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CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY RADIO
KOOP’s Studio Renewal Capital Campaign: Goal Achieved!
We are beyond thrilled to share some incredible news with our KOOP community! Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of our listeners, friends, sustainers, and supporters, we have officially reached our Keepers of KOOP Studio Renewal Capital Campaign goal.
Latest Updates

MEET KOOP’S NEW VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, TRAVIS POPE
Travis is our new “high mogul of the front desk.” We spoke on June 4th. Michael A. Brown: You’ve been involved for a long time with non-profits and community service.

KOOP Radio Celebrates World Refugee Day June 7 at the Bullock State History Museum
World Refugee Day (WRD) is a day in June designated by the United Nations. It is also among a number of culturally and historically significant days and events that the

Community Council Interim Elections
Hello listeners! KOOP Radio is now accepting nomination forms for seats on our Community Council and Community Council Community Organizations. The Community Council is responsible for championing our KOOP culture

Community Council Subcommittee on Systemic Racism and Social Justice
The KOOP Community Council Subcommittee on Systemic Racism and Racial Justice is presenting their 3rd Zoom presentation and dialogue on The Bay of Pigs & Its Neocolonial Historical Significance. April
Program Highlights

A Juneteenth Celebration on Adventures in Sound
Tune in on June 21 for a (belated) Juneteenth Celebration on Adventures in Sound.For this special Juneteenth show, we’ll hear gospel recordings from the 1920s and 1930s by Texas performers.

The Footnotes on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes The Footnotes. The Footnotes are a great rock and roll band from here in Central Texas, where they’ve been doing it for years. Their

Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues
Join Michelle and Nora, hosts of KOOP Community Partners Chat as they talk with Amelia Floyd and Kathleen Hassenfratz with the Engage & Heal Foundation. Thursday, 6/19 @ 1 p.m.

Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring The Unicorns, Dead Moon, and Hüsker Dü
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, June 21, 8-10pm) include Sly and the Family Stone (RIP Sly Stone), Lene Lovich, Sheena and the Rokkets, Hüsker Dü, Cristina,
The Blog

Ten Years of Peripheral Vision
By Cheyenne Young If we’re lucky and if we’re looking for them, we each have the chance to witness a handful of phenomena in our lifetime. A total eclipse, bioluminescence,

Album Review: Alex Henley’s Slow Burning
By Ryan J Nims Photo by Nicolas Vitas When I started writing for KOOP, I thought I would try to cover things that tied into our local music scene, whether

Small Cool World or: How to Find Music
By T.J. Masters For the last eight years, I have produced and hosted an FM radio program on KOOP 91.7FM. Earlier this year I made the decision to retire the

Dream of the 80s is Alive in Austin – Simple Minds plays Moody Center 5/30/2025
words + photos by Erik Casarez Simple Minds I accept the fact that I sacrificed the majority of my adolescent life questioning if 80s music was not good, but I think
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