page_title: Larry Monroe (radio personality)
section_title: KUT
hierarchical_section_title: Larry Monroe (radio personality) / Radio career / KUT
caption_attribution_description: English: Larry Monroe, a DJ at Austin's NPR station for nearly 30 years, poses in the control room of the station, KUT-FM.
context_page_description: Larry Monroe was an American radio personality. He hosted popular radio shows on Austin's NPR station KUT 90.5 from 1981–2010, and KDRP 103.1, Sun Radio, from 2011–2014. In January 2014, speaking with a group of noted musicians at Austin's Continental Club, Austin blues guitarist guitarist Eve Monsees said “ I don’t think that any one person did more for Austin music than Larry Monroe.”
context_section_description: In 1981 Monroe was hired at KUT-FM for a five-night-a-week jazz program in which he played a combination of jazz and blues interspersed with comedy. He went on to create and host Texas Radio, Segway City, Blue Monday, and Phil Music. He was a frequent host of KUT’s Live Set program.
  Monroe was well known for his in-depth musical knowledge and clever use of segues that linked songs to create captivating radio sets.
  He preferred to refer to them as segways, a play on words. He championed Austin singer-songwriters and Austin-produced music in general and felt strongly that DJs should be allowed the freedom to create their own unique programming. In the Summer of 2009 KUT's station management began to exercise more artistic control over Monroe's programs and cut his on-air time. He left the station at the end of August 2010 after 29 years at KUT.
caption: Monroe in KUT control room
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