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Virtual Noise
Since 2004 Virtual Noise has been Austin’s only music broadcast focusing on Progressive Rock. Blending many progressive musical styles (as well as related genres like jazz-fusion
Hip Hop Hooray
Hip Hop Hooray brings you the best hip hop from here, there & everywhere. Since 2007, Hip Hop Hooray has been playing
The Joystick Jukebox
Breaks, synths, and other nostalgic sounds from and inspired by video games, internet culture, and Y2K-era retrofuturism. Originally focused exclusively
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Business Members
Thanks to all of KOOP's Business Members for their continued support!
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
Adventures in Sound
This Saturday on Adventures in Sound, we’ll celebrate two birth anniversaries: Vocalist Annette Hanshaw and arranger/bandleader/composer/pianist/vocalist Jelly Roll Morton.Tune in for lots of great records from the 1920s and 1930s.It’s
Jennifer Jackson on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes Jenifer Jackson. Jenifer is one of the loveliest singers in Austin, a great songwriter with a beautiful voice to tell her musical story. She
Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring The Makers, Gene Defcon, and Pooh Sticks
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, October 11, 8-10pm) include Tommy James and the Shondels, Blackfoot Sue, Chicory Tip, Lurkers, Magazine, Skids, Mydolls, Pooh Sticks, Makers, lots
Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring Gas Huffer, The Wiretaps, and PyPy
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, October 4, 8-10pm) include Easybeats, Jets, Wire, Bram Tchaichovsky, Skafish, Plimsouls, Salvation Army, Ludus, Lush, PyPy, lots of new music as
The Blog
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
Album Review: AFI – Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…
By Ryan J Nims AFI have had a lot of eras: starting out as a hardcore punk band, they moved into horror punk, goth-tinged emo, and now straight up goth.
the one-seven: ACL 2025 Acts With Texas Ties
While the weather has not quite caught up to the fact that it’s fall yet, the start of October means it’s time for the next installment of Austin City Limits.
Grackles Take Flight at the Continental
by River Bryan Grackles celebrated their newest album, Grackles Deux: The Grackling, at the Continental Club on September 20th. From left to right: Gabriel Lit, Jason Mozersky, Lauren Harris, Noah
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