As part of KUT's 50th anniversary celebration, BBC has been in town since Monday doing their live show, World Have Your Say. Yesterday they were on the air from UT's Communications Courtyard, discussing capital punishment, when KLRU's Docubloggers found them. They will be in town through Friday - their show is airing throughout the week at noon on KUT.......

Produced by the Downtown Austin Alliance, Action Figure, and KLRU-TV, Lonestar Emmy award-winning show DOWNTOWN offers insightful glimpses into urban life here in Austin. Focusing on the inevitable vignettes that make up our experience here in this special community, Downtown has become one of the most-watched programs here in Austin and beyond. ...

There's something in the water affecting documentary filmmakers lately, because this week marks the third time this month a high-profile doc has been freely released to the public. Maybe it's the election, or maybe it's the recession, but it's starting to look like a sea-change in distribution patterns. Tonight KLRU screens The Choice 2008, a new film co-written and co-produced by Peabody-winning filmmaker and UT professor Paul Stekler, who'll be there tonight....

U.K. songstress Duffy comes to Austin tomorrow for a special taping of KLRU's Austin City Limits television show. If you'd like a chance to catch this immensely talented singer/songwriter—who's drawn comparisons to Amy Winehouse sans pickled liver or (complaints welcome in the comments section) Aretha herself—while she's in town, enter our giveaway contest below. The taping takes place tomorrow, Wednesday, October 8th, at 3 p.m., so entrants should figure out a clever last-minute excuse......

KLRU-TV and Conspirare are bringing the latter's Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble to the small screen in a one-hour concert to air nationally on PBS next March. The contemporary-meets-classical performance will be taped at the Long Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, October 12, at 7 p.m. The taping is free — but you'll need a ticket if you'd like to attend. Free tickets will be distributed to the public at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 7,......

If you'd like a shot at these coveted tickets, you'll need to fill out our contest form on the ACL page when it launches tomorrow morning. The contest will be up for a few hours; we'll be randomly selecting 50 or so winners from the entrants. Each winner will receive two space-available tickets to the taping. (Disclaimer: as always, these tickets are "space available" and do not guarantee admission to the taping. Doors open at 7 p.m., space available line opens at 5 p.m., and early arrival is strongly recommended.)...

If you've never seen KLRU's brilliant documentary program "Downtown", you're in luck--the first three seasons of the locally-produced show are now available for viewing online. And for your convenience, they're separated into bite-sized segments and organized by category (which makes them perfect for lunchtime or study-break viewing)....

In an effort to improve their online video content, KLRU would appreciate your feedback. They've put together a quick 15-question that takes just a few minutes to complete—as a thank you for your time, anyone who submits his or her email address at the end of the survey will be entered for a chance to win two guaranteed-admission tickets to a future Austin City Limits taping. [survey]......

Update: Ticket drop #3 has now closed. Congratulations to all of our winners, who'll be contacted later today. Here's your third and final chance to score two space-available tickets to tomorrow evening's Thievery Corporation taping at KLRU's Austin City Limits Studios. In order to enter this last round, click on over to our IST List page, where you'll find the contest form on the left column. Best of luck! Austinist's Weekly IST List: austinist.com/istlist Disclaimer:......

Be one of the first twenty five folks to fill out the form below and you'll score two space-available tickets to tomorrow evening's Thievery Corporation taping at KLRU's Austin City Limits Studios: Update: Ticket drop #2 has now closed. If you missed this chance, check back with us later today. If you missed this chance, check back with us later today. Austinist's Thievery Corporation ACL Taping Giveaways on Tuesday, June 24 Between 9 a.m. to......

Be one of the first twenty five folks to fill out the form below and you'll score two space-available tickets to tomorrow evening's Thievery Corporation taping at KLRU's Austin City Limits Studios: Update: Ticket drop #1 has now closed. If you missed this chance, check back with us later today. Austinist's Thievery Corporation ACL Taping Giveaways on Tuesday, June 24 Between 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Between 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Between 3 p.m.......

Washington, D.C. electronic duo Thievery Corporation are in town this week. Their Tuesday night show at Stubb's with Ocote Soul Sounds is already sold out, but they're sticking around another night to record an episode of KLRU's Austin City Limits. ...

"Unfortunately, no one watches it": NBC's head entertainment honcho seems pessimistic about the chances of a third season of Austin-filmed Friday Night Lights. KLRU's Tom Spencer to head up Austin Area Interreligious Ministries. All of the City's diesel fleet will soon run on bio-diesel. 17-year-old charged with two counts of sexual assault on the Texas State campus....