This Friday at 1 pm, PEOPLE UNITED features our KOOP Radio colleague Thorne Dreyer (Rag Radio), talking about his book "Notes from the Underground: 77 Articles That Bring the Past to Life" with fellow author Tom Zigal.
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Paul Boreli, aka The Swinger, KOOP's newest certified programmer. The Swinger is returning to KOOP after an 8 year hiatus.Initially, Paul will be swinging with the Jazz Show collective, Saturdays at noon!
KOOP's Cheyenne Young was on the scene at the legendary Kerrville Folk Festival. What was seen? What was heard? Find out by reading all about it at bit.ly/4yOR7xL
Welcome Home: The 54th Kerrville Folk Festival - KOOP Radio 91.7 FM
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episodes from 07/28/2026 and 07/21/2026 are now available for streaming on the show archive at koop.org/program/audi... listen live tuesdays at noon on KOOP 91.7FM community radio in austin, tx, also streaming live at koop.org #donebyhumans #worldmusic #communityradio #radio @koopradio.bsky.social
This week's pilfered promo art from the Scientists’ 1982 “Swampland” single on Au-Go-Go Records. Cover photo by Joe Murphy. STD airs every Sat nite from 8-10 CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 and streams worldwide at koop.org. Partymaxxing since 1994!
Some featured artists on tonight's Stronger Than Dirt include L7 (RIP Jennifer Finch), Wimple Winch, Bonnie St. Claire, Hubble Bubble, Killing Joke, Los Microwaves, Scientists, Anna Oxygen as well as lots of new music. 8-10 CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 in Austin and streaming at koop.org.
This Friday at 1 pm, PEOPLE UNITED features has Jesús I. Valles on queer issues in intersectional context, the former foregrounding disability, the latter emphasizing race, immigration status & policing. KOOP Radio is celebrating the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
KOOP Radio’s Night Swim vinyl pool party at the Carpenter Hotel returns Wednesday, July 22 with a special “Jazz by the Pool” theme. KOOP DJs will be spinning summery jazz tunes poolside from 6pm-8. Bring some jazz records or just come for a swim & enjoy the cool tunes. Free entry to pool at 5:30.
Austin arts nonprofits—this opportunity is for you! The City of Austin has opened applications for the FY27 Thrive Grant. Thrive provides multi-year support to established nonprofit arts organizations Applications close Aug 18 2026 at 6:59 PM. Learn more & apply: www.austintexas.gov/arts-culture...
Some featured artists on tonight's Stronger Than Dirt include the Byrds, the Jam, Bernie Tormé Band, Bongos, Standing Waves, 100 Flowers, New Luck Toy (RIP Kellie Payne), Raveonettes, New Pornographers and lots of new music. 8-10CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 in Austin and streaming at koop.org.
Calling ATX artists, creatives, & cultural organizations! The City of Austin's FY27 Elevate Grant is now accepting applications! Elevate supports artists, arts nonprofits, creative businesses, and cultural producers. Learn more, review eligibility, and apply here: www.austintexas.gov/arts-culture...
This week's pilfered promo art from the Byrds’ 1967 “Younger Than Yesterday” album on Columbia Records. Cover photo by Frank Bez. STD airs every Sat nite from 8-10 CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 in Austin and streams worldwide at koop.org. Party sounds since 1994!
This week's pilfered promo art from David Bean’s 1983 “Modomusic” album on Wasted Talent Records. Art direction and cover design by David Elliot and photography by Richard Liebgold. STD airs every Sat night 8-10CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 in Houston and streams worldwide at koop.org.
PEOPLE UNITED features poet Amanda Johnston talking about, and performing from, her collection Another Way to Say Enter. A co-founder of Black Poets Speak Out, she is also the Executive Dir. of Torch Literary Arts and the 61st Texas Poet Laureate. Fri., July 10, 1 pm. KOOP Radio 91.7 FM KOOP.org
Tune in TODAY @1pm on @koopradio.bsky.social to hear a discussion with Savanna Lee, Director of Policy & Operations w/ equityactionatx.org/ about this year’s Community Investment Budget (CIB) priorities for FY 26-27 that the Equity Action coalition is recommending to Austin City Council this summer.
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This week Dennis Campa combines The Jazz Show and Adventures in Sound for a celebration of Jazz and Pop music from the 1920s and 1930s saluting George M. Cohan, Bandleader/lyricist/vocalist Noble Sissle; and lyricists Jack Yellen and Joe Young. It happensfrom 12 to 2 p.m. on 91.7 FM (and koop.org).
This Friday at 1 pm, PEOPLE UNITED presents coverage of the LBJ Future Forum's panel “The State of Voting Rights,” moderated by TX Tribune reporter Eleanor Klibanoff, & featuring Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward, Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez of Ascend Strategy Labs, & NY Times columnist Jamelle Bouie
The KOOP Radio preview of the Austin Film Society’s July 2026 programming with Lars Nilsen and Jazmyne Moreno: www.lightscameraaustin.net/austin-film-... @austinfilm.bsky.social #AustinFilmSociety #AFSCinema #Boyhood #MaddiesSecret #PrestonSturges @koopradio.bsky.social @thelarsnilsen.bsky.social
episodes from 06/23/2026 and 06/16/2026 are now available for streaming on the show archive at koop.org/program/audi... listen live tuesdays at noon on KOOP 91.7FM community radio in austin, tx, also streaming live at koop.org @thisisdonebyhumans.bsky.social #donebyhumans @koopradio.bsky.social
Some featured artists on tonight’s Stronger Than Dirt include the Osmonds, Bodysnatchers, Wall of Voodoo, Skids, Trio, Sonic Youth, Servotron, Plus-Tech Squeezebox, the Mallard, Melenas and lots of new music. 8-10 pm CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 in Austin and streaming worldwide at koop.org.
This week’s pilfered promo art from the Bodysnatchers’ 1978 s/t EP on Wall-O-Sound Records. Cover design is uncredited. STD airs every Sat nite from 8-10 CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 in Austin and streams worldwide at koop.org. Party sounds since 1994!
This week on Adventures in Sound @ 1pm on KOOP it's our 21st Annual Before Stonewall Show! We'll highlight GLBT artists whose careers flourished before the start of the modern Gay Liberation and Pride movements. Among the featured artists will be Joe Meek, Dusty Springfield, Norma Tanega & others.
KOOP Community Partner Chat's Derek and Nora chat w/ Pete Wall & Marcelina Gray with the KOOP nonprofit partner Yellow Bike on Thurs June 25 @ 1 PM. Tune in to find out about how Yellow Bike promotes social & climate justice w/ bike repair workshops, donation programs & refurbishing donated bikes.
episodes from 06/23/2026 and 06/16/2026 are now available for streaming on the show archive at koop.org/program/audi... listen live tuesdays at noon on KOOP 91.7FM community radio in austin, tx, also streaming live at koop.org #koop #austin #radio #music #community @koopradio.bsky.social
The KOOP Radio preview of JACKASS Week with Hyperreal Film Club programmer Ziah Grace: www.lightscameraaustin.net/ziah-grace-j... The first four #Jackass films screen Monday-Thursday at the Hyperreal Film Club. Plus nightly hijinks. @koopradio.bsky.social #jackassmovie @atxfilmcritics.bsky.social
KOOP Community Partner Chat's Derek and Nora chat w/ Pete Wall & Marcelina Gray with the KOOP nonprofit partner Yellow Bike on Thurs June 25 @ 1 PM. Tune in to find out about how Yellow Bike promotes social & climate justice w/ bike repair workshops, donation programs & refurbishing donated bikes.
This Friday at 1 pm, PEOPLE UNITED features historian Jacqueline Jones on her book Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical, which examines the writer, orator and agitator in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The KOOP Radio preview of the Black Auteur Film Festival with founders/festival director Alex Chew and Ryan Darbonne: www.lightscameraaustin.net/alex-chew-an... #BAFF2026 will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the AFS Cinema. @koopradio.bsky.social #BlackAuteurFilmFestival @austinfilm.bsky.social
KOOP is amplifying the Juneteenth Holiday on June 19th with 8 celebration events happening around Austin & supported by the City. Today's event is the "Free Your Mind Symposium - Artist Talk with Hakeem Adewumi" @ The George Washington Carver Museum, 1165 Angelina Street, Austin, TX 78702.
