How You Can Help Get Radio Tacoma On The Air

Radio Tacoma is in the process of applying for a permit from the City of Tacoma to put our tower up.  We are plowing through the requirements and regulations, but there are several places we could use some help. We need to have a site plan and landscaping plan indicating the specific placement of the facility … [Read more…]

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Thank You for a Great Bawl!

We had a great turnout for the Counter-Inaugural Bawl Ball.   Lots of conversations, connections and DANCING!!  The Derivatives is a great band and Smokey Wonder spun some great tunes for us.  I loved hearing “Bad Moon Rising”. It seems so appropriate for us right now.  The highlight of the evening was the band playing … [Read more…]

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Check This Out!

Radio Tacoma is gearing up for a number of events this season.   We had a great party on New Year’s Eve and are excited about the Counter-Inaugural Bawl Ball. Spend an evening of being with like-minded folks on the weekend of the inauguration of Orange Julius. There will be people there with a wide variety … [Read more…]

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Solidarity with Standing Rock

Radio Tacoma founding member, Louisa Beal, interviewed three women organizing to support indigenous sovereignty and stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. In the following pieces of audio, you will hear from Sarah Herr, Sallie Shawl, and Stephanie Masterman. Each interview brings a unique perspective to the campaign against the pipeline and can help us understand what can be … [Read more…]

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Rally against PSE’s LNG facility

Puget Sound Energy currently has plans to build a liquid natural gas, or LNG, facility at the Port of Tacoma. The facility would use the LNG for area gas utility customers and to fuel commercial vessels at the Port of Tacoma. If given the green light for the project, the $310 million facility would be … [Read more…]

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On the Record – The Election

On the Record host, Lukas Barfield, shares his perspective on the recent election and its outcome. To download the episode click here. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Inter

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Mike Watt + The Missingmen

Produced by Alease Frieson of 733 Arts; video and sound by Jason Farris and Mason Flippin of Frankly Cinematic. Tracklist: 1. Bob Dylan wrote propaganda songs 2. Fake contest 3. Beacon sighted through fog 4. If Reagan played Disco 5. John McCarthy’s Ghost 6. Paranoid Chant 7. Definitions 8. Punchline 9. Straight Jacket 10. Black … [Read more…]

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Amplify Tacoma – LNG

Conversation with Tacoma activists and citizens about the proposed Puget Sound Energy LNG storage facility. Original air October 2016. Produced/ Hosted by Suzanne Skaar Audio Engineering: Quincy Henry Panelists: Claudia Riedener, Juan Jose Chavez, Roxy Murray, Kelly Hale, and Celeste Suliin Burris.

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On The Record – Medical Cannabis

Host Lukas Barfield gives us the second episode of his show On The Record. In this show, Lukas lays out a lesson on the effects of cannabis, how it is used as a medicine, and how people access it, and the latest on marijuana law in Washington. To download the episode click here. This work … [Read more…]

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Tacoma Tool Library

Tacoma is host to many interesting and useful organizations that exist solely to help the community. A recent addition to the city is the Tacoma Tool Library. Ryan Tompkins recently interviewed board chair Sharayah Kinney about the Tool Library, how it came to be, and what they have to offer.

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