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CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY RADIO

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate KOOP Radio’s 30th birthday bash! Your energy, support, and love for community radio made the night truly special! We couldn’t have made it three decades without our incredible listeners, volunteers, and supporters, and last night was a perfect reminder of why we do what we do. Here’s to many more years of independent, people-powered radio—because of you, KOOP is still on the airwaves! Stay tuned for the next 30 years!
Latest Updates

KOOP Feature: Ear Candy 2.0
By Ryan J. Nims Photo by Remi Fukamachi To a lot of people, soul music invokes classic Motown, Stax or Atlantic records. But for V. Marc Fort, a.k.a. DJ Marc,

Lunar Vacation Brings an Edge to Optimism on “Everything Matters, Everything’s Fire”
By Tony Van Spaendonk Lunar Vacation begin their second album, Everything Matters, Everything’s Fire, with “Sick,” a song reminiscing on a unique night the band spent at a comedy open-mic.

Album Review: Course of Empire – s/t
By Ryan J. Nims The Deep Ellum district of Dallas in the 1990s was fertile ground for alternative music; bands such as Deep Blue Something, Toadies, Tripping Daisy, and Reverend

Graveside Service’s 27th Anniversary
Graveside Service, KOOP Radio’s show of music and fun about dead celebrities, is now eligible for the Forever 27 Club. Graveside Service debuted on KOOP Radio on January 27, 1998.
Program Highlights

Arlen, Donaldson, Hanley & Campa, Inc.
News from Dennis Campa: “I’ll be on the air February 15 for four hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.! From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., I’m filling in for Jay

Boleros: Canciones de Amor
Tune in to The Geography of Sound, featuring a special episode on Boleros: Songs of Love of Hispano America this Thursday, February 13th, at 12 PM on KOOP Radio for a

Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring Lester Bangs & the Delinquents, The Swingin’ Neckbreakers, and Shonen Knife
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, February 15, 8-10pm) include Faine Jade, Modern Lovers, Adverts, Romantics, Lester Bangs and the Delinquents, Dogs, Shonen Knife, Tweezers, Anna Oxygen,

Miss Be Haven Speaks With Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton – Mon, 2/10 @ 6 p.m.
Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton is a librettist, an award-winning literary artist, director, performer, and the first Black Poet Laureate of Houston, TX. She authored Newsworthy (Bloomsday Literary, 2019) (translated into German,
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