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Sometime this Winter, our signal on 101.5FM covering The Dalles and Hood River area of northern Oregon and southern Washington, will go away. The license has been purchased by another broadcaster. This saddens us greatly. We had much higher hopes.

On the air for barely three years, the poor child lost the bulk of what little local business support it had in it’s first year and then COVID hit, wiping out virtually all income other than a handful of our dedicated listeners. To them, and to the great folks at Schulten’s Motors, who stuck with us through thick and thin, we thank you for supporting this fledgling experiment in freeform radio for the Gorge. For more info, see the Official Legal Notice over in the right column in the station listings.

Our Jiveradio stream will continue to crank out the same great mix, hopefully for years to come.

17sep22 – William ‘Bruce’ Van Dyke (aka: BVD), our partner in many a screwy venture, including Jiveradio, died yesterday from complications stemming from an attack of a rare strain of Guillain-Barre Syndrome. More info will be posted here as it becomes available from his family.

Radio Royalty indeed.

Yes folks, you may have missed Saturday’s airing on Reno TV’s “Aging & Awesome” highlighting our longtime pal Don Darue, but through the miracle of the interwebs you can watch it HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UedDFJCLUSk

UPDATE 3pm (PT) 11sep22: winds stayed calm, fire was mapped at 5,825 acres this morning. Heavy smoke w/.25mi visibilty. Fort Bidwell ok, but still on evac alert.

The Jiveradio network’s main data link is barely a few miles north of the currently burning “Barnes” wildfire in Modoc County. Ignited by lightning wednesday, it was 1000 acres thurday, 3000 thursday and near 6000 today with no containment. The link carries data/audio for Jive stations KDUP, KVYA (Surprise Valley, CA) and KDAN (Marshall, CA). Audio disruptions may occur. Our neighbors in Fort Bidwell are packed and ready to run, while our next door neighbors are driving their cattle out of Fandango Valley. At this writing winds are incredibly, and thankfully, very calm.

Front row seat to the cooking of the planet: “Mother Nature bats last.”

…and one says to the other, “Do you smell physical labor?”. “No, I think that’s the beer & snausages” replied the other. “Good then, we’re in the right place.” he quipped as they bellied up to the bar.

A big, bold thanks to all who helped make the Cascades Radio Hour a swingin’ summer-long party that folks will be talking about for years to come.