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KOOP At The Movies
KOOP at the Movies combines the best of the two film-themed shows previously hosted on KOOP Radio by Robert Sims: the interview-driven Lights

This Way Out
This Way Out is the only internationally distributed weekly LGBTQ radio program, currently airing on some 200 local community radio stations around

What’s New
What’s New is an Austin-focused weekly show featuring multiple interviews with news makers, artists, musicians, and features songs tied to
Upcoming KOOP Events
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Latest Updates

KOOP Community Nonprofit Partner Spotlight – Raegan Bass with Inside Books Project
KOOP Radio wraps up its month-long celebration of World Literacy Day as KOOP Community Council member Nora Redfern sat down for a conversation with Raegan Bass who is with KOOP

KOOP Elections 2025
Attention KOOP listeners! Did you know that KOOP is a true cooperative, run primarily by volunteers and supporters? Now is your chance to take a leadership role in the KOOP

Get Thanked!
This drive we’ve got a great shirt and tote designed by our very own DJ Pink B! Donate at $15 a month or $100 one-time and we’ll thank you with

KOOP Radio Celebrates World Literacy Day
KOOP Radio is celebrating World Literacy Day on September 8, 2025, and all month long. The initiative was conceived in 1965 at the “World Conference of Ministers of Education on
Program Highlights

Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring Positive Noise, Jeffie Genetic and His Clones, and Stems
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, November 15, 8-10pm) include the Monks, Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, Shivvers, Young Marble Giants, Meat Puppets, Stems, Thee Mighty

Boots on the Air – Monday, 11/10 @ 1 pm
KOOP’s series Boots On The Air continues Monday, November 10 at 1:00pm (1300 hrs) USA central / GMT -6. Join US Army vets Michael A. Brown and Perry Jefferies and

Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring The Psycotic Pineapple, Helen Love, and Troggs
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, November 8, 8-10pm) include the Others, Troggs, J. Bastós, Ivy and the Teachers, Psycotic Pineapple, Fun Boy Three, Richard Hell and

Adventures in Sound Birthday Edition
Tune in on Saturday, November 8, for a special “birthday” edition of Adventures in Sound. It will host Dennis Campa’s 956th edition of Adventures in Sound (and his 56th birthday is
The Blog

Ninajirachi’s Show Opens a Portal to a Time When the Internet was Cool
By Zelenny Lozano / Pink B Fall is in the air as I line up outside The Parish in downtown East Austin. It’s the last Friday night of September, the

I Lost All My Innocence at the Addison Rae World Tour: A Concert Review
By Zelenny Lozano / Pink B Austin put its “Headphones On” for Addison Rae this September for her first world tour at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. Addison released

KOOP Feature: Creature Feature
By Ryan J Nims In 1982, in Bristol, UK, a sound system called Wild Bunch popped onto the scene. While mostly a local thing throughout the 80s, by the time

A Glimpse Inside The Magic Box with DJ Loud Patrick
by Meg McAllister DJ Loud Patrick, aka the Boogerbear in the booth, can’t remember a time when KOOP radio wasn’t a part of his life. As an Austinite, raised (as
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