page_title: Larry Monroe (radio personality)
section_title: Texas Radio Live
hierarchical_section_title: Larry Monroe (radio personality) / Radio career / Texas Radio Live
caption_attribution_description: English: Larry Monroe founded and hosted Texas Radio Live on Sun Radio in Austin, Texas. Each week the program featured two guest bands who performed and and were interviewed by Monroe.
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: When Monroe moved to Austin in 1977, his goal was to put Austin music on the radio in the form of records, live performances, and interviews. Three months after his debut at KUT, he got permission to create Texas Trax, a program that would feature Texas musicians and later become known as Texas Music, a program that fulfilled his goal. One example of how Monroe easily fused a Texas influence into nationally acclaimed music is illustrated by this story: In 1982, a 22-year-old named Casey Monahan (later director of the Texas Music Office) contacted Monroe to ask permission to do a Jimi Hendrix special on his program. Larry welcomed guest DJs, so the answer was yes. Monroe and Monahan continued the specials for many years, always around Hendrix’s birthday. If the date fell near Blue Monday, they would play the blue side of Hendrix. If it fell on or near a Texas Radio night, they would play Texas musicians covering Hendrix. If it fell on a Thursday, they would create a thematic Phil Music. When Monroe joined Sun Radio in 2011 he wanted to bring back his Texas Radio program. Sun Radio founder, Daryl O’Neal, responded to this by suggesting they create a live version of it.
caption: Monroe at Texas Radio Live
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