Businesses
Updates from the field:
Evangeline Café owner and KUT underwriter, Curtis Clarke, recently donated $700 to SaveKUTAustin. Mr. Clark did this in lieu of his usual $500 donation to KUT. Merci, pour tous vos efforts vaillants, Curtis!
SaveKUTAustin is also pleased to report that we recently received a $ 365 donation, the same amount repeatedly promoted on KUT as a $1/day pledge. Thank you to the supporter with a big heart, and a keen sense of humor.
Due to the situation with KUT Radio and their decisions made this year, I’ve decided to make my charitable contribution this time around to the SaveKUTAustin movement.
We’ve got to let KUT know how they’ve affected OUR radio station! I will not contribute to a cause or organization that I don’t believe in.
Curtis Clarke – Evangeline Cafe
Business Owner’s Comments (send yours):
First of all – thx for the invitation to comment on yesterday’s new … pre-recorded program “Live in Austin” … It’s not that it was so awful – but it was just so damn middle of the road. … I don’t mean to offend anyone over there at the station, but it didn’t feel live – It sounded … impersonal, smooth, corporate – pretty much the antithesis of all the reasons I listen to KUT.
I’m not arguing that you shouldn’t grow and change. … I welcome change – but I sure do feel like you guys are trying to appeal to a wider audience at the expense of becoming better, more local, more unique and more personal.
Mostly, I have to say again – to anyone who will listen over there – the canned overnight programming is just an awful idea. … I just hate the idea that any of my contributions to the station are going to support national programming like “Undercurrents”.
Murph Willcott, Texas French Bread, Underwriter
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Jamie says everyone wants to know:
“Where is Phil Music?”
“Threadgill’s has been a sponsor of one or more programs since THE FIRST DAY KUT began taking ‘ads’ and the dissolution of the Austin content has been painful to listen to.”…Eddie Wilson
“I Protest!”
Paul Ray has given Austin the gift of his jazz expertise and made KUT a forerunner in the US jazz scene. Larry Monroe has expanded the influence of Austin musicians by playing the best music our town has to offer! Don’t cut back on the quality of KUT’s programming and these incredible DJ’s! I Protest!
Progress Coffee
“You can help keep KUT local.”
There is something very tragic happening in the Austin music community right now, and I hope you will take a moment to read, understand what’s happening, and find out what you can do about it. Austin’s public radio station, KUT, has always been the most important medium for local musicians to get heard. The station continues to support local music in a way that only a noncommercial station can. But the current management is working towards eliminating quality, local music programming at KUT.
They have instituted a music committee to authorize songs before they are played, and they have reduced the hours of local music programming. With these changes, it makes it that much harder for local musicians to get noticed.
Whether you are a regular listener, or have never heard of KUT, there are three simple, easy things you can do to help. First, tune in to 90.5. Listen to legendary DJs Paul Ray (Saturday 7PM to 11PM) and Larry Monroe (Monday 8PM to 12AM). When you’re listening, ask yourself if this type of programming exists anywhere else. Second, join the Facebook group to show KUT management you care. … Finally, please write the station manager, Stewart Vanderwilt, at svanderwilt@kut.org and tell him how you feel about what’s happenning.
Art + Artisans Consulting, Inc.
I am a Listener and Business Sponsor of KUT. Please save our local programming!! It’s what makes KUT so treasured and unique to Austin … Jennifer Brener Seay
Ron Fredericks & Tiffany Rasco
Tom’s Tabooley
Really miss the Phil Music show. If I wanted KGSR… I’d tune to KGSR.
Craig Matthews, Massage Therapy
Massage therapy since 1993.
Jeffery Kingore
I thought this was Austin.
Richard Winn
Further changes in the KUT lineup, in particular John Ailelli, would be a huge mistake. The station is becoming a commercial clone, and doesn’t even resemble other good community radio stations in other markets.
Michael D. Slotboom
Owner of Armadillo Machine works
Lysviolin
KUT isn’t my station anymore. Guess I don’t have to pay for it now, right? Cut the talking head act and give us Paul, Phil, John and Theresa instead of non-Austin pablum.
Planet K Gifts
we used to sponsor shows on kut that will never happen again unless kut recommitts itself to serving the needs of austin
Paisley Robertson
I can’t imagine my home Austin without my guys on KUT, in particular Larry, Paul, and John.
Loudhouse Productions
As Paul and Larry are nearing retirement, U.T. is cutting back their hours so that do not have to pay any more benefits than they have to. Contact the University of Texas Human Resourse Center and President William C. Powers if you really want to save Paul and Larry’s jobs and have your voice heard. This is the only thing that will work in regard to U.T.’s overturning their decision.
Jamie Josephs
The Peace Peddler
I am so proud of all Y’all savekutaustin.com supporters! Our strength is our unified voice and the love we share of music and the extraordinary local KUT programming we have enjoyed for so many years.
As a local business owner of The Peace Peddler at www.peacepeddler.com I have enjoyed being a business supporter of KUT since I launched my peace gift webstore in 2007. When I found out about the KUT programming changes I called the station and expressed my dismay, stating that if they would not consider the opinions about programming from listeners and business supporters that I would consider canceling this year’s financial support. I was pretty surprised when Stuart replied that he would have someone call me to take care of discontinuing my monthly donation installments. And he did. He seemed totally disinterested in my thoughts and concerns about the changes which made me feel that our ‘listener supported radio’ has turned into a ‘cater to the corporate $$ radio.’
Let’s do all we can to support Save KUT Austin! I hope to see Y’all at the Twang Dang event.
The Banner
@ Threadgill’s World Headquarters
@ Old Pecan Street Café
@ The Continental Club
@ Blind Pig Pub
@ Cedar Street Courtyard
@ One 2 One
and @ Saxon Pub
