Crosstalk: Arts Grants Open, KOKE-FM DJs Change Stations, and More Austin Culture News

The new Texas Touring Roster arrives

"...R&B throwback frequency The New Hot 95.9 on the FM dial, has some familiar names on its freshly announced..."

July 5, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Playback: KOKE Is Back

The original KOKE returns to a soda fountain near you

"...Raines, and Jason Nassour have resurrected iconic call letters KOKE-FM, which in the Seventies embodied Austin's thinking-man-drinking-man sensibilities and..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Joe Gracey RIP

Once-time radio DJ Joe Gracey dies

"...best-known radio voices of Austin, Texas progressive country giant KOKE-FM, has died at age 61 from cancer...."

Nov. 17, 2011 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...KOKE-Not-FM: Last week, alternative country station KOKE-FM announced its transition..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature

Fifth Annual KOKEFEST Brings Clint Black and More to Hutto

Two-day lineup includes Turnpike Troubadours, Robert Earl Keen, Aaron Watson, and more

"...founding mythos of the convergence of rednecks and hippies, KOKE-FM served as essential a role as the Armadillo World..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Crosstalk: Good Looks Lose Tour Van in Serious Car Crash, And More Music News

KOKEFEST abruptly canceled, and Lucy 93.3 switched to Latin pop

"...KOKEFEST, the alt-country festival hosted by parent station KOKE-FM, abruptly..."

July 21, 2023 Music Column by Genevieve Wood

Now Streaming in Austin: A Night For Austin

Willie Nelson, Black Pumas, Paul Simon for music fundraiser

"...8pm on CBS Austin, Austin City Limits Radio, and KOKE FM, as well as streaming on a raft of..."

June 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Killing Floor

Another blues singer's called back home: honorary Austinite Hubert Sumlin

"...FM is another universe, so if AM isn't an option..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Playback: Fringe Radio

Austin's newest radio frequency, Fringe

"...Get ready to reprogram the FM presets on your car stereo. This month, Austin's airwaves..."

April 11, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Texas Rebel Radio

The Hill Country's Alt-Country Beacon

"...given time. Instead, KFAN -- that's 107.9 on your FM dial -- is the exclusive treasure of the Hill..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"

Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers

"...Gracey's warm, rumbling drawl was familiar to Austin via KOKE-FM, where he pioneered its progressive country format as a..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Love Us or Hiatus

Rare gigs and soft breakups from Iron Age and US Weekly

"...After losing his tongue at age 27, the one-time KOKE-FM jock and lifelong bassist largely communicated using a Magic..."

July 13, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fond Memories of Joe Gracey

"...Joe was so good-natured and did his job at KOKE FM while writing about music at the Statesman, it..."

Nov. 21, 2011 Postmarks

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

When the summer slows down, the live music starts to heat up.

"...a comfortingly warm, guitar-led slow dance. – Rachel Rascoe Koke Fest..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Dialing for Dollar$

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

"...pine for the old days of doobie rock on KLBJ-FM and the alt.country of KOKE-FM, when commercial radio could..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Page Two

Lost Austin behind us, Smart Growth ahead?

"...I was on Sammy and Bob's morning show on KVET-FM last week promoting the "Lost Austin" issue of the..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Louis Black

The Luv Doc: Keeping the Sparks Alive

What fresh hell is this?

"...I can’t pick up a Texas Monthly, listen to KOKE FM, or look at my Facebook feed without seeing..."

May 15, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Food-O-File

Is it "Goodnight" for iconic Hill's Cafe?

"...Earlier in the week, Cole told his early morning KOKE-FM listeners that he had just used the last $18,000..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Phil Music

"...to Austin in June,1977, he got a job at KOKE-FM, a radio power during the heyday of the cosmic..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Poughkeepsie Kid

Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona

"...scored his first post-collegiate job as a deejay at WEOK-AM/WPDH-FM in Poughkeepsie, where he very briefly used the pseudonym..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...we got on the radio"? Yes, the Skunks demos KOKE-FM deejay Joe Gracey recorded in his Electric Graceyland basement..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...up a favorite on Austin's cosmic cowboy radio station KOKE-FM...."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Sammy Allred Dead at 84

Geezinslaw Brother and institutional ATX deejay passes

"...and longtime local deejay, has died at age 84, KOKE-FM reported...."

May 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Next Big Buzzes at SXSW 2018

Forecasting this year’s breakout acts

"...the Sixth Street bar could remain closed during SXSW. KOKE-FM's Tuesday showcase, starring Tyler Childers and Koe Wetzel, has..."

March 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Industry Award Winners Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, music writer, and more honored

"...93.3 4) KOOP 91.7 5) KLBJ 99.7 Runners-Up: 101X, KOKE FM, KAZI..."

Feb. 25, 2018 Music Post by James Renovitch

Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, and many more

"...KGSR 5) KUT 90.5 6) KLBJ 7) 101X 8) KOKE FM 9) KASE 101 10) KAZI..."

March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

Kerry Dawson 1949-2016

Austin’s master of the radio graveyard shift passes on

"...worked with Joe Gracey at progressive country hot spot KOKE-FM...."

Feb. 23, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Record Store Day

Why Record Store Day matters

"...at 10am immediately following Tom Allen's Country Gold on KOKE-FM, an affiliated station currently using that dial position. As..."

April 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Long Journey Home

The Houston Kid comes full circle

"...didn't cost a lot, and the light was on. KOKE-FM was on, and hippie girls were pretty. I'd just..."

April 18, 2014 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Alejandro Escovedo: R-O-C-K with the U.S.A.

Iconic rocker’s love affair with the Austin, part two

"...we have a lot of Joe Gracey’s sign-offs on KOKE-FM – with Waylon [Jennings] and Gram Parsons. Through the..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Post by Margaret Moser

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