KUT 90.5 live

KUT 90.5 is Austin's NPR station. It broadcasts on 90.5 FM, is licensed to Austin and serves the Austin metro area with the slogan "Austin's NPR Station". It is owned by the University of Texas at Austin, and on this page you can listen to KUT live online, free.

News and talk

KUT airs public news and talk as an NPR member station, with NPR's national programs and news from Austin and Central Texas.

Signal

The main transmitter broadcasts with 24,500 watts from the University of Texas Bee Cave Research Center, eight miles west of downtown Austin. KUT is licensed to broadcast in HD.

History

KUT signed on on November 10, 1958, as KUT-FM and dropped the "-FM" in 1982. The call letters stand for the University of Texas.

Sister stations

KUT's sister stations are KUTX, the university's music station, and KVRX, its student station.

Supported by members

As a public radio station, KUT depends on its members across Central Texas.

Austin news, anywhere

Press play and KUT starts in seconds — on MoPac, at work or far from Texas. The stream on this page carries the same programming you hear on 90.5 FM.

How to listen

You can hear KUT on the radio on 90.5 FM across Austin, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for the morning news or the drive home, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find KUT's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

• 100% free, no sign-up
• Live stream, 24 hours a day
• Listen from anywhere
• Works on phone and computer