Queen Latifah has long been in the “is she or isn’t she” category. I, however, can only take what she says to the media at face value. After all, our favorite spokesperson for Pizza Hut, Cover Girl, MasterCard, Wal-Mart, and Jenny Craig (to name a few) also wrote these lyrics for the song, “Latifah’s Had [...]

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Before they take their summer break, Live Wire! Radio will leave the confines of the Aladdin buzzing. The live radio show’s program on Thursday, June 3rd will include lots of literati, some awesome local music, and some awesome local music turned literati. Note: CHUCK BARRIS – acclaimed “godfather of reality TV,” host of The Gong [...]

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Turn the dial to 90.7 FM tomorrow for what KBOO’s Out Loud is touting as a “Queer Cornucopia.”
Out Loud will pack in a dynamite hour of programming from 6 – 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 9th, with discussions ranging from porn, to comedy, to queer sex positivity.
Details from KBOO:
Host Carla Remey will talk with Portland locals [...]

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The most recent episode of radio program This American Life, “Somewhere Out There,” features a moving story of a chance meeting between two girls with a special connection. A preview sets up the scenario:
Lilly and Thomasina have a lot in common. They’re both 8 years old. And they were both born boys, although it became clear [...]

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Progressive talk radio network Air America announced Thursday that it would cease broadcasting immediately.
The New York Times reports that Air America Media Chairman Charlie Kireker pegged the development on a “very difficult economic environment.” The company filed for bankruptcy protection back in 2006.
“The fact of the matter was, it was always a very challenging business [...]

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Falling in line with national Christian leaders who came out this month to oppose the pending anti-gay legislation facing the parliament of Uganda, five Republican representatives have drafted a letter of condemnation to Ugandan President Yoweri Mouseveni. The five representatives include Chris Smith, Frank Wolf, Joe Pitts, Trent Franks and Anh “Joseph” Cao.
The letter directs [...]

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In 1938, a year after founding The Mercury Theatre, Orson Welles took to the radio with a series of broadcasts on the Columbia Broadcasting System called “The Mercury Theatre on the Air.” In the most famous episode, Welles (at the heart of Me and Orson Welles, in theaters Nov. 25) directed and narrated an adaptation [...]

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Tune into community radio station KBOO 90.7 FM (Portland metro area) tonight (100.7 in Corvallis, 91.9 in Hood River) at 6 p.m., when Out Loud host Carla Remey “gets political.” She’ll be discussing the “Approve Referendum 71″ campaign and its work toward domestic partnerships, and Laura Calvo from the Oregon Democratic Party’s GLBT Caucus will [...]

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