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CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY RADIO
Vinyl Night at the Carpenter Hotel
March 26, 2025 Spin + sip with your favorite KOOP DJs at the Carpenter Hotel Coffee Bar. Bring your own vinyl to spin, or sit back and relax to the sounds of our hosts’ curated vinyl playlist.
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KOOP Radio Celebrates The 55th Anniversary of Earth Day
“We need to build a global citizenry fluent in the concept of climate change and inspired by environmental education to act in defense of the planet.” — EARTHDAY.ORG President Kathleen Rogers From
World Radio Day 2025
KOOP Radio celebrates World Radio Day on February 13, 2025. “Since its origins, radio has been shown to be the most useful medium of social communication for humanity. Radio waves
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.
Ideas are more Powerful than Arms!
KOOP Radio is kicking off our 2025 historically & culturally significant celebration events with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day, observed on Monday Jan 20th and which KOOP Radio celebrates
Program Highlights
Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring Carney • Hild • Kramer, The Knights of the New Crusade, and Young Marble Giants
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, March 29, 8-10pm) include the Pretty Things, Shoes, XTC, Freshies, Young Marble Giants, Judy’s, Woodentops, Epoxies, Mallard, lots of new music
David Rosenblad on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes David Rosenblad. David is a musician in just about every definition of the word. Not only is he a thoughtful singer songwriter here in
Dennis-A-Rama This Saturday
Tune in on March 22 as Dennis Campa takes you on a three-hour musical tour spanning forty years! (And covering The Jazz Show, Adventures in Sound, and The Darkside Daddy
Internation Day of Transgender Recognition
By Mindy Reed March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility, celebrating the resilience and hopefulness of trans and non-binary people everywhere by elevating voices and experiences from these communities
The Blog
Album Review: The Very Best of Talk Talk
By Ryan J. Nims Very few musical acts have a career trajectory that has taken them from pop music to making art that is completely non-commercial, helping to create a
Album Review: Green Day – Dookie
By Erik Casarez There is an iconic moment from season one of Mad Men when straight-laced ad exec Don Draper smokes a jazz cigarette for the first time. When asked
If You Can’t D.A.N.C.E. I Don’t Want Your Revolution – Justice Plays Moody Center 3/6/2025
By Erik Casarez It took me 20 years to realize that dance music can be punk. Growing up in the early aughts, the majority of the songs on my winamp
Jack’s Mannequin at SXSW 2025
By Stefny! At the Disco The first SXSW I ever attended was in 2007. I know I came with my friend Amber and maybe some other people from Temple but I
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