KOOP is very pleased to unveil the Spring 2012 Membership Drive t-shirt design. 

The creator of this terrific "KOOP synthesizer" is Jacob Borshard - an Austin cartoonist and musician known for his ukulele songwriting, screenprinted posters and homemade Batmobile.

All of Jacob's art and music can be found on his website, www.creebobby.com.

Thanks to everyone that came out and showed their support earlier this month.  We had a great time.  Thanks to Sean Murphy for taking so many great pictures during the show.  Here are a few of our favorites.

It is hard to think about your community radio station without giving a nod to some of the longstanding volunteers we have – and we have MANY!  One of those volunteers, Jay Robillard, has been involved with KOOP even before we went on the air.  (hint:  we are celebrating our 17th birthday this year).  Some (many?) of our listeners were still in diapers when Jay’s program, The Lounge Show,  first hit the airwaves.  He grew up listening to the crooners of the 60s and just had to share his ‘easy’ style with the rest of the folks in Austin.

The Lounge Show is a mix of those crooners along with international jet set, kitschy, and comedic music just to name a few...

Happy New Year!

With the new year, we'd like to share with you a couple of changes to our new schedule. Beats of Burden - now on Thursdays at 12:00 noon, exploring various latin rhythms and genres ranging from mambo, salsa, cumbia to moombhaton, reggaeton, dubstep, and more. Under the Covers - Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. only on the KOOP stream - focuses on cover music that brings something special, better, or new to the original. Give them a listen. As always, you'll like what you hear!

On Veteran’s Day 2011, the Graveside Service hosted the first annual tour of the historic Texas State Cemetery. More than a dozen listeners and KOOP radio personalities attended the docent-led tour...

KOOP proudly announces our new Winter 2011 schedule which runs through April 2012. Please help us to welcome these new programs and their programmers to the KOOP Schedule: 

• Beats Of Burden
• Blues Junction
• Patchanka
• Pearl's General Store
• Pocket Beats
• The Singer and the Song

Check it out! 

Mark Boyden is host of Virtual Noise, a weekly music show dating back to 2003, featuring Progressive Rock and such genres as ambient, space, psychedelia, fusion, symphonic, neo, progressive metal, art, avant, and asymmetric. Mark also created the popular award-winning show, A Neighborly Conversation, which provided in-depth discussions and analysis of issues confronting Austin. It went off the air earlier this year...

On Friday, September 30, KOOP Radio welcomed a U.S. Department of State international delegation from India.  Dr. Neena Jha, Ms. Sonia George, Ms. Archana Kapoor, Ms. Rehana Khatun and Ms. Sunit Menon stopped by on a multi-city visit of the U.S. exploring the role of non-governmental organizations in promoting global women's issues.  The delegation came to KOOP Radio for a tour and a discussion on the role and function of community radio in reaching target audiences, engaging the community and developing an effective funding program model...  

Khotan Shahbazi-Harmon is host of Idea Lounge, a weekly show about innovative solutions and ideas that are shaping our emerging world and who we are. Rather than focus on what's not working, Khotan finds it much more interesting to explore ways to solve challenges by talking to people who are living a life of purpose through their work, ideas and beliefs. Idea Lounge has been gracing the KOOP airwaves for 3 years, and received two (not one, but two!) Gracie Awards, a prestigious award for women in media...

KOOP-fm 91.7 thanks the Austin community for helping the station reach its membership drive goal of $62,000 on the air Saturday night, September 10.  As KOOP Board President, Thomas Durnin, explains, “We owe our very existence to the community and are pleased we can continue to bring our independent and unique broadcasts to Austin each day.” 

KOOP would like to congratulate Neal Jodeit and Vicky Boone, our winners of the Austin City Limits Music Festival 3-Day VIP Passes!  Neal and Vicky gave online before the drive began and say they support KOOP because the "spirit of the station is impressive"...

Our hearts go out to those affected by the latest round of wildfires in the Central TX region. KOOP supports the various local organizations collecting donations. Please consider supporting the relief efforts.

KOOP-FM 91.7 has sought FCC permission to interrupt regular programming and its ongoing membership drive to accept donations for the American Red Cross of Central Texas in support of victims from the recent central Texas wildfires. People from the community will be able to call the studio line at 512-472-5667 or 888-917-5667 to make a separate donation to the Red Cross of Central Texas. Donations will be accepted through the end of KOOP's broadcast day this Saturday, September 10th...

KOOP is happy to announce that, thanks to Transmission Entertainment, all donors pledging $70+ from now through the end of the drive will be entered to win a pair of P.I.P (pretty important person) passes to FUN FUN FUN FEST, which takes place November 4th, 5th, and 6th at Auditorium Shores!