All Your Memes Are Belong to Us

Austinites bloom where they're planted, and local meme-makers are here to help us laugh at ourselves

"..."No cruce enfrente del autobus" message each CapMetro bus broadcasts to its passengers ("Challenge accepted," crowed one meme over..."

July 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Naked City

"...take-back recycling in honor of the one-year countdown to all-digital broadcasts, set to begin Feb. 17, 2009. E-waste watchdogs..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature

Apocalypse February!

When digital TV arrives next year, you may not notice

"...found that 48% of households that rely on over-the-air broadcasts have incomes of less than $30,000. But many owners..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It

What reissues are buried in the bottom of your closet?

"...beneath a stack of old mixtapes, ranging from radio broadcasts to overdubbed copies of James Brown LPs, and sealed..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...love with this timeless film, thanks to countless television broadcasts and home video releases. But the Yellow Brick Road..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Media Clips

The top 10 media events of 1999.

"...Time Warner Cable launched News8 in September. The station broadcasts local news 24 hours a day from a fancy,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Good Night and Good Luck

Why is 'podcast' 'Oxford American Dictionary's word of the year?

"...and upgrading station signals to high quality in-band, on-channel broadcasts, which although not truly "high-definition" have been trademarked as..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

The Death and Life of Free Radio

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

"...them all with permanent injunctions against any future radio broadcasts. Radio One, Austin's other, younger, micro station, also busted..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Radio, Radio

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

"...satellite technology that will enable subscribers to pick up broadcasts from both services on the same radios. The two..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

KGSR Rebrands as Austin City Limits Radio

New licensing deal will re-invent frequency’s format

"...as well as their annual benefit compilation disc, KGSR Broadcasts. Those events and efforts will continue under the new..."

Sept. 6, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Media Watch: Shiver Me Timbers

Pirate radio station tells FCC to go walk a plank

"...the FCC forfeiture notice was served. The station currently broadcasts on 90.1FM from an "undisclosed South Austin location," sending..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Little Station That Could

Austin's AAA station KGSR and its market ascendance.

"...on KGSR. Who takes the profits from their annual Broadcasts CD and gives it to Austin's SIMS Foundation, which..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Visions of This Town

Max Crace & the 1998 Austin Guitar Calendar

"...generated by this year's installment of the station's popular Broadcasts CD would be also earmarked for SIMS Last year's..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

TV Eye

Looks like the government – and the people – will have a little more time to prepare for the DTV transition

"...the final transition date comes to pass and analog broadcasts go away forever...."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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.

"...Free Radio Austin broadcasts from the property of a programmer who goes by..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

SXSW Live Shot: Public Service Broadcasting

Think Man or Astro-man? and add a degree in astrophysics

"...light – without projections drawn from classic British television broadcasts – the pair retained its sense of impeccable decorum..."

March 19, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

TCB

Austin (and its Music Network) will endure, Scandinavia and Interpol invade, and local alt-rock is sweeter than ever on Ear Candy.

"...waits for his future to be determined. Besides weekly broadcasts of KLBJ's Local Licks Live from the Austin School..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Bill Paxton’s Lost Film Ties Together UT, Bob Fosse, and William S. Burroughs

Cut up, chopped and screwed: The long path to Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited

"...create a whole fabric of the future from radio broadcasts. ... He said, 'Can you make something out of..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blue Öyster Cult

Complete catalogs trump career overviews

"...restoration in joining Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts bonus compendium, and a download card for a quartet..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Exit Music: Nakia leaves The Voice, Corcoran retires, and Mike Wiebe walks the plank

"...a spot or visit www.klru.org/satellitesets for details. Meanwhile, KUT broadcasts two tapings, Sarah Jaffe and Quiet Company, on July..."

July 1, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Commemorating the 95th birthday of Pinetop Perkins one year at a time, exploring Willie's Place at Carl's Corner, and a pregame pep talk with Paul Wall

"...1941 Sonny Boy Williamson broadcasts King Biscuit Time on KFFA in Helena, Ark., which..."

July 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Dancing About Architecture

The Butthole Surfers find themselves uncovered, Don Walser takes a dive, and time and music march on.

"...Patti Smith and Warren Zevon. In the meantime, KGSR's Broadcasts Vol. 7 compilation CD will be released the day..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

All ATX

"...KGSR's earliest Broadcasts thrilled with live, local, one-time-only covers, mash-ups, and acoustic..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Casting the annual ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and paying tribute to poster artist extraordinaire Bill Narum

"...Emmis Communications announced on Thursday that KGSR, whose latest Broadcasts installment hits stores Friday (see "Texas Platters"), has changed..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Preachers and Pirates

The FCC proposes LPFM stations as an alternative to microradio, but that political process also generates static.

"...would fill the air with static and interrupt existing broadcasts. Studies by the National Lawyers Guild, Media Access Project,..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Dancing About Architecture

Jimmie Vaughan skips Dubya's inaugural ball, while the Austin Music Network gets a reprieve from the city as the SIMS Foundation tries to spend $62,000 and fast.

"...foundation's income from KGSR-FM, largely through sales of the Broadcasts CDs, though a recent "late Christmas present" check from..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Online Hit

Instant Sports Patents a Pastime

"...would have been prohibitive anyway), most of baseball's distance broadcasts were "re-creations"-- where a telegraph wire from the ballpark..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Screens Feature by Andy Langer

One Big, Happy Family

Local TV News: There to Help You

"...a cultural anthropologist, who would probably note that the broadcasts are set up like a surrogate family, with mommy..."

July 5, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

Revving Up for Slow Times

How local entrepreneurs plan to weather the recession

"...again sell up to three-quarters of the annual KGSR Broadcasts CDs, which have raised more than $1 million for..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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