Recent Blog Posts

A Valentine for Legendary Beat Poet Bob Kaufman

Produced for:  Talking Earth
Barbara LaMorticella talks about the life of Bob Kaufman, legendary black San Francisco Beat poet, joined by Zoom with Ray Foye, editor, publisher, archivist and friend of Kaufman in poetry reading and discussion. Talking Earth Monday night 2/15/21 10-11 PM Pacific Time. Read more

Online event: "BAM! Chicago's Black Arts Movement"

  KBOO proudly presents "BAM! Chicago's Black Arts Movement" FILM VIEWING: Register to get link to view film and watch before attending the panel LIVE PANEL: Wed, February 24 TIME: 6:30p - 7:30p LOCATION: Online PRICE: Free (donations encouraged, text KBOOBAM to 44321 or cl... Read more

Candido Camero dies November 7, 2020

Produced for:  Jazz in the Afternoon
The following is quoted from the New York Times Obituaries November 24, 2020. "When you talk about percussion, particularly the evolution of conga playing, you're talking about two periods - before Candido and after Candido", the Grammy-nominated percussionist and bandleade... Read more

2021 Artist in Residence Applications Available

  The KBOO Community Radio Artist In Residence Program assists artists working creatively with sound. Every year, one artist or one collaborative group of artists will be awarded twenty hours of studio recording*** and production time with a KBOO Mixologist in order to cre... Read more

Record a testimonial for KBOO!

KBOO is collecting audio testimonials from our listeners and supporters to play on the air and post on social media during our next fundraising campaign! Would you be willing to record a testimonial? Here's your script: Hi! This is from . I support KBOO because <>. Join ... Read more

Spring 2021 Volunteer Orientations for new volunteers

Interested in becoming a KBOO volunteer? The first step is to attend one of our virtual volunteer orientations. To attend, register online using the links below. Here's the schedule for this Spring:   Spring 2021 Volunteer Orientation schedule:    Tues, Feb 2 @ 6pm-7:30pm... Read more
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