KOOP (FM)
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| City | Hornsby, Texas, USA |
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| Broadcast area | Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area |
| Slogan | "Community Radio for Austin, Texas" |
| Frequency | 91.7 MHz |
| First air date | October 27, 1993 |
| Format | Community radio |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 26 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 65320 |
| Callsign meaning | Co-op |
| Owner | Texas Educational Community Broadcasting |
| Webcast | KOOP Live Feed |
| Website | http://www.koop.org/ |
KOOP (91.7 FM) (pronounced 'co-op') is a noncommercial community radio station owned and operated by its members and staffed by volunteers. The station broadcasts in Austin, Texas, with a carrier frequency of 91.7 MHz at an effective radiated power of 3 kilowatts and is licensed to Texas Educational Broadcasting Co-operative, Inc., a nonprofit organization (doing business as KOOP Radio, previously Austin Co-op Radio). The station was assigned the KOOP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on October 27, 1993.
The 91.7 frequency is shared with KVRX, the student radio station for The University of Texas at Austin. KOOP broadcasts on 91.7 FM from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. KVRX, which is licensed to the University, broadcasts during the remaining hours. KOOP streams online during KVRX's broadcast hours.
KOOP's radio format consists of 75 locally produced shows each week. Daytime programming typically consists of music programs, while late afternoon programming is usually news.
The KOOP radio station has won 19 Best of Austin awards from the Austin Chronicle from 1992 to 2006. In 1994 the station shared the Austin Music Awards honor for "Best Thing To Happen in Austin" with KVRX.
In early 2006, KOOP's 304 E. Fifth Street studio was hit by two fires. On 6 January a fire caused significant smoke damage; the station suspended operation for just five days and sought a new home. Before a site could be found, a second fire occurred on 4 February which destroyed KOOP's building and three adjacent structures that housed artist studios and a nightclub. Both fires were declared accidental. The first was blamed on careless smoking by a neighbor; the second, on the nightclub's faulty heating and air conditioning unit.
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