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About the recent departure of two KBOO programmers

Today it was announced that long-time KBOO program Press*Watch would no longer be airing. We know that this is a surprise to listeners of the show. Press*Watch host Theresa had originally announced that she was taking a short break from her program, but ultimately dec... Read more

Evening News Correction: One million acres impacted by wildfires

At the beginning of the Evening News program on Tuesday, September 15, we incorrectly identified the number of homes and structures impacted by recent wildfires. The fire has impacted one million acres, not one million homes, as we incorrectly stated. Our apologies fo... Read more

KBOO's Citizen Agenda Survey is out now!

This election season, KBOO is doing our election coverage a bit differently. We want to know what our listeners and community is most concerned about. What do you want candidates to be talking about? Are you most concerned about housing, the environment or transportat... Read more

Drop into the Floating World with Threshold Shift Aug. 29

Produced for: Threshold Shift

This Saturday, August 29 from 12 - 3am PST, Threshold Shift will be taking you beyond the Pale into the Floating Worlds of the Irish Sea and Panther Creek in the Wind River Watershed. The show is getting back to it's ecophile roots for what we hope will be a soothing, ... Read more

Protest Reporting Webinar on August 15th

KBOO News will be offering a Protest Reporting Webinar on August 15h, taught by former KBOO News Director and author of "Street Journalist: Understand and Report the News in Your Community," Lisa Loving with KBOO Web Coordinator Jenka Soderberg. This class is open t... Read more

Taking Precautions at KBOO

Recently, a staff member found a piece of paper glued to the ground in front of KBOO that contained a vaguely threatening message. Out of an abundance of caution, Jenna and Celeste have decided to preemptively cover the windows at the station with wooden boards. There ha... Read more

R.I.P. Lorenzo Milam (1933-2020)

KBOO would like to express our deepest condolences on the recent passing of Lorenzo Milam. Lorenzo was a pioneer in community radio. His belief in and passion for community radio lead to the nickname "The Johnny Appleseed of Community Radio" due to his pioneering effort... Read more

July 31- Webinar- The Long and Twisted Tale of Jordan Cove LNG

Produced for: Locus Focus

The Salem Progressive Film Series in collaboration with KBOO Community Radio and the Media Project, is presenting The Long and Twisted Tale of Jordan Cove LNG, a slideshow that accompanies Part Two of Barbara Bernstein's "Holding the Thin Green Line” radio documentary se... Read more

Correction: PPB press conference question

At a press conference held by the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) on July 8, 2020, Deputy Chief Chris Davis explained the PPB's approach to ongoing protests related to police brutailty and racial justice. In a question and answer session, a KBOO reporter asked the follow... Read more

KBOO Volunteer Reporters Arrested at Protest

Press Contact: Althea Billings, News Director newsdirector@kboo.org Two KBOO volunteer contributors, Lesley McLam and Cory Elia were arrested at protests for racial justice in Portland on the evening of June 30th. In a livestream video, McLam and Elia identified themse... Read more