KMUN

12/02/2025

Astoria City Council appoints Conklin to Ward 4 seat

The eastern side of Astoria has a new representative. On Monday, the Astoria City Council unanimously appointed Joshua Conklin to take over the Ward 4 seat, which became vacant on Nov.1 following the resignation of former City Councilor Vance Lump. Lump announced in early October that he was resigni...

12/02/2025

“So that is happening in our community, and that’s not a rumor, that is a fact... It has been a very long, stressful day and very unsettling for our community”

Federal immigration officers detained two people outside of Walmart in Warrenton late Monday morning. The arrests come just weeks after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained at least six people in the Seaside area. Norma Hernandez with Consejo Hispano, an Astoria-based nonprofit that...

12/02/2025

Happy Giving Tuesday! The co-op's December Change for Community recipient is KMUN, Coast Community Radio! This local nonprofit radio station serves everyone in the region with commercial-free community radio programs and services that enrich life by illuminating the role of arts, promoting cultural and educational growth and bringing a focus to current issues of local and regional public interest.

Let’s raise funds for this awesome organization! Round up your purchase total or donate your pocket change. KMUN

11/28/2025

There's Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but in the world of nonprofits there's Giving Tuesday.

We love supporting local nonprofits and will be featuring over 40 on the air from now through Tuesday:

Lewis and Clark National Park Association
Assistance League of the Columbia Pacific
Lower Columbia Q Center
North Coast Chorale
Spruce Up Warrenton
Consejo Hispano
Angora Hiking Club
Friends of Suomi Hall
Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Center
NW Community Alliance
Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival
North Coast Food Web
Astoria Visual Arts
American Association of University Women
Lower Columbia Preservation Society
Clatsop Animal Assistance
Clatsop County Historical Society
Clatsop CASA Program
Oregon Community Foundation
Water Music Festival Society
Friends of the Astoria Armory
North Coast Symphonic Band
The Harbor
Lower Columbia Youth Soccer Association
Wildlife Center of the North Coast
Clatsop County Child Abuse Assessment Center
Warrenton Parks Alliance
Angels for Sara Sanctuary
Astoria Senior Center
Partners for the PAC
Peninsula Association of Performing Arts
HAVA Heart Raymond, WA
Pacific County Immigrant Support
South Pacific Humane Society
Astoria Writers Guild
Sou’wester Arts
Kids Make Theater
Haystack Rock Awareness Program
North Coast Land Conservancy
Rogue Cell
Necanicum Watershed Council

If you're a nonprofit that would like to be featured next year, please drop us a line.

Pic: Nonprofit Ilwaco Artworks (Sou'wester Arts) makes a community clay piece at the KMUN Block Party this past summer.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from KMUN! We are thankful for you 🍂

ATTN: "Alice's Restaurant" will play today at exactly 11:40am (and ending at 12 noon) on TMF with Kati.

11/21/2025

New merch is here! Beanies, ball caps, lunch sacks, oh my! Made in partnership with our favorites over at Shift + Wheeler.

Available now at kmun.org/shop ❤

11/17/2025

In Astoria, one of the company’s pubs has been an anchor tenant at the foot of Pier 39 for 19 years...

Oregon brewery Rogue Ales and Spirits abruptly ceased operations at all of its facilities Friday morning. Employees learned about the closure that same morning. The company operates pubs in Astoria, Newport, Portland and Salem. In Newport, Rogue maintained a large production brewery on land it lease...

11/13/2025

Welcome new board members! The Tillicum Foundation Board of Directors (KMUN's governing body) is happy to welcome Greg Lyons and Marcus Estes aboard.

Greg Lyons lives in Seaside, OR where he co-owns the popular entertainment lounge and sangria bar, The Lyons Den, with his wife Charki. He's very active in the local music scene and plays in two bands - Red String Theory and Boom Boom Lemon. Greg brings nearly 15 years of nonprofit experience to KMUN and has been a devoted listener since moving to the area 7 years ago.

Marcus Estes is the host of Key of Z on KMUN, co-founder of a Vibes, an AI startup making it easy for everyone to create software, and an organizing volunteer for Avalon, an arts and events space based in Astoria.

Read more about the board at kmun.org/tillicumfoundation 📻

11/12/2025

Please join us in welcoming Mari Bergeron as KMUN's new station manager!

Mari returns back home to Astoria after years away to join KMUN. While away, she worked in legal and academic publishing and in the nonprofit world on the east coast. She's delighted to be back in Clatsop County and in the world of community radio.

You may find Mari making pottery, gardening, or cooking up a new recipe - or (as rumor has it) playing the accordion.

Welcome, Mari!

11/12/2025

In honor of Veterans Day, we'd like to congratulate Rogue Cell for winning Public Affairs Program of the Year at KMUN.

Rogue Cell is hosted by two ex-combat veterans who have traveled thousands of miles throughout Oregon to prevent veteran su***de by promoting outdoor activities and community service to those who have served.

Listen every fourth Thursday from 9-9:30am on KMUN 🌎

11/08/2025

At least five people were detained in Seaside this morning amid community reports of federal immigration enforcement agents in Clatsop County and Tillamook County.

https://kmun.org/ice-agents-detain-five-people-in-seaside/

Send a message to learn more

11/07/2025

NOTICE: Maintenance will be performed at our broadcast tower site TOMORROW Nov 8 from 11am-4pm.

Power will be reduced for the safety of the workers. As a result, our FM signal for all frequencies and web stream will be at half volume during that time.

Pic: New Station Manager Mari Bergeron contemplates the wild grey yonder from the Megler tower site 📡