still on saturday, april 9th at rice university and totally FREE! + Mister Heavenly (members include Honus Honus of Man Man, Nicholas Thorburn of Islands and The Unicorns, Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse, and Michael Cera (yes, that Michael Cera) as their touring bassist)
tune in to KTRU this Saturday, March 19th at 8pm to hear this friday's concert with many Rice alumni composers. (more…)
This Friday, March 18th 7-10pm come to Willy's Pub to watch your favorite Rice bands compete for a slot in the 20th Annual KTRU Outdoor Show!
Winner will be determined by a crowd vote, so make sure to bring your friends - and bands, bring your fans.
Participating bands:
Pub will be open late just for this event!
We've been teasing you long enough! The HD Radio giveaway has now started on KTRU!
The best way to win is to listen to KTRU on 91.7, our web stream, 90.1 HD2 or your mobile device. You can also enter to win through the web page, but all winners must be Houston area residents. Winning is easy, listen and enter the web site drawing.
Because of our lease agreement with 90.1 KPFT, even if the sale of 91.7 is approved, those in the Houston area will be able to listen to KTRU over the air, in digital stereo via HD2 on 90.1.
Don't forget that KTRU has put more emphasis on local music, so if you want to hear music from Houston, you will find it on KTRU, whether its through 91.7, 90.1 HD2, the Internet or our streams.
Last weeks winners include:
Matt P. ,
Robert S.,
Logan A,
Jose R.,
Chris S.,
Michael F.
The online winner was Doreen Fillion.
Each won an portable HD Radio! Congratulations to all the winners! Keep listening and entering on the web site for your chance to win!
**updated February 22, 2011**
the third twin project is looking for a new world manager!
check out Tom Z's interview with The Third Twin and find out more information about the position here!
welcome to the new KTRU site!
first things first: tune in! we're streaming online as always.
to catch up on what has been happening, please look into our new HD radio set-up. it's a cool new way to listen to us over the air.
please explore and let us know if there is anything we can do to make the site even better.
Rice and the University of Houston have formally applied to the FCC for an assignment of the KTRU 91.7 FM license. Now we need all of our listeners to pitch in and help us convince the FCC that this deal is not in the “public interest.”
Friends of KTRU retains law firm to battle proposed sale of KTRU 91.7 FM
Law firm of Paul Hastings pursuing next steps
HOUSTON, October 13, 2010– Friends of KTRU, a group of concerned students, alumni, and community members dedicated to stopping the sale of KTRU’s FM frequency, license and tower, has retained law firm Paul Hastings.
Rice University announced today that it has completed the sale of the station to the University of Houston and that the FM frequency will be shut down by the end of calendar year 2010 at the latest.
“It is shameful that the Rice University administration has not heeded the thousands of voices asking to stop the sale of KTRU,” said KTRU station manager Joey Yang. “Instead, Rice has chosen to throw away more than 40 years of student-run tradition in favor of a new cafeteria for the campus. For this reason, we must pursue legal avenues for stopping the sale. The fight has only just begun.”
Contact:
Joey Yang, KTRU Station Manager
[email protected]
(614) 423-9264
To learn more about KTRU and how to help stop the sale, please visit www.savektru.org.
Come out and show your support for KTRU at these upcoming FREE shows in Houston!
Friday, September 24th, 8:30pm (doors) @ Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak Drive
Golden Axe, The Roller, Venemous Maximus, 2 Star Symphony, The Energy, Omatai, Free Radicals, DJ Meshak
Sunday, September 26th, 8-10pm: Free Radicals @ Notsuoh, 314 Main Street
Monday, September 27th, 10pm-1am: KTRU Funk & Soul DJ JaeM will be spinning at Poison Girl, 1641 Westheimer
