KUT

For the airport in Kutaisi, Georgia, see David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport. For the radio station using the KUT call letters from 1925-1929, see KTRH. For the radio station using the KUT call letters from 1929-1932, see KJFK (AM). For the joint postal history of East Africa, see Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika.
KUT
Belo Center for New Media (A0704) - KUT/KUTX offices
Broadcast areaAustin metro area
Frequency90.5 MHz (HD Radio)
90.5 HD-2 BBC World Service
HD-3 TMX.fm
BrandingKUT 90.5
Programming
FormatNews/Talk (Public)
AffiliationsNPR
Ownership
OwnerMoody 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 ID66573
ClassC1
ERP24,500 watts
HAAT389 meters (1,276 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
30°18′51″N 97°51′58″W / 30.3142°N 97.8661°W / 30.3142; -97.8661[1]
Links
WebcastKUT Live Feed
Websitekut.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).

  1. ^ "Radio Station Information for KUT 90.5 MHz FM, Austin, TX". radio-locator.com. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "KUT and KUTX Public Radio". University of Texas at Austin (utexas.edu). Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  3. ^ "UT Belo Center Renamed"
  4. ^ "KUT: How to Listen". (KUT.org). Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Station Search Details: KUT" (Digital Status) (FCC.gov)