KAZI 88.7FM The Voice of Austin

KAZI 88.7FM The Voice of Austin The oldest community station in Austin, Texas! Listen LIVE on the radio, TuneIn app or www.kazifm.org Austin Community Radio, Inc.
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operating as KAZI 88.7 is the oldest community station in Austin. The station is a listener-supported, non-commercial community radio station, staffed almost entirely by volunteers who work together out of a sense of commitment and concern for our community. KAZI was the dream of the late Dr. John Warfield, professor of African-American Studies at the University of Texas. His vision was to create

a noncommercial station that served the needs of the African-American community. With generous funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and loaned tower space from LBJ-S Broadcasting, KAZI began transmitting on August 29, 1982. Although KAZI was launched with the aid of public funding, it currently survives entirely on donations from listeners and support from commercial sponsors. The station also receives monies from the City of Austin for the broadcast of the weekly City Council meeting. KAZI remains a strong force in the Austin Community with its unique mix of R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Gospel, Blues, Reggae, Zydeco, Talk, Community Information, Independent News and more… KAZI also takes pride in supporting and promoting local artists as well as national artists on small independent labels. Since 1982, KAZI has been serving Austin and the surrounding communities. The station maintains a family atmosphere with a volunteer staff that loves what they do, which keeps the listening audiences always wanting more.

Listen y’all! It’s Valentines Day and we’re clearly in love with the grind because we been crazy busy these last few day...
02/14/2025

Listen y’all! It’s Valentines Day and we’re clearly in love with the grind because we been crazy busy these last few days.

Today we had Lexington Texas football legend Earl Cooper in the building! He played for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL) during the early 1980s. He was a key contributor to the 49ers’ success, helping the team win two Super Bowl championships (Super Bowl XVI in 1982 and Super Bowl XIX in 1985) under the leadership of legendary coach Bill Walsh and alongside Hall of Fame players like Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. Known for his versatility as a runner, receiver, and blocker, Cooper was a reliable offensive weapon during his career.

We also had up and coming artist JennUN come by today! The young singer-songwriter from Brennan Texas told us about her experience coming to Austin to pursue music.

Speaking of musicians, big shoutout to Ray Prim for stopping by yesterday! The charismatic powerhouse artist has a show tomorrow at the 04 Center at 7 PM so make sure you pull up for that. Also shout out Pat Dean for coming thru and kicking it with Rochelle McConico along with Ivy Le! The longtime ATX comedian manages the Velveeta Room, Austin’s iconic downtown comedy club so make sure to check it out if you haven’t already!

Finally, big salute to Iron Sharpen Irons Radio for bringing in Travis County D.A. Jose Garza thru yesterday! If you blink, you could miss the VIPs that we bring thru the station so make sure to tap in at 88.7 FM in the greater Austin area or go online to www.kazifm.org

We are excited to announce that the 2025 Robert Tapscott Talent Hunt is back in person for the first time since COVID! T...
02/13/2025

We are excited to announce that the 2025 Robert Tapscott Talent Hunt is back in person for the first time since COVID! This is a major opportunity for us to showcase and uplift the incredible young talent in our community. If you know any talented youth in our respective neighborhoods—musicians, vocalists, poets, dancers, or visual artists—please encourage them to submit their applications at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0RCrgjgQ63zY5vUgrSmg203IfiRGM_s0D1AyauqltrY-5uQ/viewform

02/12/2025

Who do you recognize in this new video from Austin FC?

You know we stay busy at KAZI 88.7 here in Austin! Right now you’re about to witness the eighth wonder of the world if y...
02/12/2025

You know we stay busy at KAZI 88.7 here in Austin! Right now you’re about to witness the eighth wonder of the world if you tune in, because Douglas The Professor is going on til noon! Then we got Iron Sharpens Iron which features special guest, Travis County DA Jose Garza! Make sure to tap in for Grown Man Game with Terrence Terry and DJ Arsenal too, followed by The Traffic Jam with Chas Moore and Jazz and Other Vibes with Jabari Warfield!

We had Temple, Texas’s own Rizz Scoreli chop it up with us virtually by way of Waco today! The young hiphop journalist a...
02/11/2025

We had Temple, Texas’s own Rizz Scoreli chop it up with us virtually by way of Waco today! The young hiphop journalist and artist just finished up The Unmixtape Tour so make sure you follow her and the work she’s doing with the Private HipHop Podcast.

This weekend we’ve got our 5 on 5 tournament at the Dove Springs Rec Center! Make sure to contact our station manager at [email protected] for vendor slots, performance slots, registration and more!

Big shoutout to DJ Arloa for pulling up to the station today! You might start seeing this local house DJ and producer mo...
02/10/2025

Big shoutout to DJ Arloa for pulling up to the station today! You might start seeing this local house DJ and producer more around KAZI soon so stay tuned!

Kendrick Lamar performs hits like “HUMBLE,” “squabble up”, and his Drake diss “Not Like Us” before telling us to turn th...
02/10/2025

Kendrick Lamar performs hits like “HUMBLE,” “squabble up”, and his Drake diss “Not Like Us” before telling us to turn the “tv off” at the NFL Super Bowl with guests like Samuel L Jackson, Serena Williams and SZA on stage with him! What did y’all think?

Todays the big day! Who are y’all going for in the Super Bowl and where’s the party so we can pull up?
02/09/2025

Todays the big day! Who are y’all going for in the Super Bowl and where’s the party so we can pull up?

Big shoutout to Asjia O’Neal for pulling up (digitally) to the Fans View today to chop it up with us! The two time NCAA ...
02/07/2025

Big shoutout to Asjia O’Neal for pulling up (digitally) to the Fans View today to chop it up with us! The two time NCAA champion middle blocker with the Texas Longhorns now plays for LOVB ATX so make sure y’all get out to their games at H‑E‑B Center this season to support!

Big shoutout to our guests who came in today! We had comedians like Niki Coleman and Aaron Cheatham, literary luminaries...
02/06/2025

Big shoutout to our guests who came in today! We had comedians like Niki Coleman and Aaron Cheatham, literary luminaries (say that five times fast) like Amanda Johnston and Brittany Heckard of Torch Literary Arts and also Jeff Stier who spoke with us about public health!

Make sure to tap in tonight after the City Council meeting for some more jams!

You’re listening to the smooth soul stylings of Douglas The Professor, who rocks the mornings from 10 AM to noon every M...
02/05/2025

You’re listening to the smooth soul stylings of Douglas The Professor, who rocks the mornings from 10 AM to noon every Monday Tuesday and Wednesday! Make sure you stay locked in cause we got a whole 24 hours plus worth of jams for you to tune into!

Make sure you stop by Busy Signal tonight for our Tacos and Karaoke session! It’s going to be packed so get there early!...
02/04/2025

Make sure you stop by Busy Signal tonight for our Tacos and Karaoke session! It’s going to be packed so get there early!

Big shoutout to Jennifer Petersen and Kat Postel, our guests today who came in to talk about the screening of “Deconstructing Karen.” Pull up to AFS Cinema on Thursday February 6th for the screening and subsequent panel!

Also big shoutout to Ray Price! The Army veteran came in to discuss his roles at Notes For Notes and Austin Texas Musicians as well as his new position as Music Commissioner for the City of Austin.

We’re giving away tickets to the Texas Longhorns basketball game on Wednesday at 8 PM when they take on the Arkansas Raz...
02/03/2025

We’re giving away tickets to the Texas Longhorns basketball game on Wednesday at 8 PM when they take on the Arkansas Razorbacks! All you have to do to win the tickets is:

1) like this post
2) follow this account
3) tag two friends you want to take with you

That’s it! We’ll announce the winner on Wednesday morning!

We had some super cool guests in the studio the last few days! Shoutout to Baby Sam and OG Ron C for pulling up this wee...
02/03/2025

We had some super cool guests in the studio the last few days! Shoutout to Baby Sam and OG Ron C for pulling up this weekend to debut Baby Sam’s new track “Racks On Me” on The Untapped Show and the Midnight Throwdown this weekend!

We also had local curators Marvis Dixon and Gniice come through to talk about their events this Saturday at Riches Art Gallery as well as their Keep It Cut3 1 year anniversary party that night at Daydreamer on East 6th Street! Make sure you check those events out.

Big ups to Austin360 and American-Statesman music reporter Mars Salazar who was in the building to talk about her comeup in Austin and what makes the city’s creative scene so special! We’re sure she’ll be very busy the next few months with SXSW so if you see her on the streets, give her a pick-me-up!

We’ve got tons of programming coming up this week like The Traffic Jam which runs every weekday except Thursday and ATX Now In Color which runs Tuesdays so make sure to keep tuned to us on air at 88.7 FM or online at kazifm.org

Make sure to catch up with our OGs at the station and our newer faces too! We’ve got a jam packed February so you won’t ...
02/02/2025

Make sure to catch up with our OGs at the station and our newer faces too! We’ve got a jam packed February so you won’t want to miss out! Tune in on 88.7 FM in the Austin area or online at kazifm.org

We kicked off Black History Month with a meet and greet at Austin’s Very Own Saltt today with The Morning Grind! Make su...
02/01/2025

We kicked off Black History Month with a meet and greet at Austin’s Very Own Saltt today with The Morning Grind! Make sure y’all come out to our tacos and karaoke event this Tuesday at Busy Signal along with our basketball tournament at Dove Springs Rec Center on the 15th!

If you weren’t able to catch The Fans View, our Friday morning sports show, make sure to tune in next week when Asjia O’...
01/31/2025

If you weren’t able to catch The Fans View, our Friday morning sports show, make sure to tune in next week when Asjia O’Neal, the star Longhorn alumna from LOVB Austin will be our special guest! Right now we’ve got The Grapevine on and you know you gotta catch The Traffic Jam folks from 4 to 6 PM!

$5,000 creative grants are now available through the City of Austin Nexus Grant! New creatives in the Austin area are en...
01/30/2025

$5,000 creative grants are now available through the City of Austin Nexus Grant! New creatives in the Austin area are encouraged to apply. Applications are open through March 6th. Learn more at the Nexus Grant website, austintexas.gov/nexus.

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Austin Community Radio, Inc. operating as KAZI 88.7 is the oldest community station in Austin. The station is a listener-supported, non-commercial community radio station, staffed almost entirely by volunteers who work together out of a sense of commitment and concern for our community. Our mission is to reach and provide educational programming and information with special emphasis on media access for the African-American community and other groups previously unserved by existing radio stations in Austin. KAZI was the dream of the late Dr. John Warfield, professor of African-American Studies at the University of Texas. With generous funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and loaned tower space from LBJ-S Broadcasting, KAZI began transmitting on August 29, 1982. Although KAZI was launched with the aid of public funding, it currently survives entirely on donations from listeners and support from commercial sponsors. The station also receives monies from the City of Austin for the broadcast of the weekly City Council meeting. KAZI remains a strong force in the Austin Community with its unique mix of R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Gospel, Blues, Reggae, Zydeco, Talk, Community Information, Independent News and more… KAZI also takes pride in supporting and promoting local artists as well as national artists on small independent labels. Since 1982, KAZI has been serving Austin and the surrounding communities. The station maintains a family atmosphere with a volunteer staff that loves what they do, which keeps the listening audiences always wanting more.