We've been updating our on-air sound to offer compelling radio programs in a convenient and easy-to-follow schedule. We've moved a step at a time, starting with surveys and community meetings and then working closely with our volunteer-driven program committee to offer more great radio. We want to give you a better listening experience, and we want to reach more listeners while keeping a commitment to our core values which include community, diversity and a perspective of progressive change in the world. With all that in mind, here's a primer on what we've changed and why, this year and last year:

·         Edgier, more contemporary and/or has a younger audience: Electronica, hip-hop, indie, punk, experimental, dj sets and African-American culture, music and politics. 

·         Clarity: How do we make our schedule easier to understand and follow? A goal for each round of changes is to create a schedule that listeners can understand and also put programming in blocks or strips that is likely to attract the same audience.

KBOO is providing continuous coverage on the Israel / Palestinian conflict and the current invasion of Gaza. 

Click here for recent analysis, investigative reports, and news including a recent debate on the crisis.

In 2007, the KBOO Evening News and Public Affairs Department has built up a large pool of ‘citizen reporters’ through a new training program, as well as developing a number of special programs.

We have greatly increased the number and quality of locally-produced news segments for daily newscast, and now have over fifty contributing reporters.

Trainings that have been developed through the PM News Department include:

Newsroom Orientation

News Production

Writing for Radio

Community Reporting

Interviewing

Field Recording