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An independent voice for 45 years

Donate Now! December 2012 2013 marks the 45th anniversary of KBOO Community Radio going on the air. Since 1968, KBOO has brought you news, information and music you won’t hear anywhere else on the radio dial. Thanks to you, KBOO is still broadcasting and continues... Read more

Food For Thought And Action: Springboard Social Innovation Forum

Listen to Radiozine on Tuesday, November 11th at 10:00 a.m. My guests will be Amy Pearl, Executive Director of Springboard Innovation and Katherine Ball, Organizer of the Social Innovation Forum. Springboard Innovation, a Portland-based nonprofit, sponsors the forum as pa... Read more

Open House at KBOO: See How We Broadcast Off Site

We will be broadcasting many festivals and events live from the community this summer, and we decided to have an Open House at KBOO to give the community an opportunity to see the equipment and production set up.This TUESDAY, June 7th, from 5 - 8pm, we will be broadcasti... Read more

Mic Crenshaw's Afrikan Hiphop Caravan 2015 Journey

AHC 2015: Baqi and I flew for what felt like a week. Portland to SFO, to JFK, to Istanbul, to Kilimanjaro, then after finding out Baqi’s checked bag didn’t make it we went on to catch a taxi the village of Embaseni, 35 minutes from Arusha. We stayed at the UAACC host... Read more

30 years gone

So CBS News Sunday Morning, in honor of its 30th birthday, conducted a poll using the same questions used by the CBS News/New York Times poll (and some other sources) 30 years ago. Some of the results were pretty interesting. WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR NEWS? CBS/NYT L.A. ... Read more

The Seamstress is Back!

Thursday nights' Active Listening keeps you on your toes with more hot new music from the Seamstress of Sound. Back from the Middle East, the Seamstress brings you beats, grooves and spoken word bringing you straight into Friday morning. Active Listening airs on the 2... Read more

Volunteers Keep KBOO Connected to Community!

KBOO brings the voices of our communities to the air with live broadcasts from celebrations, events, and cutting-edge lectures. Being able to respond to opportunities to broadcast from around town affords our listeners around the world the chance to be in touch with an ... Read more

December 27th - Playlist Spotlight

Bridget B. here, I really enjoy, listening to and playing for you, international music, which I strive to convey in the first hour of An Evening of Afrotainment. My professional work as an event producer has taken me to many countries and I always take pause to inhale t... Read more

Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Kathy Kelly

KBOO is a proud media sponsor for Kathy Kelly Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Kathy Kelly to Speak on Time Spent in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq "The Costs of War, the Price of Peace" Theme of August 5 PCC Cascade Talk Kathy Kelly, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee for her work to ... Read more

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010, now at the Hollywood Theater

Oscar-Nominated Short FilmsVarious directors.By definition a mixed bag, this group of shorts is almost unfairly constituted. How can one compare a film about a victim of Chernobyl with Nick Park’s latest Wallis & Gromit? It can’t do justice to either to have them compe... Read more