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Today we successfully pulled off our show with me as adult advocate! It was amazing to finally sit back and see what all the other youth can do! It was pretty smooth- a few of the usual glitches and a lot of freaking out behind the scenes- but there was some great conten... Read more

KBOO's Winter Membership Drive begins on Friday, January 22nd. We still have opportunities for volunteers to staff the phones during our nine-day on air fundraiser, which ends Saturday, January 30th. Shifts are available from early morning through the evening. Please c... Read more

Thanks to our members, KBOO is off to a great start for a new year of exciting, vital radio!  Thanks for helping to protect and strengthen one of the few strong independent media sources in the region, even the nation!  Support KBOO with a year end donation! With commun... Read more

 We knew it would come down to this. The Republicans can't win on the issues. The well of fear-mongering has run dry. Most Americans now realize that Barack Obama is, in fact, black. So they're trying to steal it, like we knew they would. The long-expected voter purges hav... Read more

Thank goodness for friends like Rita Rega.   With no notice, she stepped in and, tastefully and swingingly, took over "Jazz In The Afternoon" after our house fire on New Year's day.   A big debt of gratitude is due her. Please expect nothing but the best jazz to continue from ... Read more

Next week the Portland City Council consider an $85 million proposal by Merritt Paulson to bring major league soccer to Portland. Paulson wants the city to contribute $20-$40 million of urban renewal money - funds intended to combat "urban blight" - to close the deal. Pa... Read more

I'll be interviewing two local women writers, Anjala Ehelebe author of Images of America: Portland's Woodlawn Neighborhood and Jewel Lansing author of My Montana: A History and Memoir - 1930-1950.  Anjala takes us through a historic accounting of the Woodlawn neighborhoo... Read more