- KVRX and KOOP share 91.7 FM under an FCC-approved time-share.
- Several big Austin signals are licensed to nearby towns such as Leander, Georgetown and Taylor.
- Longhorns games are on KVET 1300 AM and 98.1 FM in Austin.
Key takeaways
- Public and student radio sits at the low end of FM, from 88.7 to 91.7.
- KUT 90.5 is Austin’s NPR station; its sister KUTX 98.9 is built around music.
- Country fans have several choices, from KVET’s favorites to KASE’s new country and KOKE’s alternative country.
- Frequencies below come from the FCC’s public files; formats come from the stations’ own websites.
Austin’s radio dial is built around music as much as news: a public music station, a student station, a community station and several country stations. Here is the dial from bottom to top. A dash in the format column means the station’s own website did not tell us, so we did not guess.
FM
| Frequency | Call letters | Licensed to | What the station says |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88.7 | KAZI | Austin | – |
| 89.5 | KMFA | Austin | Austin’s classical music radio station |
| 90.5 | KUT | Austin | Austin’s NPR station |
| 91.7 | KVRX / KOOP | Austin / Hornsby | KVRX: student-run station at UT Austin, “None of the hits, all of the time”; KOOP: community radio |
| 93.7 | KLBJ-FM | Austin | – |
| 94.7 | KAMX | Luling | – |
| 95.5 | KKMJ-FM | Austin | – |
| 96.7 | KHFI-FM | Georgetown | – |
| 97.5 | ALT 97.5 | – | Austin’s new alternative; every Austin FC match |
| 98.1 | KVET-FM | Austin | Austin’s all-time country favorites |
| 98.9 | KUTX | Leander | The Austin Music Experience |
| 99.3 | KOKE-FM | Thorndale | Austin-based alternative country |
| 100.7 | KASE-FM | Austin | Austin’s #1 for new country |
| 102.3 | KPEZ | Austin | – |
| 103.5 | KBPA | Austin | – |
| 104.3 | KLQB | Taylor | Univision radio; TUDN Radio Austin on HD2 |
| 104.9 | KTXX-FM | Bee Cave | – |
| 107.7 | KLJA | Georgetown | – |
The 91.7 entry is unusual. KVRX’s own history explains that in 1993 it and KOOP, an Austin community station, asked the FCC to approve a time-share of the last remaining non-commercial frequency in Austin; the FCC approved it that July, and KVRX began FM broadcasts on November 15, 1994. Both stations appear in the FCC’s public files on 91.7 today.
AM
| Frequency | Call letters | Licensed to | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 590 | KLBJ | Austin | – |
| 1300 | KVET | Austin | Austin outlet for Longhorn football, per UT Athletics |
| 1370 | KJCE | Rollingwood | – |
Tip: Licensed to Leander or Georgetown does not mean out of range. KUTX is licensed to Leander and calls itself the Austin Music Experience; KHFI is licensed to Georgetown. The license town is a legal detail, not a coverage map.
Public, student and community radio
Under the FCC’s rules, the frequencies from 88.1 to 91.9 MHz are the ones available for noncommercial educational FM stations, which is why KAZI, KMFA, KUT and KVRX/KOOP cluster at the bottom of the dial. KUT says one hundred percent of its operating budget comes from the local community through individual donors and local business sponsors. More in Public Radio and TV in Austin: KUT, KUTX, KMFA, KVRX and Austin PBS.
Music
KUTX has won Best Radio Station at the Austin Music Awards 12 times, according to KUT, and runs features such as the Austin Music Minute, Artist of the Month and Song of the Day. For a deeper look at where to hear local bands, see Austin Live Music Radio: Where to Hear Local Artists on the Dial.
Sports
UT Athletics lists KVET 1300 AM and KVET 98.1 FM as the Austin stations for Longhorn football, and Austin FC says every 2026 regular-season match airs on ALT 97.5 in English and on TUDN Radio Austin, 104.3-HD2, in Spanish. The details are in Longhorns and Austin FC on the Radio: Where to Listen in Austin.
If a station is hard to hear
Hills west of Austin and dense buildings downtown can both weaken FM. Better FM and AM Reception in Austin: Fixes for Home and Car has simple fixes, and almost every station on this list also streams from its website or app.
How to use this list
Save stations as presets by frequency rather than by name. Station brands and formats change, but frequencies rarely do. If you drive between Austin and Georgetown, Round Rock or San Marcos regularly, test your presets along the route; a station licensed to a town on one side of the metro area may fade on the other.
AM in Austin
Austin’s AM band is small but useful. KLBJ at 590 is licensed to Austin, KVET at 1300 carries Longhorn football according to UT Athletics, and KJCE at 1370 is licensed to Rollingwood. AM signals can travel farther at night, and they are also more prone to buzz from household electronics, so the fixes in our reception guide apply especially here.
Keep at least one AM and one FM news station in mind for emergencies. When storms knock out power and internet, a battery radio tuned to a local station is often the only working source of information. Austin Weather and Storm Coverage: Flash Floods, Warnings and Weather Radio lists the others.
New to the area? Scan the whole dial slowly over a week, morning and evening, and note what you hear. Programming changes with the time of day, and the student and community stations in particular change hosts and genres hour by hour.