03/13/20: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

03/13/20: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

By Ally Bolender Assistant Web Content Manager March 13, 2020-10:26 p.m. SAN MARCOS, Texas -- Texas State University, Texas State University President Denise Trauth and Texas Governor Greg Abbott provided statements and updates regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The Office of the Governor sent out a release requiring that all state agencies cancel non-essential travel and all international travel. All state agency-related conferences are postponed until further notice. In addition, Abbott encourages minimal […]

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Music

Just Music for KTSW

By Margaret GallagherMusic Journalist Sometimes you’ve got to give yourself over to instrumentals. It’s no secret that music affects most greatly, but the influences of music are highly variable. Either encouraging you to dance or to cry, it all is seemingly dependent on your association to the messages. These messages, specifically the catalytic effect they have on our neurons, could be born of the elements of vocals that resonate with […]

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Culture

Austin Film Festival is Right Around The Corner

By Timia CobbWeb Content Contributor The Austin Film Festival is dedicated to influencing art, craft, the business of screenwriting and film making by having year round gatherings and affairs. Austin Film festival take place Oct. 24 -31. The week will be filled with a diverse choice of 180 films to view, conferences, roundtables, film pitch competitions, script writing sessions and more. The festival starts soon and has various passes you […]

October 24, 2019 47

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Culture

10 Things to do in San Marcos This Fall Season

By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor It’s fall time in the Hill Country. That means cool weather, pumpkin patches and football. When it becomes too cold for Sewell, don’t get bored sitting inside! There are plenty of things to do in San Marcos to get that fall feeling going. Here are some things to do around the San Marcos area this fall season. 1. Texas State University’s Mass Comm Week Mass […]

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Culture

Austin Film Festival is Back!

By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor Austin Film Festival season is back, baby! Austin Film Festival is Oct. 24 – 31 this year – eight days of films across seven venues with the industry’s best professionals. Come check out the films on the verge of release, Oscar nominees, television premieres, competition films and documentaries featured during the festival. There will also be script readings and Q&As by your favorite writers, actors […]

October 1, 2019 52

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Culture

Top Tracks From Netflix Shows

By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor Apart from listening to KTSW, I get most of my music from my friends or, surprisingly, the shows I stream on various services. I’ve even found some of my favorite bands from binging Netflix late at night, pausing every once in a while to Shazam the track playing in the background. Here, I’ve compiled a few of my favorite songs from the shows I have […]

July 13, 2019 153

Bobcat Radio

Jake Spavital Joins Bobcat Radio’s Semester Finale

By Mark BrownAssistant Sports Director Ladies and gentlemen, this is officially the last Bobcat Radio of the spring 2019 semester. I know, time just keeps slipping into the future just like Seal said in his 1996 hit single, “Fly Like An Eagle” off the "Space Jam" soundtrack. The Monday crew included the usual Mark Brown, Deshaun Hartley and Connor MacKinnon. The crew discussed some updates of the Bobcat baseball and […]

May 6, 2019 34

Music

KTSW Music Staff Picks: April Showers

By Conner YarbroughMusic Director Grab your rain boots, umbrellas and Allegra (or Claritin or Mucinex or Zyrtec or any other allergy medicine of your choice) because it’s officially spring here in San Marcos - if you don’t believe me, run your finger along the hood of your car and I’ll bet it’s covered in pollen when you look at it. Unless, of course, the season’s storms have given you an […]

April 15, 2019 80

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Podcasts

Music Rewind: Dearly Beloved

By Aimee HuckebaPodcast Producer Music Rewind is a new podcast at KTSW that conversationally sheds light on the feats and careers of music legends that have long since earned their spot as a household name. Host Aimee Huckeba alongside Lexi Ashbury and Kaitlyn Watson aim to tell the legends behind the names, the little known facts, and the modern influence that timeless acts continue to have on every generation. Music […]

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