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Evening News Correction: VP nominee Tim Walz advised high school Gay-Straight Alliance in 1999

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  In the KBOO Evening Newscast that aired on 8/6/24, we misstated when Vice Presidential Nominee and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz helped advise a high school Gay-Straight Alliance club. Walz took on this role in 1999. We mistakenly said he started the role in the early 2000... Read more

Take KBOO's 2024 Election Agenda Survey!

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  This election season, KBOO is doing our election coverage a bit differently. We want to know what our listeners and community in Oregon and Southwest Washington are most concerned about. What do YOU want candidates to be talking about? Are you most concerned about housin... Read more

Star Wars Worlds Hype 2024

Excited to play Star Wars: X-Wing, Legion and Shatterpoint at AdeptiCon 2024. Chicago (Schaumburg, IL) with weird and funky Star Wars Music and samples!     https://web.cvent.com/event/d6ffac40-ca75-4263-83a8-8a9af6d97f63/summary Read more

MarchFourth Worldwide: The International Documentary Films

Interview with MarchFourth band documentarian, Kevin Balmer (Diggable Monkey) about his MarchFouth Documenaty Films and Showing tonight March1st, 2024 at the Abbey (and World Wide)   MarchFourth Worldwide: The International Documentary Films Friday, March 1, 2024 8:00 ... Read more

Understanding How AI works: An Interview with Leila Kaneda

This Thursday at 9am don't miss episode #2 of The Imaginary Possible. host Suzanne LaGrande speaks with Machine Learning Engineer Leila Kaneda. Among other things Suzanne and Leila discuss: What Machine Learning Is Some common misconceptions people have about AI Data Bi... Read more

The Imaginary Possible starts this Thursday at 9am

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From chatbots to applicant tracking systems and facial recognition, AI is transforming our world or the better and for the worse. Each week on the Imaginary Possible Podcast, I talk to experts in AI, as well ordinary people who are asking big questions about our future — w... Read more

Multnomah County Board of Commissioners/MCAS Response

FULL TEXT OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS / MCAS RESPONSE  TO VOICES FOR THE ANIMALS INQUIRY ABOUT ONGOING ISSUES AT MCAS AS OBSERVED BY VOLUNTEERS   The lack of concrete improvements in the conditions for animals living at the shelter. That is not true. Animal Servic... Read more

Fostering Community Connections

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Happy May Day! Please join us on Monday, May 1st at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Kayla Victor of the International Prisoners' Family Conference about their upcoming workshop in Portland titled "Fostering Community Connections" on May 4... Read more

In Memory of S.J. Oxendine

Dear Community, We are saddened to inform you that KBOO has lost a beloved volunteer, DJ, reporter, and friend: S.J. Oxendine. S.J. was a part of the Blues Junction Collective. He hosted every 3rd Saturday from 5 to 7pm. S.J. was one of those super volunteers that was alw... Read more

Spinitron Auto-Recognition

As of October 7th, 2022, We are testing out a Spinitron Add-on that uses Automated Recognition to create playlist for you! Similar to the app Shazam, Spinitron uses ACR Cloud to detect musical broadcast and log them into your playlist. We are still learning how this all wor... Read more