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Tesla City Stories Celebrates 10th Season!

Airs at: Wed, 04/03/2024 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Back in the Golden Age of Radio, there was a short-lived network, called the Tesla Broadcasting Company (or TBC). Founded in New York in 1943, and acquired by CBS just two years later, the TBC became a mere footnote in the history of American Radio. That is until March 10t... Read more

Comics Take on the News & shoot it thru a salmon cannon

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/09/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Comics Take on the News
   Join us at 11 pm on Monday April 8th for what is sure to be a chaotic romp through local headlines and unrelated topics.  This month's panelists include: James Hartenfeld (@hartenfeld) - James Hartenfeld is the creator of Ricky Winters and co-producer of Butter & Goodn... Read more

Miriam Gershow, author of the new story collection Survival Tips

Airs at: Thu, 03/28/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Miriam Gershow, author of the new story collection Survival Tips, from Portland’s Propeller Books. Miriam’s debut novel The Local News was a finalist for the 2009 Oregon Book Award in fiction. Her stories have appeared in The Georgia Review, G... 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

Darrin Bell - The Talk

Airs at: Thu, 03/14/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Darrin Bell has been a professional cartoonist since his teenage days, and his syndicated comic strips Rudy Park and Candorville are longtime reader favorites.  He was the first African-American to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, and his debut gra... Read more

Comics Take on the News & Salem's Rabbit Infestation

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/12/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Comics Take on the News
Comics Take on the News will March show will be a panel of Portland comedians to roast local news stories. Tune in Monday March 11th to hear hot takes and cold digressions of local and national news stories.  Comedians filling out March's panel are: Rochelle Cote (@_rococo... Read more

Return of the Gem! Athena, Oregon's historic theater gets a new life

Airs at: Thu, 02/22/2024 at 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today’s episode, we travel virtually across the Cascades to the small town of Athena, population 1,211, nestled between Pendleton and the Washington state border in Eastern Oregon. Our destination is the Gem Theater, built in 1901 as an early brewpub, or saloon as they w... Read more

Barbara Brandon-Croft

Airs at: Thu, 02/22/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Barbara Brandon-Croft is the very first African-American woman whose nationally-syndicated comic strip ran in the mainstream press.  Now a new collection of her work, Where I’m Coming From, has been published. Barbara sits down with S.W. Conser to talk about the comics comm... Read more

Space Patrol verses The Super Brain

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
 The Sampler returns with a thrilling episode from the classic science fiction radio series Space Patrol, The Super Brain of Balmer Castro . As we kick off the next four weeks of the KBOO's No Frills Membership Drive! Also on tap will be lots of music featuring Oliver Nelso... Read more

Comics Take on a good reuben sandwich

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/13/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Comics Take on the News
Comics Take on the News will February show will be a panel full of hilarious Portland celebrities. Umi Om (@Umi_om) is a bisexual and biracial comedian who touches on topics of gender, relationships, and mental health. Umi is Indian and Lebanese. She was born in Hawai'i an... Read more