Austin's NPR station, KUT 90.5, is licensed to the University of Texas at Austin and has been on the air since 1958; it was a founding member of NPR in 1971. Its award-winning local newsroom covers Central Texas politics, growth and culture, and in 2015 it launched Texas Standard, a daily news magazine now heard statewide. National NPR programmes, local reporting and Austin's civic life meet here.
