The Death and Life of Free Radio

Austin microradio lived fast and died young -- can the movement live to broadcast another day?

"...to let you in." The recorded voice of Free Radio Austin's last broadcaster. "Just show me your search warrant...."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Radio

The mentally handicapped again are used as vehicles for our own best intentions.

"...Carolina circa 1976. Unfortunately, the job falls to me. Radio has good intentions and a rousing message about "mainstreaming"..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Radio, Radio

Satellite radio, the burgeoning technology that may ultimately shake up the broadcast world the most, is right around the corner.

"...Think about the history of radio as a medium. It has defined entire generations, starting..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Destiny Turns On the Radio

"...because Tracey Walter is in both films). It's the kind of film critics like to call “quirky,” and mainstream..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Look: Radio Coffee & Beer

South Austin coffee/craft beer bar opens

"...Radio Coffee & Beer opened to much fanfare over the..."

June 18, 2014 Food Post by Anna Toon

When the Sixties Was Happening on FM Radio

AFS Doc Night: 'Radio Unnameable'

"...his "Good morning, cabal" sign-on signaling the start of Radio Unnameable, his midnight-to-dawn show on WBAI. Sitting in a..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Pink Elephant (Radio) in the Room

Local LGBTQ advocates bring queer hip-hop to the radio and SXSW

"...Pink Elephant Radio is ready to address the pink elephant in the..."

March 15, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Mikaila Rushing

Loud and Proud at Pink Elephant Radio’s First SXSW Showcase

Pink Privilege becomes SX's inaugural queer hip hop event

"...Pink Elephant Radio rolled out Pink Privilege – its first official SXSW..."

March 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

Radical Radio

Is Hightower's Show Too Liberal for Austin?

"...writing is on the (Ruta Maya bathroom) wall: Austin radio listeners deserve Jim Hightower. Can someone please explain to..."

April 18, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Texas Radio and the Really Big Beat

Capstar's Austin-based Empire

"...When bureaucrats in Washington changed the laws that govern radio some 70-odd years ago, a goateed doctor from Kansas..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Bill Crawford

Two of a Kind

Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh, Austin's new George and Tammy coupling, more or less

"...says with a wide grin. "We don't have that kind of relationship, you know what I mean?..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

You Won't Hear That on Commercial Radio

"...at KUT, the University of Texas at Austin's non-commercial radio station (90.5 FM). It's especially true after pledge drives...."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Page Two: Dancing at the Revolution With the Radio On!

Louis Black recalls the joys of driving around and falling in love with pop songs

"...demand only the most serious responses, isn't answering in kind giving in to the mindset of despair, anger, and..."

June 16, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Texas Rebel Radio

The Hill Country's Alt-Country Beacon

"...-- 76, at last count -- there are even radio stations that play it. And not merely as an..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Radio Coffee Beer & Folk

Native son Jack Wilson, behind the bar and onstage

"...He combines all three ingredients as general manager of Radio Coffee & Beer, the neighborhood-style pub owned by his..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Radio On

'Austin Music Minute' maven Laurie Gallardo takes her time on KUTX

"...times a day. You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio..."

June 28, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tyranny Killed the Radio Star

Jonathan Demme on 'The Agronomist'

"...obsession would intensify after briefly meeting Jean Dominique, a radio journalist whose charisma and conviction made for such a..."

June 4, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...environmental protection and to create and preserve a special kind of place with a special kind of feel to..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Local Encounters of the Gift Kind

Five Austinites share the stories behind their greatest gifts

"...with themselves,” she says. “[The guitar] was a new kind of relationship with an object, but it was object..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Chronolog Post by Beth Sullivan

Birdie’s Is Food & Wine’s Restaurant of the Year, Aviator Is Offering Free Pizza, El Alma’s Getting a Second Location, Radio Coffee & Beer Is Giving Away Topo Chico Mocktails, There’s Meewes News at Kitty Cohen’s, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...a fan of Mighty Fine Burgers and you live kind of north? Because who can afford to live central,..."

Sept. 20, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kind Words and Thoughts About Black

"...to Harry's letter about Louis. It sounded like the kind of defense you'd write after the usual yearly spate..."

May 10, 2010 Postmarks

Old Guy Radio

Dick, Elvis, and more

"...Kind of an offshoot of the Dead Reckoners, it features..."

Sept. 9, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Media Clips

Microradio wins FCC approval, but advocates of the low-wattage stations say the rules for winning a license will prohibit most stations and silence the microradio community's radical voice.

"...which legalize a new class of noncommercial, low-power FM radio stations. On the surface, this would appear to be..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Shot Heard 'Round the Dial

Austin' "Alternative" Radio Market

"...a while, but the three favorite words in Austin radio are no longer "Stevie Ray Vaughan." Now it's "New..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Music Feature

Communication Breakdown

The city's plan to implement a radio system is turning into a long, high-dollar project

"...in bonds toward the purchase of a new emergency radio system, the network -- which was sold to voters..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Red & Yella Hurt a Fella

"...Thank ya kindly,..."

May 2, 1997 Column

50 Watts of Freedom

"...Radio activist Pete Tridish of Philadelphia's Prometheus Radio Project has..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Chris Womack

Dialing for Dollar$

Austin radio stations scramble to keep the money flowing in a strange new media world

"...odds are it will hit someone who thinks Austin radio sucks. Take, for example, Ryan Goeller, a one-man focus..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Another Rotten Day

John Lydon on the Radio, Punk Rock, and Reunions

"...so good!" After a few seconds of what the radio biz terms a "musical bed" (background music), the sneery..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Music Feature

Borderline Vaudeville

Bill Crawford and Gene Fowler go off-off-off Broadway with Border Radio.

"...what this weekend's performances of a new musical, Border Radio: A Nuevo Vaudeville Documentary Performance, are all about. Thankfully,..."

May 10, 2002 Music Feature by Clay Smith

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