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Tank the Tanks

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Just before northbound traffic reaches the St. Johns Bridge, three new billboards have appeared on Hwy 30/St Helens Road in Linnton.  They are part of the Tank the Tanks campaign. The billboards perch alongside the six mile-long Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub. The... Read more

The Micro World of Dr Doom

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
This week the Sampler presents a radio adventure of the Fantastic Four. Who confront Dr Doom with the help of The Ant Man. Al this and lots of music. Read more

Labor Radio

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2023 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join host Tina Turner-Morfitt and Deborah Hall for the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists segment of labor radio. Our guest is Rebekah Whittaker, conference coordinator, who reflects the enthusiasm of a passionate educator. She has a 20-year history of labor activism and is... Read more

Stopping the HALT Act

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On May 25, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (HALT) Act (H.R. 467). The bill expands mandatory minimums for fentanyl analogue cases and permanently schedules all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I, without first test... Read more

JoyceChat Comedy Radio E3

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2023 at 11:30pm - Tue, 06/06/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  JoyceChat Comedy Radio
Interviews, skits and stand up comedy. Joyce Nanceinterviews Portland comedians plus skits.  Lewis Sequiera applys for a pre-school teacher job. Erycka Day explains about her life in 2021 Jake Quanbeck is in the middle of getting away from a big bank job he pulled. And lo... Read more

A Musical Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot

Airs at: Wed, 06/07/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Pastures of Plenty
On May 1 we lost Gordon Lighhtfoot, one of the greatest songwriters of our time. His biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness." Today’s program is a musical tribut... Read more

Crafting Pinocchio

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  The Portland Art Museum's new exhibition "Crafting Pinocchio" takes visitors inside the world of Guillermo del Toro's Academy Award-winning version of Pinocchio, created largely in Portland with local stop-motion animators. Pinocchio Co-Director Mark Gustafson and Animat... Read more

Al Jean discusses Life with The Simpsons

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2023 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  The Ghost of Hollywood
  Comedic writer, Al Jean, visits with Ragan & Poxy to discuss his work writing for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Alf, & his career as a Writer & Producer for the sitcom, The Simpsons.         Read more

Film at 11 takes on contemporary issues this week on Friday 9 June, 2023

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Jeff Godsil on the play adaptation Proof, from 2005, Britta Gordon on xxxx, Matthew of KBOO's monthly bedtime story program Gremlin Time, on XXX, and in the DVD corner, the new Criterion Blu-ray of Targets, Peter Bogdanovich's thriller with Boris Karloff, from 1968 Read more

KBOO is hiring an Engagement Coordinator!

  KBOO Radio is hiring. We are currently accepting applications for the position of Engagement Coordinator.   The Engagement Coordinator is responsible for communicating KBOO’s mission and values across a variety of social media platforms,  and assists with presenting c... Read more