At UT System, Plan to Expand KUT Moves Forward
Updated, 8/23: The full board of regents approved the revised plan, so KUT will be getting its second station.
Updated, 8/22: A revised version of the proposal to purchase a station that will allow for the expansion of KUT, a public radio station housed in the the University of Texas at Austin's College of Communication, was approved by the academic affairs committee of the University of Texas System Board of Regents on Wednesday.
If everything goes as planned, newly purchased KXBT-FM is expected to become KUTX, which will become the hub of KUT's music offerings and ...
Comments (5)
EJ Preston via Texas Tribune on Facebook
That would be great. Always found it off that our public news radio in San Antonio is substantially better than Austin's.
Minor Baker via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Bring it on, let's hope it is the same model as Minnesota Public radio which has The Current (music), MPR News (all talk), and MPR Classic (all classical - which should be KMFA in Austin.
T D
Public Radio has the word "public" in it.
That's a problem.
Steve Michener
The Austin Chronicle recently ran a story about the financial woes of KVRX. Apparently UT's student run radio station is in danger of going off the air for good due to a lack of funding. I'm glad to see that this idea was tabled. Step two should be to take one 6th of that 6 million and use it to keep KVRX afloat for the next decade.
Bill Lewis
I wonder when the KUT HD stations will be back on the air.