Web site of the Friends of KOOP .|. Save KOOP Radio
Friends of KOOP Radio is composed of station volunteers and members who are alarmed by the actions of the Board of Trustees and who feel it is time to elect new station leadership. We represent the majority of the people who do the work of keeping the station going and who attend station meetings. (Not every member of Friends of KOOP may agree with everything on this website, but we are all agreed that it's time for a new station leadership.)
By the way, Community Board chair Eduardo Vera has repeatedly criticized Friends of KOOP for being a "nebulous" group and that "nobody knows who's in Friends of KOOP". In point fact, we've always been very open about who we are. Our very first mailing to the KOOP membership was signed by a long list of supporters (including most of those listed below), and this "Who We Are" page was one of the very first pages we added to this website when we started it. Another bizarre attack by Eduardo on our credibility.
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Andy Carroll |
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Angela Miller |
"Freeform Freakout" |
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Barry George |
Harvest Moon Masquerade Benefit organizer |
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Bill Adler |
"Talkin' Union" |
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Bob Coleman |
"Commercial Suicide" |
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Bob Nagy |
KOOP's original Chief Engineer; current Chief Engineer at KVRX, KVR TV9 |
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Brent Holcomb |
"Music of the Middle East" |
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Carol Texeira |
"Live Bait" |
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Cecilia Bustamante |
Former Community Board Member; Community Leadership Award in the Arts (UT & YWCA) |
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Charisse Kelly |
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Dan MacHold |
"Potluck" |
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David Davis |
former Office Manager, and voice of many Public Service Announcements |
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David Kay |
former host of "HighlifeHighlights" "The Presents Tent" and PMesSense" |
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David Spradling |
"Graveside Service" |
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DJ Harris |
"Graveside Service" |
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Ed Lowenstein |
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Gene Stevens |
"Liberated Space" |
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Hunter Ellinger |
Founding member of Wheatsville Co-op, Elected Trustee of Austin Community College; Donor of thousands of dollars to KOOP in its formative years |
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Jay Robillard |
"The Lounge Show" |
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Jennifer Kryska |
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Jennifer Lueckemeyer |
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Jere Locke |
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Jerry Chamkis |
Station Engineer |
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Jim Caligiuri |
"New American Roots", Studio Trainer |
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Jim Ellinger |
"Austin Airwaves"; founder of KOOP |
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John DeFore |
Owner of Duval Discs and Revenant Records |
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John Duncan |
"Potluck"; former Assistant Manager |
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John Hauser |
"Country Roots" |
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John Hitzfelder |
"Workin' Stiff Radio" |
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Kara Sheldon |
"The Environmental Show" |
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Ken A. McKenzie-Grant |
Former KOOP programmer (Spirit Series); former KUT Overnite host; former KAZI jazz programmer; 1st Program Director @ KTSB (now KVRX); former Houston-Pacifica Prog. Dir.; former host of meetings to "get KO.OP on air" |
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Kerim Peirce |
"Expressive Movements" |
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Kerthy Fix |
Former Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees |
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Lanetta Cooper |
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Larry Beckham |
Community Board candidate |
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Lee Nichols |
Media Clips reporter for the Austin Chronicle; former KOOP programmer |
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Les Jacobs |
"Dolla Holla Show", Programming Committee member |
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Lowell Bartholomee |
Former KOOP programmer |
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Marion Nickerson |
Program Director, KAZI Community Radio - 88.7 FM |
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Mark Macek |
former member of the Board of Directors of Wheatsville |
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Dr. Mary Parker |
ACC Math Department; Donor of thousands of dollars to KOOP in its formative years |
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Michael Bluejay |
"The Bicycle Lane"; KOOP Email & Website Coordinator |
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Michael Zakes |
KOOP Underwriter (Waterloo Cycles) |
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Mike Buck |
"Mood Music for Malcontents" |
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Moses |
"Say It Loud" |
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Neal Tuttrup |
"The Environmental Show" |
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Noel Waggener |
"Wade in the Water" |
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Pam Peltz |
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Patric Powell |
KOOP Volunteer Carpenter |
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Paul and Julie Borelli |
"Dragsville" |
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Paul Kauppila |
"Jamaican Gold" |
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Paul Sherr |
"Talkin' Union" |
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Ray and Gina Shea & family |
(Ray is a former KOOP programmer) |
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Rev. Chuck Freeman |
"Soul Talk" |
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Ricardo Guerrero |
"Global Groovin'", former Co-Chair of Programming Committee |
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Rob Patterson |
Radio Columnist, Austin American-Statesman |
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Rodney Moag |
"Country Swing and Rockabilly Jamboree", member of Programming Committee |
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Sandy Yturri |
"Backwash Wednesday" |
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Scott Gardner |
"Stronger than Dirt" |
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Steven Hughes |
"Around the Town Sounds" |
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Sue Beckwith |
(Austin FreeNet) |
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Thomas, Flo, and Swani Vinton |
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Tina Hardin |
"Ear Candy" |
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Torrance Gettrell |
"Expressive Movements" |
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Vickie Benitez |
"The Consumer Show" |