KPOV is Turning 20!

June 26, 2025 marks KPOV’s 20th year on-air, and we’re ringing it in with a proper birthday bash! We hope you will join us in celebrating two decades of community radio with live music, silent auction, cake, and special beer label launch, and lots of fun!

The event is taking place Thursday, June 26 at Silver Moon Brewing, 6-10pm, followed by an after party 10pm-12am. It is free and open to the public.

Join us for:

  • The tapping of KPOV’s special POV IPA, in collaboration with Silver Moon Brewing

  • Music by Switchback, Zach Madison and See Alice

  • Catering by Laughing Planet

  • Silent auction with items from local businesses and artists

We hope to see you there!

Dialed-In Radio For The People By The People

Thanks to KPOV volunteer Ann Fitzmaurice for writing this article for Cascade Business News’ “Women in Business” issue.

“Community, community, community.” That’s how Linda Orcelletto, the new executive director of KPOV 88.9 FM describes Bend’s community radio station. This comment may seem too brief, but her response spans the breadth of Central Oregon’s nonprofit radio station and the depths of its historical beginnings. KPOV will celebrate 20 years of commercial-free music, news and talk shows to almost 17,000 weekly listeners.

The P-O-V in KPOV stands for point of view which lends credence to the community-focused programs through a mixture of voices, ideas, art, and education. “With a plethora of streaming services and the decline in local journalism, the community aspects of KPOV are more relevant today than ever before,” says Orcelletto. “Our local DJs, music from local artists and community news sets us apart from commercial radio stations.”

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