Zakary Thaks, Bay City Rollers, Feelies, Devo, Cassie, Stranglers, Polyrock, Suburban Lawns, Staches, lots of new
The Blog
MAMAMOO’s New Era Brings Them Back to Texas
By Zelenny Lozano / Pink B “Are you ready?” Solar asked the arena full of enthusiastic Moomoos (the term of endearment for K-pop group MAMAMOO’s fans) who cheered enthusiastically in
Chad Lovell Remembered at Dallas Venue Trees
By Ryan J. Nims On August 9th, Course of Empire drummer Chad Lovell’s friends, family and former bandmates organized a celebration of life for what would have been his 60th
Completely Starstrukk by 3OH!3, Bowling For Soup, and Simple Plan
By Stefny Friday night was the most fun I’ve had in a long time, and I have the gentlemen from the “Bigger Than You Think! Tour – The Sequel” to
Course of Empire’s 1998 Album Telepathic Last Words Reissued by DFW Legacy Series
By Ryan J. Nims DFW Legacy Series is a label whose mission is to make vinyl releases available for some of the bands active in the North Texas scenes from
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