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Rush Evans and Dan Whitaker posing side by side

Dan Whitaker singing into KOOP studio Microphone.

Dan Whitaker singing and playing guitar in the KOOP studio one.

Dan Whitaker sings while Rush Evans listens

On the latest episode of Singer and the Song (Saturdays at 2pm CT), Rush welcomed Dan Whitaker who filled the studio with his personal brand of Outlaw Country. You really should check it out at koop.org/program/the-...

KOOP member showing his new KOOP T-Shirt

KOOP member holding up two pairs ok KOOP branded socks.

KOOP's Travis Pope and a KOOP member looking at the new T-Shirt

KOOP's Miss Pearl and a KOOP member talking over a table.

This past Saturday we had us a Pick Up Party a the KOOP studios. Members who donated during Fall Membership Drive dropped by to claim their swag, get studio tours and socialize a bit with some KOOP volunteers. Big thanks to all who showed!

@koopradio.bsky.social & @bothkindsofmusic.bsky.social interview Rosy Nolan on their latest 10/27/2025 episode. Listen Here:

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The Singer and the Song welcomes Dan Whitaker. Dan's unique brand of country has an outlaw sensibility that fits right in now in his chosen home of Austin, Texas. He plays live for us the whole hour on KOOP 91.7 FM and koop.org, 3-4pm, Saturday, October 24th.

The KOOP Radio interview with Kelly Lipscomb, the Austin-based director of BITE TO BITE: www.lightscameraaustin.net/kelly-lipsco...

The #bluefintuna documentary screens Saturday and Tuesday during the Austin Film Festival.

@koopradio.bsky.social #BitetoBite #AustinFilmFestival #AFF2025 #AFF32

This week's pilfered promo art from Chicks on Speed’s 2000 “Chicks on Speed Will Save Us All” album on their own label. Original artwork by Tina Frank. STD airs every Saturday night from 8-10 CDT in Austin and streams worldwide at koop.org.

@koopradio.bsky.social & @bothkindsofmusic.bsky.social feature new Rosy Nolan single "Rising Up" in their October 20 episode at 9:12 PM alongside Southern Culture on the Skids and Calexico.

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Join Ghisallo Cycling Initiative and Get There ATX for Cyclovia ATX 2025! Cyclovia ATX is a free, family friendly event that takes place on November 8, 2025 from 10am-2pm at Marshall Middle School in the Mueller Neighborhood. Think of it as a festival of human-powered transportation with some additional multimodal transportation elements mixed in! Cyclovia will include 1 mile of adjacent Living Streets (closed to motorized vehicles) and nine activity zones including three parks. Outside is FREE and so is Cyclovia ATX: Ride, Play, Stretch, Eat, Learn, Give, Win! There will be activities for all ages and interests; Bicycling clinics, skate boarding, roller skating, yoga, performances, ultimate frisbee, and more. Arrive at Cyclovia as part of a Bike Parade! Join managed group rides from the Cherrywood and Windsor Park Neighborhoods. Participate in the Everybody Eats Community Picnic and also drop off shelf-stable items as part of the food drive benefiting Keep Austin Fed. Be entered into the raffle to win prizes by completing your Cyclovia ATX Event Passport and visiting each activity zone during the event. Learn more about Cyclovia at https://cycloviaatx.org. Volunteer at Cyclovia ATX! A lot goes into a fully free community event and volunteers help make it possible. Help us make this event successful, sustainable, and fun by not just attending, but lending a hand. Volunteer opportunities are available! Link in our profile! (https:// www.givepulse.com/event/668828). Living Streets are also make events like this possible! Remember to #DriveLikeaTexan and pass slowly when you are near pedestrians and cyclists to keep everyone safe! @txdot @txdotaustintx

Join Ghisallo Cycling Initiative and Get There ATX for Cyclovia ATX 2025!
Cyclovia ATX is a free, family friendly event that takes place on November 8, 2025 from 10am-2pm at Marshall Middle School in the Mueller Neighborhood.

Tune in to Be Kind Rewind when Kim Simpson spins a whole stack of ripe-for-rediscovery ’80s rockabilly revival records. Artists include The Bopcats, Restless (pictured), Ray Campi, The Shakin’ Pyramids, and more! Friday, Oct 24, at 3:30 pm.

Join me 3-4:30 pm central today for KOOP at the Movies’ Prism 38 + Austin Film Festival interviews:

- HOW FAR DOES THE DARK GO? dir. Bears Rebecca Fonté
- NIGHT IN WEST TEXAS dir. Deborah S. Esquenazi
- THE INQUISITOR dir. Angela Lynn Tucker
- BITE TO BITE dir. Kelly Lipscomb
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KOOP Radio (91.7 FM) invites you to join the next broadcast of KOOP Community Partners Chat on Thursday, October 16th at 1pm. Hosts Michelle and Nora speak with two guest from the nonprofit community partner organization, Breakthrough. Breakthrough is the leading program in Central Texas that helps first generation college student successfully access opportunities in higher education.

NEW program coming up this week! Tune in at 1pm THIS THURSDAY (10/16) for another engaging chat on @koopradio.bsky.social 🎙️🤗

New Kids on the Block radio show DJ Nimbus presents Dimensional Riffs, Shoegaze, dream pop & beyond 10/15 8:00-9:00 pm on Koop.org

I’ll be on @koopradio.bsky.social tomorrow night with some spacy tunes! 8:00 Central on koop.org

@koopradio.bsky.social show Texchromosome Radio kicks off their show yesterday with new Rosy Nolan single "Get On Me." Listen here:

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Text that reads New Time. Same Day. Still Loud. Mondays, 6 PM Central KOOP.org, 91.7FM HD3. The texts surrounds a heart-shaped audio speaker

This MONDAY at 6 PM on Full Blast, tune in for songs by Lushlife, Sharon Jones, Dear Sherlock and many more!

Some featured artists on tonight's Stronger Than Dirt include Easybeats, Jets, Wire, Bram Tchaichovsky, Skafish, Plimsouls, Salvation Army, Ludus, Lush, PyPy, and lots of new music. 8 CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 in Austin and streaming worldwide at koop.org.

Hilary and Stuart Adamson AKA the flying A's playing guitars and singing on stage

The Singer and the Song welcomes The Flyin' A's. Hilary and Stuart Adamson are a great couple that makes great music together, and they're from right here in Austin. join us as The Flyin' A's perform live for us the whole hour on KOOP 91.7 FM and koop.org, 3-4pm, Saturday, October 4, 2025

The KOOP Radio interview with Mike Blizzard, the Austin-based producer of CLEMENTE: www.lightscameraaustin.net/mike-blizzar...

The Robert #Clemente documentary opens today at AFS Cinema. Q&A with Blizzard & exe. producer Richard Linklater on Saturday. @austinfilm.bsky.social @koopradio.bsky.social

This week's pilfered promo art from a 1980 Skafish single on I.R.S. Records. Photograph by Bill Sosin. STD airs every Saturday night at 8 CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 in Austin and streams worldwide at koop.org. Bringing the party sounds since 1994!

This Friday at 1 pm, PEOPLE UNITED presents coverage of a presentation on Encampment for Citizenship’s summer residential program for youth immersing in participatory democracy, featuring EFC’s executive director, Jesus Salcido, and three past participants. 91.7 FM KOOP.org HD1 HD3

ICYMI, the KOOP Radio interview with GOOD BOY co-writer/director Ben Leonberg: www.lightscameraaustin.net/ben-leonberg...

The #SXSW 2025 Midnighter is now in theaters. #GoodBoy @ifcfilms.bsky.social @shudder.com @koopradio.bsky.social

Me standing behind the record players

A Split Second and Front 242 records on the turntables.

First ever DJ set in the can. Had a great time spinning old dance records!

Captain America bag filled with records

Got my records ready to spin tonight at Community Garden with the @koopradio.bsky.social New Kids on the Block crew! Bonus point if you can tell me which record is peeking out of the bag.

The deadline to register to vote or update your voter registration for the upcoming Texas Constitutional Amendment Election is Monday, Oct. 6th! Visit VOTE411.org/lwvtx or LWVTexas.org for more information about voter registration and/or the upcoming election.

Playlist of dance songs

Current working playlist. Order may change

Danny Thompson holding base in its case with his wife and son.

Wednesday’s International Folk Bazaar will thump & groove w/ the inimitable sounds of the late double bassist Danny Thompson. It’s possible that our very conception of the British folk revival depends entirely on him. Feat. The Pentangle, Nick Drake, John Martyn, & more. Wed., October 1, 12-1 pm.

Some featured artists on tonight's STD include Boyce & Hart (RIP Bobby Hart), Ohio Express, HMK, Clash, Pearl Harbor and the Explosions, Incredible Kidda Band, Apples in Stereo, Bobbyteens, Polysics, and lots of new music. 8CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 in Austin and streaming at koop.org.

This week's pilfered promo art from the Bobbyteens’ 2000 “Not So Sweet” album on Screaming Apple. Original design by Johnny Bartlett and photo by Michelle Wilson. STD airs every Sat night in Austin at 8CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 and streams at koop.org. Bringing the party sounds since 1994!

A big thanks to Jenny @koopradio.bsky.social for playing our new single All the Time (at the 43:55 mark) on her show Beat Happenings. #CommunityRadio We are thrilled to be played in Austin, TX amidst a whole heap of other cool bands. 👍 🤘 🎸 www.mixcloud.com/beathappenin...

Some featured artists on tonight's Stronger Than Dirt include Jacqueline Taïeb, Fancy, Alice Cooper, Young Marble Giants, Robyn Hitchcock, Revillos, Mission of Burma, Peter Zaremba’s Love Delegation, MOTO, Hollows and lots of new music. 8CDT on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 and streaming at koop.org.

During membership drive, KOOPers need the energy provided by generous local eateries. Believe us, we greatly appreciate it and highly endorse supporting them the way they supported us!
Music: Up and Down South 7th by Kim Simpson from Mystery Lights II: Guitar Instrumentals