KUT (90.5 FM) is a listener-supported public radio station owned and operated by faculty and staff of The University of Texas at Austin. It is the National Public Radio member station for Central Texas. Occasionally there is confusion between KUT and KVRX 91.7 FM, the University's student-run radio station, because both are owned by the University of Texas and are based out of the UT campus.
KUT's main transmitter broadcasts at an effective radia...
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KUT (90.5 FM) is a listener-supported public radio station owned and operated by faculty and staff of The University of Texas at Austin. It is the National Public Radio member station for Central Texas. Occasionally there is confusion between KUT and KVRX 91.7 FM, the University's student-run radio station, because both are owned by the University of Texas and are based out of the UT campus.
KUT's main transmitter broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts and is located just west of Lake Austin in Westlake Hills. A second station, KUTX, serves San Angelo at 90.1 MHz.
The station was first established under its present call letters in 1925, but was absent from the airwaves from 1927 until 1958.
KUT's format is locally-produced music programming from 9am-3pm weekdays, with brief National Public Radio and local news updates on the hour. Between 3pm-7pm, a block of nationally syndecated public radio shows are aired, including Fresh Air, All Things Considered, Marketplace,...
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