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12/31/2025

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12/26/2025

Fiona is joined by Rev. Dr. Malcolm Foley - Special Advisor to the President for Equity and Campus Engagement at Baylor University. Malcolm played a central role in the development of the Baylor Memorial to Enslaved Persons, recently unveiled in front of Pat Neff Hall—an important moment of reckoning and remembrance in the university’s history.

Andrea Barefield - one of the city’s most consistent champions for the arts, STEAM education, and cultural investment as tools for long‑term opportunity. Andrea serves on the Waco City Council representing District 1 and is currently Mayor Pro Tem.

Taylor Vieger - Director of Marketing and Communications for the Baylor University School of Music. With a background in film, commercial directing, and brand strategy, Taylor brings a digital‑first, audience‑driven approach to how music institutions connect with the world.

and Tom Balk - Director of Strategic Initiatives for the City of Waco, where he leads major planning, placemaking, and public‑private partnership efforts. A registered landscape architect by training, Tom has been instrumental in some of Waco’s most transformative projects.

12/25/2025

Whether you're welcoming Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa into your home, we wish you and yours the very best. Thank you for being an integral part of this community. ❤

12/23/2025

With each new membership, each renewed membership and each additional gift, we move closer towards safety and to keeping Waco Public Radio alive in the heart of Texas! If you haven't yet, give what you can today at KWBU.org

12/20/2025

Congratulations to KWBU member Scott Snyder, winner of two e-bikes from Bear Mountain Bicycles (donated anonymously by a generous family of Waco Public Radio supporters)!

12/20/2025

This is a community moment.

KWBU is just over $75,000 away from our goal — and when listeners come together, they can achieve incredible things!

If you’ve never given before, now’s the perfect time to be part of it. Even a small gift helps push us across the finish line.

Let’s carry KWBU into the new year — together.

Donate today at KWBU.org and

12/20/2025

Waco public radio station KWBU-FM will have a new president and CEO next month, with Lydia Tate replacing Joe Riley as he retires Jan. 17, the station announced Friday.

12/20/2025

On this holiday edition of I Hear America Singing. Ross Burns features a wide range of Christmas music from traditional sacred songs such as Good King Wenceslas and The Cherry Tree Carol to spirituals Rise Up Shepherd and What Month Was My Jesus Born.

From the Cowboy Poetry tradition Cowboy Christmas Ball and Christmas 1952 to pop songs Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Silver Bells, and All I Want for Christmas.

From Americana singer-songwriter selections like Light of the Stable and Hard Candy Christmas to historical events in Christmas in the Trenches.

Performers include Odetta, Bobby Bridger, Michael Martin Murphey, Joan Baez, Cindy Lauper, Gene Autry, John McCutcheon, The Weavers and many more.

They all join Ross in wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas.

12/19/2025

When the sleigh is in the shop, the list is getting checked twice, and the elves need something better than mall music—Santa tunes in to Waco Public Radio. Thoughtful stories, smart conversation, and music with soul? Even the big guy has standards.

If KWBU keeps your season bright—on early mornings, long drives, or quiet winter nights—now’s the time to give back. Your donation keeps Santa’s favorite station on the air for everyone.

Secure a guaranteed spot on the nice list.

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