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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
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
30 Years of Stronger Than Dirt: Local Rock Program Celebrates Milestone
Crowds gathered inside 7th Street’s 13th Floor to celebrate the 30th anniversary of KOOP’s Stronger Than Dirt on Saturday, December 7th. Words and photos by River Holland Bryan The atmosphere
KOOP Presents: The Twinkle Light Zone – A Holiday Radio Play
Just in time for the holidays! Tune in Sunday, December 22nd at 7:30pm for a LIVE, radio play and fundraiser for KOOP Radio. An original holiday parody production, The Twinkle
Program Highlights
Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring The Bangles, Le Tigre, and Pere Ubu
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, May 10, 8-10pm) include the Carrie Nations, Rocket from the Tombs, Pere Ubu (RIP David Thomas), Tubeway Army, Bangles, Three O’Clock,
Daniel Neihoff on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes Daniel Neihoff. Daniel grew up in Kentucky in a family of songwriters, and that’s where his own abilities to write and sing stories began.
Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring Chris & Cosey, Thee Cybermen, and Fast Cars
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, May 3, 8-10pm) include the Atlantics, Giorgio, Equals, Fast Cars, Polyrock, Clean, Chris & Cosey, Mudhoney, Moles, and Von Viva, lots
Takiyah Wallce McMillian, founder of Brown Girls Do Ballet, on Classically Cultured
On Monday, April 28, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., Miss Be Haven, host of Classically Cultured, speaks with TaKiyah Wallace-McMillian, who is a visionary, creative educator, nonprofit leader, and best known
The Blog
the one-seven: Austin Blues Festival + Austin Psych Fest Playlists
It’s a busy weekend in Austin with both the Austin Blues Festival and the Austin Psych Fest staging dozens of musical acts over the next couple of days. The latest
30 Years of KOOP-Music of 1994: Ro Sham Bo
By Ryan J. Nims 1994 was a great year for music! But for every Blue Album, CrazySexyCool, or The Downward Spiral, there were plenty of albums that, for whatever reason,
Godspeed to the radio star
By Stefny! At the Disco If you’re unfamiliar with Poppy, you might not expect the kind of music she creates. The 30-year-old singer began her internet career as a surrealist
I’m the narration of this fairytale, lock me in the center of your wishing well
By Stefny! At the Disco L.S. Dunes is the supergroup to end all supergroups… at least if you’re in the emo/adjacent scene. Led by frontman Anthony Green (who is a running joke on my
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