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New and Increased Donations are Matched in December at KBOO!

Double your donation and help us spread the good news about KBOO’s matching grants in December!! Click here to donate today-thank you! All donations from new donors and all increased annual donations from current members will be matched 1:1 by generous foundations... Read more

KBOO Foundation Fall Raffle 2010 ~ Winners

Winners for the Fall 2010 Raffle Grand Prize: $400 Gift Certificate to Breitenbush Hot Springs & be a guest dj for 1 hour on your favorite KBOO musical program. Winner: Marisa Anderson 2nd Prize: $50 Gift Certificate to a local restaurant, $130 Gift Certificate to Portland... Read more

A "REAL" JAMAICAN Has Passed ! :(

Peter Charles Rankine Lived in Portland a little over 3 years, by way of Atlanta, Originally from Jamaica ! Read about this outstanding Jamaican on his Virtual Memorial page. Go to ////////////////////////////////////////////////// www.floralhillsmemorygarde... Read more

Real Life Adventures in Live Remote Broadcasting

In our last episode you may remember our intrepid technical and air talent volunteers broadcasting live from remote locations such as the Occupy Encampment, the Waterfront Blues Festival, PDX Pop Now, The Q Center and Pickathon. We link back to the station using audi... Read more

Writers on Craft: Poet David Abel

Local Portland Poet, teacher and bookseller talks with about what attracted him to poetry, the importance of reading poetry and what we can learn from a "bad" poem. Read more

Tryin this out!

This is admitedly my first blog ever... Membership drive time is always crazy fun here at the station... we have people running around constantly trying to make everything smooth :) Somehow this drive seems more relaxed than those in the past. Read more

Bread and Roses is Women History Month every Friday!

What? Is this really happening? I thought to myself: “Here is a fifty some year old man, sitting at my kitchen table, describing to me, without me prompting the conversation, the strong women who influenced the way he lives his life.” He spoke about his mother, his gran... Read more

National Kidney Foundation Walk - Portland

KBOO is a proud co-sponsor of the Portland Kidney Walk When: June 26th, 2010 Where: Pioneer Courthouse Square When: Check-In @ 9AM - Walk Begins @ 10:30AM What is the Kidney Walk? The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Walk is a non-competitive, fundraising walk focusing o... Read more

NO Show till the 27th...but some cool shout outs

Hey y'all, I'm not scheduled again till the 27th of May but in my stead will be Jamilah with a special Stevie Wonder Birthday special! Also that night at the FIX will be special guest DJ Madlib in the house. One other special event is tomorrow night- Someday Lounge-MJ... Read more

Best Worst Movie, opening today (9/10/10) at the Hollywood Theater

Best Worst Movie (Doc 2009) Director: Michael Stephenson In 1990, an Italian film crew came to a small town in Utah to create a horror film, working title Goblins. The result was eventually released as Troll 2, though it had nothing to do with Troll (1986). T2 has become... Read more