XRAY.FM - The little station with big ideas.

A project in Portland, OR by XRAY.FM
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XRAY.FM: A new radio station with a progressive blend of talk, music, and culture. Help us launch a station as distinctive as Portland.
Backers: 1148
Average Pledge Per Backer: $90

Funded: $103,762 of $40,000
Dates: Dec 16th -> Jan 18th (33 days)
Project By: XRAY.FM
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Latest News

XRAY.fm Finds Success With Radionomy and Kickstarter

June 24th - via: radioworld.com
XRAY.fm is using Radionomy to broadcast their Portland, Ore., radio station to their hometown, as well as around the world from their website XRAY.fm and via other online platforms. (Read More)

XRAY.FM Brings Ultra-Low-Power Community Radio to Portland

March 20th - via: radiosurvivor.com
A new very low-power FM station hit the Portland airwaves. XRAY.FM is a new community station that took over Reed College’s legacy class D station. (Read More)

$100,000+!

January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
First of all, permit a “WOOHOO!” Second, “Aw crap...now we really DO have a lot of work to do.” (membership, antennas, studio, fulfillment of backer rewards!, scheduling, tech, lions, tigers, bears…). And third, and maybe most, this was... (Read More)

For Backers Only: A Way to Show Your XRAY.fm Love

January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

A New Shirt (by popular demand)

January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We've gotten a bunch of requests for a new shirt design featuring our station's most adorable supporter. How could we turn you down? This shirt brought to you by local designer Karl Hugo. For those of you dying to know the identity of this adorable... (Read More)

10 MILLION WATTS OF UNMITIGATED POWER!

January 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We’ve said a lot of “please” during this campaign. Right now, what we’re feeling is “thank you.”   When we hit the first $40,000 goal, the next step was clear: get a better studio. As we approached the $80,000 stretch goal, we realized... (Read More)

XRAY.FM Is Killing It

January 14th - via: endhits.portlandmercury.com
If there's any question in your mind that Portland is ready for a new progressive community radio station, take a look at XRAY.FM. They've blown their Kickstarter fundraiser out of the water—as of this writing they've raised over $70,000, with their original goal having only been $40,000, so now they're going for 80k. (Read More)

A new video (now with 100% more cute dog cameos)

January 13th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00  Our favorite boom-mic wielding little girl returns to the screen! Make sure to catch the special cameos by our station’s most adorable supporter... FINAL COUNTDOWNIt's... (Read More)

Not just one, but two t-shirt designs

January 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Remember when we said we would show you the design for the t-shirt soon? Well, it took a little bit longer than we expected but now we have TWO designs for you to choose from.  Holding up a boom mic...  This t-shirt brought to you by Karl Hugo. For... (Read More)

3 things to know & 3 ways you can help (other than giving money)

January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Things to know:   We hit our first stretch goal. An app, a better signal reach, and more streaming bandwidth are now in the works. While we slowed down a lot over the holidays, we still managed to hit our first stretch goal before the last week of... (Read More)

(Goal x 2) = (Studio x 3) + (Bandwidth x 3)

January 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Two times the goal equals three times the studio space plus three times the streaming bandwidth. We are now setting our sights on $80,000 by the end of our campaign. If we reach $80,000 by January 17th, we will be able to build a real studio to house... (Read More)

A peek at the tote bag design

January 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Here is a sneak peek at the tote bag that backers at the $25 level and above will be receiving: Thank you to our designer, Thomas Bradley of Pizza Friday. We are also grateful to Morel Ink here in Portland, where the totes will be printed. Know... (Read More)

Happy New Year from XRAY.FM

January 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Happy new year, everybody!   How was your new year's eve? Ours was great, thanks to all of you.   XRAY.FM DJs played at Portland parties, many of you spread the word about the station, and a generous backer matched every dollar raised last night,... (Read More)

Dj Grandpa's Crib: The Engine of Inclusion

DJG goes to the ballpark with Stadium Panoramas, embarks on Several Strange Adventures with Max & Ding, finds the multicultural in steampunk, takes “No Part in Nothin,” powers up with Shai Goitein, finds his YODA, and talks big ideas with Tim Marcroft. (Read More)

You Did It!

December 24th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Aiming to hit our funding goal today

December 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Today is the day, XRAY backers. Today is the day that we reach our funding goal. In only 9 days, you have blown past all expectations and put us within reach of launching the station. We can make it happen if we work together. Let's do it. We now... (Read More)

Give the gift of XRAY

December 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Looking for a last-minute holiday gift? How about giving the gift of XRAY? Backers who support the Kickstarter between now and January 1st can offer their backer levels as gifts for the holidays. If you would like to make a backer level a holiday... (Read More)

XRAY.FM coming in January, radio station launches Kickstarter

December 18th - via: oregonlive.com
PORTLAND, OR - At the Fruit Bats' final show in November, an odd bit of merch appeared at the Aladdin Theater: a stack of black t-shirts near the concession stand marked "XRAY.FM." $5 shirts must not have been meeting the fundraising mark, however, and the emerging progressive radio station has launched a Kickstarter project. (Read More)

50% in 33 hours?!

December 17th - via: kickstarter.com
It seems like we're saying this a lot lately, but wow. Just wow. Thanks to all of you, we have blasted past 50% of our goal on the second day. We are really hopeful that you wonderful people are going to push us past our funding goal. We are setting... (Read More)

So much love.

December 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow. In an 11th hour push, we managed to break past 1/3 of our goal on the first day. Thanks to all of you, we have lots of momentum going into this Kickstarter. You have all shown how much you care about building XRAY.FM from the ground up, and we... (Read More)

Blazing past 100 backers and our first big match

December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We have broken 100 backers and, as promised, a generous backer has matched our efforts with a $2,500 gift (thank you!). Thank you to everyone who has already backed and shared this campaign. We are blown away by the enthusiasm of our community. You... (Read More)

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