Talk Radio Lives!

90.7 FM KBOO

(KBOO/Facebook)

Tucked away in south east Portland is KBOO. A station made by the community for the community. Dedicated to giving listeners locally rooted opinions, news, and music for almost 50 years.
KBOO has a verity of talk radio hosts and DJ's. As an aspiring filmmaker my personal favorite radio show is Film at 11 with Doug Holms. I'm also quite partial to their interviews and lecture videos.
 Some of the most uniquely pleasing audio I've heard has come from local musicians, poets, and opinions featured on KBOO. 

Tuning into KBOO is always a nostalgic experience for me.

 It takes me back to the good old days, before podcast, of talk radio. When I was in grade school my neighborhood community center took us on a field trip to KBOO. I had never heard of the station, and young me could have cared less if it wasn't something on the top 40 radio stations. All it took was a simple station tour looking around at the sound booths, the newsrooms, the fun offices, and the records archives.  I was sold. That field trip shaped my vision of being a story teller. Giving these local people a voice was like turning them into a celebrity in my adolescent mind! Now, the only difference between little me and current me is current me is that current me is on the path to making that desire a reality.

KBOO currently has openings for volunteers to do for live remote broadcast tech help, creating podcast, and audio producers.
May 6th I'll be at volunteer orientation and I finally feel like I'm going somewhere with my dreams.

Here is a segment called Kitchen Table Conversations that my good friend Kevin Tilka had the chance to read and discuss his poetry.