May 29, 2019
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Portland Radio Show Honored
“From the Grassroots,” a local radio
magazine format show was just award-
ed the West Coast Hometown Media
Award for audio programming and in-
dependent producing. Two segments
from the show are also finalists in the
East Coast-based Public Media Awards
of Excellence taking place this week in
New York City during the 8th Annual
People’s Film Festival.
The recognition comes from a broad-
cast dedicated to the late Curtis May-
field’s critically acclaimed album Su-
perfly. The episode included political
satire by LaNita Duke, the producer of
the magazine format show, with polit-
ical analysis by The Profit of Rage on
voter suppression in Georgia.
“From the Grassroots” agitates for
social change using music, commentary,
satire and analysis to provoke thought
and discussion. The broadcast is live
every other Friday on KBOO Commu-
nity Radio (90.7 FM). Besides Duke,
the show’s talent includes The Professor
Soul, the Profit of Rage, faith reporter
Nia Gray and mental health profession-
al Cheryl Jefferson.
LaNita Duke, broadcasts from KBOO Community Radio as
producer of “From the Grassroots.” The magazine format
show was just awarded a West Coast Hometown Media
Award.
I Am Sam,
Sam I Am
photo by s hervin h ess /o regon Z oo
Samudra (left) and Samson had their first tusk-
to-tusk encounter at the Oregon Zoo last week
and keepers say the pair seem to be fast friends.
The two males have been seeing, hearing and
smelling each other since Samson arrived last
year from a zoo in Albuquerque, N.M. “It’s great
to be getting these two Sams together,” said Bob
Lee, who oversees the zoo elephant program.
“The timing is good because Samudra is matur-
ing into an adult bull now, and he could benefit
from the companionship of an older male.”
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