KUTX/Austin Music Director Rick McNulty takes the wheel as afternoon host Monday through Thursday from 5-8pm. He takes the shift held by Jody Denberg who retired in August. A self-described life-long music and radio fanatic, McNulty — originally from Chicago — caught the radio bug at KXLU-FM at Loyola Marymount University’s student radio station. After making his way to Austin in 1996, he worked as a volunteer DJ on community radio station KOOP 91.7.

McNulty joined KUT in 2007, hosting the graveyard music shift on KUT 90.5 before it transformed into a 24×7 news and information service and KUTX 98.9 launched as a 24×7 music service in 2013. In 2014, he took over hosting duties for “Left of the Dial” from Jeff McCord. In 2016, McNulty assumed the Saturday night slot held for many years by Paul Ray’s “Twine Time” and rebranded it “Uptown Saturday Night.” In 2019, he was appointed KUTX Music Director.

“I’m very excited to have Rick in this new position,” said KUTX Program Director Matt Reilly. “His energy, enthusiasm and extensive knowledge about all kinds of music make him perfectly suited to host this show. I imagine Steely Dan and Prince fans will be extra pleased that Rick has more airtime now too.”

“These are some large shoes to fill, but I feel like I’ve learned firsthand from the best in the business,” said McNulty. “As a lifelong radio nerd, I’m pretty excited to be on the air every day at the greatest station in the nation.”