Nathan Cone

Director of Marketing & Digital Content

Texas Public Radio’s Director of Marketing and Digital Content has been with the organization since 1995.  Nathan began at TPR working on classical music station KPAC 88.3 FM, as host of “Tuesday Night at the Opera.”  He soon learned the ropes on KSTX 89.1 FM, and volunteered to work practically any shift that came his way, on either station. Since then he has worked in nearly every capacity on the radio before moving into Marketing and Digital Media.

A native of Spring, Texas, Nathan began his broadcasting career while studying at San Antonio’s Trinity University, where he majored in Communication, with minors in Communication Management and Art/Art History.  At Trinity University’s KRTU, he was a student manager, serving as Jazz Program Director and Operations Manager.  Nathan graduated with a B.A. in Communication from Trinity University with minors in Communication Management and Art/Art History.

Currently, Nathan enjoys studying classic and contemporary films, especially those of the late director Stanley Kubrick.  He's the curator of Texas Public Radio's popular summer film series, Cinema Tuesdays.  He’s a musical omnivore, with a house full of classical, rock, and jazz compact discs and LPs. His favorite classical composer is Beethoven. His favorite jazz performer is Miles Davis, his favorite rock band is The Beatles, and his favorite film is Singin' in the Rain, which he enjoys watching with his wife and two children.

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9:14 am
Mon May 20, 2013

San Antonio Spurs, "A Model Of Consistency"

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The rest of the country is beginning to know what we've known all along in San Antonio. As one of TPR's listeners wrote to us, "the Spurs are only boring if you don't like good basketball."
The San Antonio Spurs are the best team you don't pay any attention to. Known for efficient defense, rebounds, and a little slower pace, they're the team people keep expecting to go away, but they never do.
TPR Events & Initiatives
2:16 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

KTXI 90.1 Off-Air (Part Time) For Maintenance

Beginning Saturday, May 18, listeners to KTXI 90.1 FM in the Hill Country will experience signal loss as KTXI is taken off-air to allow additional antennas to be installed on the tower the station is broadcast from.

These antennas are not for KTXI use, but are being installed by a cell phone tenant that leases space on the tower, just as Texas Public Radio does.

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Camp KPAC
1:01 pm
Mon April 15, 2013

Camp KPAC: One Student's Experience

Credit Nathan Cone
TPR's Paul Flahive speaks to Kelly Holguin about her radio piece.

Last summer, seven area high school students took part in the inaugural Camp KPAC, learning radio and recording skills with TPR's James Baker, Nathan Cone, and Paul Flahive. Here's what Clark High School student Kelly Holguin said about her experience: 

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Movies
10:36 pm
Tue April 9, 2013

The Texas History Behind John Ford's "The Searchers"

Credit Wikimedia Commons
Cynthia Ann Parker, c. 1860 or 1861.

John Ford's 1956 film "The Searchers" is one of the finest of the great director's career. And with its overtones of racism, it's also one of his most complicated. In the movie, Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) goes on a years-long quest to find his niece, Debbie, who has been abducted by Comanche Indians. As the search drags on, his hatred for the Comanche intensifies, and by the time he finds Debbie (Natalie Wood), fully integrated into the Comanche Nation, he doesn't know whether to save her or kill her.

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Arts & Culture
3:33 pm
Tue April 2, 2013

"Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" Live In Cinemas

It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! like you've never seen it before! Because, well, normally you can't see it -- it's a radio show.

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Movies
2:00 am
Fri March 29, 2013

"The Girl" Hopes To Change Border Myths

In 1998, writer/director David Riker explored New York City’s Latin American immigrant population through the anthology film “La Ciudad,” a film striking for its documentary-like feel. Although he planned to follow up that film with another narrative feature about the US-Mexico border, the wealth of information and research he came across led him to change some of the preconceived notions he had about la frontera

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Community
3:11 pm
Wed March 27, 2013

New Program Lineup on KSTX 89.1 FM

Beginning the week of April 1, listeners to KSTX 89.1 FM will hear several exciting new programs on the weekends, as well as an expanded edition of Texas Public Radio's award-winning program, "The Source."

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Community
10:25 am
Fri March 22, 2013

High School Students Can Learn Radio At Camp KPAC

Credit James Baker
Morning Edition host Crystal Chavez explains the KSTX studio to Camp KPAC students.

Are you a high school student who is interested in learning what it's like to work at a radio station?

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SXSW
2:42 pm
Thu March 14, 2013

SXSW 2013: San Antonio High School Students Showcase

Repeat visits are in store this year for two San Antonio high schools at the South By Southwest Film Festival.  You'll have an opportunity to show your support at a public screening of these and other Texas High School Shorts on Saturday, March 16, 6 p.m. at Austin's Carver Museum Boyd Vance Theater. 

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SXSW
4:48 pm
Wed March 13, 2013

SXSW 2013: Quietly Affecting Family Drama, "This Is Where We Live"

The quietly moving rural drama “This Is Where We Live,” follows the friendship that develops between August Sutton, a young man with cerebral palsy, and Noah, a local handyman hired to help August’s family around the house. Their relationship eventually changes the family dynamic and lessens the burden on the matriarch, Diane, who’s been carrying the family on her shoulders for years.

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