Tune In: Portland Radio Stations, Podcasts and YouTube Channels

Oregon Public Broadcasting runs one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest newsrooms, an independent nonprofit that reports from southern Washington to southern Oregon and has served the area for more than a century. Keep it on for the state’s news as it happens, and for the long conversations that follow.

Listen

91.5 FM and online

Good for

Oregon and Southwest Washington news, election nights, the drive to work

Don’t miss

Think Out Loud, Dave Miller’s daily conversation on news, politics, culture and the arts

Portland’s longtime community station is non-commercial, listener-sponsored and made by hundreds of volunteers, with a mission that puts oppressed and underserved communities at the center. The schedule swings from public affairs to music shows you won’t find on any other dial, and the signal also reaches Hood River on 91.9 FM and Corvallis on 104.3 FM.

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90.7 FM and online

Good for

grassroots news, activist voices, crate-digging music shows

Don’t miss

Old Mole Variety Hour, Mondays 9–10am, political commentary from the left plus reviews of film, books, music and theater

The city’s jazz station plays around the clock under the motto “Jazz Without Boundaries,” covering the history of recorded jazz and the styles that branched off from it. It’s licensed to Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham and operated by OPB, and its website keeps tabs on jazz gigs around town.

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89.1 FM and online

Good for

dinner at home, rainy Sunday afternoons, finding a show to see

An independent, community-funded station that has kept classical music on Portland radio since 1983, with local hosts on the air and programs devoted to Oregon performers. Sister signals carry it to the coast, the Gorge and McMinnville.

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89.9 FM and online

Good for

focused work, quiet mornings, concert-season planning

Don’t miss

Northwest Previews with Andrea Murray, Fridays at 8am, a weekly guide to upcoming performances around the Pacific Northwest

XRAY set out in 2014 to put a microphone to the most distinctive of Portland, and the schedule still reflects that: civic talk on weekday mornings, music in the afternoons and on weekends, and nearly all of it produced by Portland volunteers. The nonprofit also broadcasts to Nehalem on 91.7 FM.

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107.1 and 91.1 FM and online

Good for

local politics, Portland DJs, new bands

Don’t miss

Street Roots Radio, Wednesdays at 8:45am, a short weekly segment from Portland’s street newspaper

Here the DJ has total control, whatever the genre and whatever the commercial pull. More than 125 volunteers have kept this nonprofit on the air since 2016, and they bring the station out to bars around town for regular Freeform nights.

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90.3 FM, 98.3 FM and online

Good for

genre-hopping, record collectors, late-night listening

PRP works a local artist into the rotation every 15 minutes, runs commercial-free and has its music chosen by people rather than algorithms. The listener-supported nonprofit also records Drop-In Sessions with Portland musicians and hosts a cooperative of community podcasts.

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99.1 FM and online

Good for

discovering Portland bands, workday background music

Portland State’s student-run station has been at it since 1994 and now streams entirely online. Any PSU student can host a show, and alumni and community members can sign on for a per-term fee, which keeps the lineup young, eclectic and a little unpredictable.

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online

Good for

college-radio energy, new music, DJ sets that wander

Vancouver’s volunteer-based, low-power community station has been on the air since 2017 with an emphasis on local voices: interviews with elected officials and nonprofit leaders, arts coverage and Northwest bands. Tune in when you want Clark County’s own news and culture rather than Portland’s.

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99.9 FM and online

Good for

Southwest Washington news, arts and community events

Don’t miss

I’m Into This Place, Wednesdays 4–4:30pm, Adriana Baer’s show on arts, culture and heritage in Clark County

Host Dave Miller leads OPB’s daily conversation on news, politics, culture and the arts, and the guest list reaches well past Portland, from Wallowa County filmmakers to Clark County housing workers. Each segment is posted on its own, so it’s easy to pick only the topics you care about.

New episodes

daily

Good for

keeping up with Oregon news in short pieces

Jenn Chávez builds audio portraits of the Pacific Northwest with an eye for under-told stories: a walking tour of downtown Portland’s architecture, the buried history of Eastern Oregon’s Chinese cowboys, Indigenous youth climbers on Mount Tahoma.

New episodes

weekly, on Mondays

Good for

road trips, weekend walks, history buffs

A conversational daily news show about what the city is talking about, whether that’s election results or the unspoken rules of mushroom hunting in Oregon. Monthly episodes round up what’s on around town.

New episodes

daily

Good for

the morning commute, catching up on city hall

Long-form interviews with the chefs, owners and food people behind Portland’s dining scene, hosted by Portland Food Adventures founder Chris Angelus with longtime radio host Cort Johnson. Recent guests include ChefStable’s Kurt Huffman on Portland’s independent dining scene and Althea Grey Potter of Bar Nouveau.

New episodes

weekly

Good for

planning dinners out, restaurant-industry insiders

True tales of shipwrecks and lost gold, shanghaied sailors, outlaws and oddballs, adapted from Finn J.D. John’s syndicated newspaper column. Episodes run 7 to 12 minutes, about the length of a coffee break.

New episodes

five days a week

Good for

short commutes, trivia nights, anyone who loves a strange story

Host Adam Davis and his guests take on hard questions about how people live together, connecting ideas to personal experience without settling for easy answers. Recent conversations covered what sports are for, the changing role of religious spaces, and how young people see work and AI.

New episodes

monthly

Good for

long walks, thinking things through

The business and policy side of Portland’s music scene, produced with Music Portland’s Advocacy Council. Episodes dig into busking rules, ticketing, venue sound and what goes into building a festival.

New episodes

monthly, airing on PRP the fourth Sunday at 4pm

Good for

musicians, venue staff, anyone invested in local music

The simplest way to binge Oregon Field Guide, the station’s long-running outdoors and science series, alongside Oregon Art Beat profiles of local artists and Oregon Experience history documentaries.

Good for

armchair adventures, Oregon history, meeting local artists

Thirteen years into hiking the state, this creator shares trail vlogs, gear reviews and backpacking tips, from an alpine lake in the Three Sisters Wilderness to a seven-mile Cascades hike at 39 weeks pregnant.

Good for

trip planning, gear research

Educational outdoor exploration around the state, mixing geology, history and wildlife: the volcanoes along McKenzie Pass, a day on Mount Bachelor, the wild-versus-accessible question at Abiqua Falls.

Good for

road-trip ideas, geology and history buffs

Talks and lectures from the society’s public programs, including a series on Oregon’s history of community organizing, labor and tribal sovereignty, and highlights from the museum’s Yasui collection.

Good for

deep dives, history lovers, background for a museum visit

Performance clips from the society’s September-to-May concert series, filmed on its own stage. A good way to hear the artists it brings to town before you buy a ticket.

Good for

acoustic evenings, choosing which concert to catch

Short, cheerful clips from the zoo: elephants, tigers, polar bears and sea otters going to town on Halloween pumpkins, plus behind-the-scenes looks at veterinary care.

Good for

kids, a two-minute mood lift

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