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It's KBOO's Holiday Membership Drive! Call 877-500-5266 or join online.

$8291 of $30,500 as of 11:30 am on Dec. 13th, 2018

Jo Ann Hardesty Returns to KBOO!

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Portland's newest City Council member and longtime community activist Jo Ann Hardesty returns to the KBOO airwaves to host her show Voices From the Edge on December 13th.   The legacy and impact of the "War on Drugs" on already vulnerable communities is hard to overstat... Read more

The End of Policing

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
  Join Theresa Mitchell's weekly look at the news you're not supposed to know and her conversation with Professor Alex S. Vitale.  They'll discuss his book THE END OF POLICING How the police endanger us and why we need to find an alternative: Recent years have seen an exp... Read more

70 Million - Reform Activists and a New DA Find Common Ground

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  70 MILLION AMERICANS 18+ HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD. The first season of 70 Million will focus on how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters will travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails and... Read more

Drawn to Berlin - Ali Fitzgerald

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Celebrate Words and Pictures' 15th anniversary on the air with a visit from Drawn to Berlin author Ali Fitgerald! Drawn to Berlin follows Ali's encounters with Syrian youth, as she teaches comics workshops at a makeshift refugee center in Germany and hears personal stor... Read more

AFROBEAT MARCHES ON

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  Africa-O-Ye!
Afrobeat, the powerful hybrid of jazz, funk and Nigerian highlife pioneered by Fela Kuti continues it's march into the future. We'll listen to music from many artists keeping that legacy alive today, including The Afromotive, Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble, Chicago Afrobeat Projec... Read more

Live Broadcast from GREEN HOP

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2018 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Effabl Radio
Join us as Effable Radio and Oba broadcast from Green Hop!   Green Hop is a recreational cannabis dispensary featuring a new, exciting twist on the retail experience.  The 1st Historical Hip Hop dispensary in the world that offers an Art and Digital technology experience.... Read more

Light at the End of the Tunnel for Yemen?

Airs at: Fri, 12/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  As of Tuesday, December 11th, the Senate is poised to vote on ending US support of the war on Yemen. According to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders: "Tomorrow, I will move to proceed to S.J. Res. 54, the resolution I have offered with Senators Lee and Murphy to end U.S. inv... Read more

Loving the Alien: A David Bowie Tribute

Airs at: Fri, 12/14/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Hello, Phil G here. Please join me and my co-hosts, Diablo and KatMeow, as we spend two hours paying tribute to the music and wonder that is David Bowie. Although he has left this plane (almost 3 years ago) his music and innovations still live on in the songs he wrote and ... Read more

Wanted! Your Support For Community Radio

Airs at: Sat, 12/15/2018 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  In 1976 RCA records released a compilation effort featuring musical outlaws Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tom Glaser. Described as "raucous, rebellious and decidedly uninterested in the blend of pop and country that was storming the charts at the time.... Read more

Jazz on Radio: KBOO and Beyond

Airs at: Sat, 12/15/2018 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
The reverence the disc jockey holds for jazz radio is legend. During KBOO membership drive The Motif explores the legacy created on Portland airwaves, and beyond.                             photo by Brandy Kayzakian-Rowe Photography Read more

EarthFire Wildlife Sanctuary

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  In this episode of “Voices for the Animals”, guest host Ender Black talks with Dr. Susan Eirich, the founder & director of the EarthFire Institute Sanctuary in Driggs, Idaho.          This sanctuary is a seminal  center for ecological & spiritual renewal  which strives t... Read more

Prison Pipeline hosts read your Holiday Messages

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Prison Pipeline hosts gather on Christmas Eve to read messages to your loved ones in and from prison.  Send your messages to kbooppc@gmail.com or mail to KBOO Prison Pipeline, 20 SE 8th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214, then tune in on December 24th at 6:30 pm. Happy Holidays fr... Read more