KUT Press Releases
We’re generally humble and self-effacing, but sometimes we just need to trumpet some good news. Here are our latest press releases. Thanks for sharing in our success.
We’re generally humble and self-effacing, but sometimes we just need to trumpet some good news. Here are our latest press releases. Thanks for sharing in our success.
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Austin Classical Guitar Society’s Classical Cactus Series Returns to Historic Cactus Cafe on August 11
AUSTIN, Texas—Aug. 2, 2011—The Austin Classical Guitar Society today announced the return of the popular Classical Cactus concert series at the storied Cactus Cafe on the c…...
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KUT 90.5 to Pilot NPR Local-National Journalism Initiative “StateImpact Texas: Power, Policy and the Planet”
AUSTIN and HOUSTON, Texas—July 11, 2011—KUT 90.5 in Austin and KUHF 88.7 in Houston are collaborating with NPR to pilot “StateImpact Texas: Power, Policy and the Plan…...
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KUT News Wins Lone Star Awards from Houston Press ClubPhilpott Named "Radio Journalist of the Year" for Second Consecutive Year
AUSTIN, Texas—June 27, 2011—KUT News, 90.5, won five 2011 Lone Star Awards from the Houston Press Club Friday in recognition of outstanding achievements in journalism in th…...
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KUT 90.5 Launches New Website, Logo Reflecting Engagement with Diverse Voices
AUSTIN, Texas—June 23, 2011—KUT 90.5, listener-supported news, music and NPR from Austin, Texas, has launched a new website that will enable audiences to engage with KUT co…...
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KUT Documentaries Win Grand, Gold and Silver Awards at Prestigious New York Festivals
AUSTIN, Texas—June 21, 2011—KUT 90.5′s music journalism unit Texas Music Matters and KUT News have earned four awards—the Grand Trophy, a gold and two silver award…...
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KUT News Wins Two National Edward R. Murrow Awards
AUSTIN, Texas—June 14, 2011—KUT News has been honored with two National Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) in recognition o…...
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KUT 90.5 and NPR Music Partner Stations to Webcast 10th Sasquatch! Festival, Live, May 28-30
AUSTIN, Texas—May 23, 2011—KUT 90.5 is partnering with NPR Music, Seattle's KEXP and NPR partner public radio stations from around the country, to provide the soundtrack to this weekend's barbeque by live webcasting three days of music from the 10th annual Sasquatch! Music Festival in Quincy,...
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Views & Brews: Jazz during the Cold War, May 16
Event: Rabbi, Historian and Jazz Musician Neil Blumofe and KUT 90.5′s in-house jazz buff Jay Trachtenberg will discuss “Jazz During the Cold War” and how thi…...
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KUT 90.5 and the Cactus Cafe partner with NPR Music to present debut performance of Okkervil River’s new release “I Am Very Far”
AUSTIN, Texas—April 26, 2011—KUT 90.5, together with NPR Music, will present the worldwide debut performance of the new album by Austin-based band Okkervil River, webcast…...
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KUT News Wins Six Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
AUSTIN, Texas—April 21, 2011—KUT News has won six regional Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) in recognition of excellence…...
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David Ramirez kicks off artist-in-residence program at the Cactus Cafe
AUSTIN, Texas—April 6, 2011—Singer-songwriter David Ramirez kicks off the 2011 artist-in-residence at Austin’s legendary listening room, the Cactus Cafe. A yo…...
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KUT’s Texas Music Matters Wins National Headliners Award for Armadillo Oral History Project
AUSTIN, Texas—March 29, 2011— KUT 90.5 FM’s signature music news unit Texas Music Matters has won first place for “Home with the Armadillo: The Armadill…...
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KUT spring membership drive reaches $1 million milestone thanks to broad-based community support
In a show of support for the value of public radio in Central Texas, more than 7,500 individuals and local businesses pledged more than $1,000,000 in support of the news and music programming on KUT 90.5 during its semi-annual membership drive, which concluded this morning. Contributions from an...
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89.3 The Current and KUT 90.5 Sample the Twin Cities and Austin Music Scenes with “The Music Exchange” March 21–25Fresh off the heels of SXSW, audiences in the Twin Cities and Austin will get a taste of the other's local music scene
ST. PAUL, Minn.—March 11, 2011—89.3 The Current in the Twin Cities and KUT 90.5 in Austin will exchange songs from their respective musical hotbeds in “The Music Excha…...
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