Reflections Of Community Outreach, ROCO, is an award-winning News and Public Affairs program created and sponsored by the KOOP Community Council (to give voice to non-profits that are KOOP Community Organization Members and other local individuals and organizations who are doing good in our community. ROCO is a Community Outreach effort offering informative dialogue with local organizations working to make a difference especially within the under served community. This faithfully follows KOOP’s mission statement as a community radio station and KOOP’s Community Council’s specific role to reach out into the community. The program is currently administered, produced and hosted by a Collective who rotate each week to bring as many perspectives to the shows in an attempt to reach the widest range of listeners.
The Collective is currently made up of the following members:
1st Mondays – Jim Trainer champions independent media and reflects on a way out of the air-conditioned nightmare. In The City is a monthly News and Public Affairs program attesting that if the voice of the people on the street ain’t the truth, it’ll do until the truth gets here. Join us for Personal Journalism and least factual, most accurate reporting on the ground, and covering events and legislation from the vantage point of their boons and malefic turns on working people.
2nd Mondays – Michael A. Brown is a news and public affairs producer and co-host of KOOP’s Boots on the
Air, for and about US military veterans. If you have ever worn a US military uniform or are related to or friendly with someone who has, this show is for you! It is for and about veterans. Tune in for veterans’ news, guest interviews, and discussions … some quite serious, some quite funny, and all of it relevant and timely. The Boots on the Air crew informs and guides vets through the myriad of issues and opportunities in their post-service lives.
His broadcasting background includes American Forces Radio and Television Service, Southern Command Network (SCN) radio and TV news reporter and on-air anchor. News reporter, KXRX-AM, San Jose, California. Degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Communications from San Jose State University, with additional studies at the University of Virginia and American University.
Michael is retired after 34 years as owner and president of BtoBEngage in Austin, marketing advisers and sales trainers for the business-to-business marketplace. Besides KOOP, Michael volunteers in public affairs for the American Red Cross.
3rd Mondays – Lynn Cowles, host of In Touch Interviews, keeps KOOP listeners in touch with community members in the Central Texas area who are working on projects, campaigns, initiatives, clubs, etc. that organizers organize to support the well-being of the local community. We prioritize interviews with people who might not get radio time on traditional media outlets because their work supports communities unrepresented or underrepresented by conventional economic systems or political systems, because their work is super local, unique among helping organizations, controversial, or anything else. In Touch Interviews celebrates ongoing projects, new projects, brainstorming ideas, fully-baked ideas, and every other stage along the way to people coming together to support their friends, families, and neighbors in Central Texas.
4th & 5th Mondays – Mindy Reed is an editor, writer, adjunct instructor for ACC, and retired APL librarian. Mindy is the host of Writing on the Air, which features interviews with established and aspiring writers, poets, play and screen writers in fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and anthology. The show also features members of writing groups and organizations in and around Austin and the U.S. Contact: writingontheair@yahoo.com
