Recent Blog Posts

Remembering Jim Braun

We are saddened by the sudden loss of long-time friend and volunteer Jim Braun, 79, who passed away August 24, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage from a bad fall. Jim was a native of Portland and was dedicated to community radio. He was not on the air very often but ... Read more

Kennedy's letter to Obama

Sept. 10,2009 Here's the letter from Ted Kennedy to President Obama, written shortly after the Senator learned his cancer was terminal. Dear Mr. President, I wanted to write a few final words to you to express my gratitude for your repeated personal kindnesses to me – and ... Read more

Richard Francis ~ 1948 - 2009

(NOTE: I originally posted this on my personal blog last week and intended it for those who might not necessarily be familiar with KBOO or its programming, hence the preamble that might seem superflous (and perhaps inaccurate - Sorry!) to those closer to the subject.) A... Read more

Movie Talk: Links of Interest – a review of LORNA'S SILENCE

Here is a link to my Vancouver Voice review of the Dardenne Brothers' new film Lora's Silence, opening at the Hollywood on Friday, September 11th, 2009 Read more

Afro-Caribbean!

A little bug occured recently that caused program pages to list a show as "Afro-Caribbean" if the page is updated. That is fixed now but you may need to go back and reset your show's music genres or public affairs topics. Read more

Review of 9, opening today (9/9/09)

9 (Computer Animation)Director: Shane AckerVoices of: Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin GloverThe reason that Pixar is the best at computer animated films is because they spend time and money on a script. Others ... Read more

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