Thanks to everyone that supported Sun Radio in the month of July for the Summer Of Giving! With those donations, we were able to complete the $10,000 match pledged by Tito’s Handmade Vodka. That’s now $20,000 to the Sun Radio Foundation! Why donate to Sun Radio? Not only do we provide “the best music under the sun” 24/7/365 but we give back to our community. Your donation directly supports initiatives like the Sun Radio Recharge, through which we’ve given back...
Sun Radio Recharge: The Sun Radio Recharge program encapsulates all the Sun Radio Foundation’s outward giving initiatives. During times of crisis or great need, through this program, the foundation is able to provide immediate financial relief to the community. Starting in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic to date, the Sun Radio Recharge has served over 1,000 Central Texans and donated roughly over $120,000 back to the community. In just one year, the foundation has raised over $270,000 towards these initiatives...
Sun Radio’s Denver O’Neal was featured on Good Day Austin/Fox 7 to talk about the station’s solar initiatives and the impact it’s had on our community during the severe winter weather. Check out the interview...
Sun Radio will be taking part in Giving Tuesday (December 1st), the annual global day of giving back to non-profts! Considering being a Solar Panel member? Now’s the time! As an incentive to encourage new Solar Panel members on Giving Tuesday, Sun Radio is giving all new members who pledge to donate a monthly minimum of $15 (or more) or a one-time donation of $180 (or more), a $25 gift card to the following: Mornings with Kevin Connor (6a-10a): Johnny G’s Meat Market Middays with...
Introducing the Sun Radio Side Hustle! Calling all Central Texas musicians, roadies, and sound techs: If you have a side hustle in addition to your music career- guitar lessons, dog walking, personal shopping, etc. – that helps supplement your income listen up! We are dedicating our platform to help showcase your services. How does it work? After filling out the form, if approved, Sun Radio will list your side hustle (your other job) on our website. Throughout the duration of...
Sun Radio is close to completion on it’s brand new studios at 4020 Menchaca Rd. in South Austin! Check out the progress we’ve made so far: Thanks to the following businesses for helping out with the new studios: Beckham Development Calhoun IT Services...
Oh, the weather outside is frightful… Yeah, like, 115 degrees frightful! It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Time to hang the stockings, put up the tree, and deck the halls as Sun Radio presents: Christmas in July! Hear all your Holiday favorites starting Thursday 7/30 at 6pm through Saturday at 6am. Listen on Sun Radio and worldwide at SunRadio.com. Have a Christmas In July request? Record it via our SHOUT OUT feature on the free Sun...
An anonymous donor has contributed $200,000 to Sun Radio’s Recharge program to help Central Texas musicians affected by COVID-19. As announced today by Mark Murray, the program which started out with a $10,000 grant from the Sun Radio Foundation to help local musicians, gig workers, roadies, sound technicians, grew to over $30,000 when local businesses and over 200 individuals donated to the fund. After we hit our goal, a mysterious check came in the mail. We had to take time...
This week on the Sun Radio Regional Report, Kevin Connor talks with Rowena Houghton Dasch, Executive Director at the Neill-Cochran House Museum in UT’s West Campus area. But the home predates the university by almost 30 years. It was out in the country when completed in 1856, constructed by skilled craftsmen who were also slaves. The topic of pre-Civil War race relations is addressed in the program, If These Walls Could Talk, which resumes when the museum reopens under appropriate safety...
Here are some great new local releases you will hear on Sun Radio…the Sound of Our Town, supported by Schlotzsky’s, Blackfeather Vintage Works, and Friends & Allies Brewing! Israel Nash – “Canyonheart” from his new EP Topaz, recorded at his hill country studio Plum Creek Sound and co-produced by Adrian Quesada (of Austin’s Black Pumas). Dr. Joe – “Believer” co-produced by another “sound-of-our-towner” Abhi the Nomad, mixed and mastered at the legendary Abbey...
