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  KBOO COMMUNITY RADIO’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RECRUITING Do you love KBOO Community Radio and its mission? Apply to join the Board of Directors! The Board of Directors of The KBOO Foundation governs the station: safeguarding its financial health, shaping its future, re... Read more

Radio Ahead Special Programming

  Chart a course for engaging radio in our “Radio Ahead” special programming season! Choose your own adventure amongst our plethora of specials ranging from enlightening interviews, to compelling talk radio, to dynamic music of all genres.  KBOO’s DJs are bringing you ... Read more

Celebrating the Music of Richard Thompson on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 04/03/2026 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning when we'll celebrate the birthday of Richard Thompson, who will also be in concert at Revolution Hall in Portland on Tuesday, April 14th (see link below).  We'll also enjoy new and favorite folk and roots music from To... Read more

Mike Russell discusses his book about the running film ON THE EDGE today on Film at 11 for Friday, 3 April, 2026

Airs at: Fri, 04/03/2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Today, Film at 11 welcomes friend-of-the-show Mike Russell to discuss his new book The Running Movie: Liner Notes for a Lost Sports FIlm,  about the making of Rob Nilsson's On the Edge starring Bruce Dern and Marin County.  .  Mike's book is available to read here. The ... Read more

Movin' On

Airs at: Fri, 04/03/2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Movin' On
Folk Classics with Ed Mellnik Read more

Swing 'n' Country

Airs at: Sat, 04/04/2026 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Swing 'n' Country
  Spring has Sprung!  Sweet, beautiful country music, Baseball and Love are ON the air this Saturday starting at 6:00 a.m., during the three-hour broadcast of Swing ’n’ Country on KBOO-FM. First Saturday hosts Graham and Robert Parish cover all the bases, beginning wi... Read more

We Choose To Be More Than Our Diagnoses

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2026 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
Jerry Ryan is a life coach, psychotherapist and best-selling author of Living Less Stressed, and he is one of the authors of the new book We Choose To Be More Than Our Diagnoses.  HOST Donald Altman, M.A., LPC, is a psychotherapist, international mindfulness expert, fo... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 6, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement returns to host an episode of the Old Mole, and we hear: Patricia Kullberg, our Well Read Red, reads excerpts from an article titled: “The Price of Not Knowing: Iran, Corporate Interests, and America’s Cycle of Violence,” by Sara Van Gelder. It was published... Read more

The Glories of Willamette Falls

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
  This show aired originally on February 16, 2026   The largest waterfall in North America is Niagara Falls, a world renowned tourist attraction with spectacular views from many angles. The second largest falls is Willamette Falls, 16 miles south of Portland, Oregon, wh... Read more

Rise When the Rooster Crows

Airs at: Thu, 04/09/2026 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Today's show is the first of three shows with songs and tune titles containing animal names. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 13, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes a re-broadcast from Against the Grain: While the wealthy disproportionately own real estate in the U.S., in many locales the properties of low income homeowners and especially homeowners of color are... Read more

Data Centers - Scourge and Organizing Opportunity

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on February 23, 2026   As data centers continue to pop up like noxious weeds, a growing movement is coming together to stop their spread. Like oil and gas pipelines before them, data centers are uniting people of diverse backgrounds and p... Read more

David Hockney at PAM

Airs at: Tue, 04/14/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews Julia Dolan of the Portland Art Museum about “David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation”.    Curator Dolan talks about how Hockney emerged from Swinging... Read more

KBOO's Community Resource Directory

  Places to find food for those who lost SNAP benefits: (Compiled via Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, Oregon Live, KGW)   OREGON FOOD BANK Searchable database of places providing hot meals, boxes of groceries, and other goods. Search by zip code Expect to call a... Read more