Open Air

Hosted by: 
dawn_newton
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Open Air is a guest driven entertainment talk show featuring engaging, entertaining, informative and provocative conversations with celebrities, authors, local personalities, musicians, members of our community and beyond.

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Open Air is a place for people to tell their story, to provide the listener an opportunity to ‘walk’ in another’s shoes. Offering fresh new perspectives, content listeners can relate to; people talking about their own lives, keeping it real and current. Whether we’re talking with our next door neighbor, a civil rights activist, a platinum recording artist or a nationally recognized personal trainer – whether you’ve walked the red carpet or down a dirt road – everyone has a story. Open Air is a place for people to tell their story; to make people think and to make people laugh!

Open Air entered the air waves in 2008 on 88.9FM KPOV, Bend, OR.

Streams: 
BooTwo - second stream
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Current

Bill "Rip City" Schonely | 1929 - 2023

Airs at: Wed, 02/22/2023 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
Bill Schonely, the legendary Portland Trail Blazers original broadcaster who coined the iconic phrase “Rip City”,  passed away on January 21st, 2023.  He was 93.   In 2014, I had the pleasure of meeting Bill Schonely and his lovely wife, Dottie, at a broadcasting event her... Read more

Mark Follman | TRIGGER POINTS: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America

Airs at: Sun, 05/29/2022 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
Acclaimed journalist, Mark Follman has been investigating gun violence and it’s impact on American society since 2012.  Follman’s new book, TRIGGER POINTS: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America, is the first-ever account going inside the world of behavioral ... Read more

Peter T. Coleman | The Way Out

Airs at: Sun, 02/20/2022 at 10:00pm - 10:30pm
Produced for:  Open Air
Why are we, the people of the United States, so divided?  How did we get here and what can we do about it?  The reason for the divisive political polarization we’re experiencing in the United States, as explained by social psychologist, Peter T. Coleman, can’t be traced ba... Read more

Writer Sharon G. Flake Highlights Human Trafficking

Airs at: Sun, 02/20/2022 at 8:45pm - 9:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
In The Life I'm In, we follow Charlese Jones as she boards a bus to nowhere where she is lured into the dangerous web of human trafficking.  Much is revealed behind the complex system of men who take advantage of vulnerable teens in the underbelly of society.  Sharon G. Fl... Read more

Sharon G. Flake | The Life I'm In

Airs at: Fri, 04/16/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
The Life I'm In, a sister novel to the bestselling, The Skin I'm In by three-time Coretta Scott King award-winning author, Sharon G.  Flake. Since it's groundbreaking debut more than 20 years ago, The Skin I'm In, had a tremendous impact which has stood the test of time, co... Read more

Glennon Doyle | LOVE WARRIOR

Airs at: Sun, 02/21/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
Glennon Doyle is the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Love Warrior, an Oprah’s Book Club selection, as well as the New York Times Bestseller Carry On, Warrior.   LOVE WARRIOR is a gorgeous and inspiring account of how we are born to be warriors: strong, powerful ... Read more

Malcolm Mitchell | Super Bowl Champ to Champion of Literacy

Airs at: Sat, 02/20/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
Malcolm Mitchell is the rookie who helped the New England Patriots win Super Bowl LI.  He’s also the founder of an initiative called Read with Malcolm, which introduces book ownership to students, and works to improve literacy in schools.  Malcolm‘s Share the Magic  Founda... Read more

Myrlie Evers-Williams | Civil Rights Icon

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
In 2010, I had the honor and privilege to bring Myrlie Evers-Williams into the studio for an interview. She is the widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.  Medgar Evers was murdered in front of his family in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963.   I had originally met My... Read more

POISONED WATER | Flint, Michigan

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2021 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
POISONED WATER:  How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned a Nation In 2014, the residents of Flint, Michigan noticed that their water was a copper hue and smelled and tasted like sulfur.  Some residents began using bottled water, but many of t... Read more

Jeffrey Epstein | The Untold Story

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
The Jeffrey Epstein case is a scandal still shrouded in mystery – what does the lawyer who represented 20 of his victims say really happened behind the headlines to bring him down? – Did Jeffrey Epstein hang himself in that jail cell, or was he murdered?                   ... Read more