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 Belo Center for New Media (A0704) - KUT/KUTX offices | |
| Broadcast area | Austin metro area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 90.5 MHz (HD Radio)
90.5 HD-2 BBC World Service HD-3 TMX.fm |
| Branding | KUT 90.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk (Public) |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Moody College of Communication, The University of Texas at Austin |
| KUTX, KVRX | |
| History | |
First air date | November 10, 1958 |
Former call signs | KUT-FM (1958–1982) |
Call sign meaning | University of Texas |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 66573 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 24,500 watts |
| HAAT | 389 meters (1,276 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°18′51″N 97°51′58″W / 30.3142°N 97.8661°W[1] |
| Links | |
| Webcast | KUT Live Feed |
| Website | kut.org tmx.fm (HD3) |
KUT (90.5 FM) is a listener and community supported public radio station based in Austin, Texas. KUT is owned and operated by the University of Texas at Austin.[2] It is the National Public Radio member station for central Texas. Its studio operations are located on campus at the Dealey Center for New Media.[3] KUT is one of three radio outlets based on UT campus alongside student-run KVRX 91.7 FM and KUTX 98.9 FM.
KUT's main transmitter broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 24,500 watts and is located 8 miles west of Downtown Austin at the University of Texas Bee Cave Research Center.[4] KUT is licensed to broadcast in the digital hybrid HD format.[5]
A second station, KUTX, serving San Angelo at 90.1 MHz, was sold to Texas Tech University in 2010 in part because Angelo State University had become part of the Texas Tech University System. The call letters were changed from KUTX to KNCH. The KUTX call letters were moved to KUT's repeater station in Somerville, broadcasting to the Bryan/College Station area on 88.1 FM. On August 23, 2012, the UT System Board of Regents voted to move forward to purchase KXBT-FM 98.9 FM (Leander/Austin) from Border Media Business Trust. On January 2, 2013, KXBT became KUTX, creating an Austin-based sister station for KUT. At that time, KUT adopted an all-news/talk format utilizing programming from NPR, the BBC, PRI and others. The music programming formerly heard on KUT was moved to KUTX to create a full-time music service, primarily an eclectic mix of alt pop/rock, folk, Americana, bluegrass, jazz, blues supplemented by specialty programs including Twine Time, Folkways, Across the Water (Celtic music), and Horizontes (Latin music).
- ^ "Radio Station Information for KUT 90.5 MHz FM, Austin, TX". radio-locator.com. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ^ "KUT and KUTX Public Radio". University of Texas at Austin (utexas.edu). Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "UT Belo Center Renamed"
- ^ "KUT: How to Listen". (KUT.org). Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Station Search Details: KUT" (Digital Status) (FCC.gov)