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| Broadcast area | northern Willamette Valley, Columbia River Gorge |
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| Frequency | 90.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | K-Boo |
| Programming | |
| Format | Eclectic |
| Affiliations | Pacifica Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | KBOO Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | June 3, 1968[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 65755 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 26,500 watts |
| HAAT | 386 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°29′20″N 122°41′40″W / 45.48889°N 122.69444°W |
| Translator(s) | 91.9 K220HR (Hood River) 104.3 K282BH (Philomath) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live M3U |
| Website | kboo.fm |
KBOO is a non-profit organization, listener-funded FM Community radio station broadcasting in Portland, Oregon. The station's mission is to serve groups that are underrepresented on other local radio stations and to provide access to the airwaves for people who have unconventional or controversial tastes and points of view. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and has been on air since 1968.[1]
KBOO is supported financially by donations from members and a small endowment. As of February 2022, the station had about 9,200 members. The station runs pledge drives twice each year. The annual KBOO budget in 2022 was about $900,000, but compared to 2021’s audit, KBOO saw a drop-off of more than $150,000 in grants and donations. The station is operating at a deficit and had to lay off five staff members in October 2024.[3]
The station is run by nine[3] paid staff members and several hundred volunteers. Its offices and broadcast studios are in a converted warehouse in inner Southeast Portland, purchased in 1982. Its main transmitter power output is 10,000 watts (approximately 26,500 watts after antenna gain) in Portland; KBOO also has two repeater stations – in Philomath, Oregon (at 104.3 FM) and the Columbia River Gorge (at 91.9 FM)—which extend its broadcast area to include the Columbia River Gorge and most of the Willamette Valley.
- ^ a b "50 Years of KBOO: In the Beginning" (PDF). www.50yearsofkboo.fm. KBOO. 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBOO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b "KBOO.FM Lays Off Five Employees, Citing "Financial Outlook"". Willamette Week. 2024-10-14. Retrieved 2024-10-15.