Live Wire—Portland’s beloved homegrown public radio variety show—is almost old enough to order a drink from the Alberta Rose Theatre bar. The show’s 20th anniversary season kicked off on a cold and ...

Perhaps the most remarkable moment of a Live Wire Radio show comes when host Luke Burbank asks the buzzing, chattering crowd at the Alberta Rose Theatre for 10 seconds of absolute silence so the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After 21 years, a Portland-based national radio show is asking the community for help. The public radio show Live Wire Radio kicked off a fundraising campaign last week with ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The host, who also appears ...

Anybody who pays attention to media knows the past several years have often felt like an out-of-control roller coaster, with new platforms emerging, traditional forms struggling, and, seemingly, every ...

"Live Wire Radio," a Portland, Oregon-based variety show that's syndicated to more than 200 National Public Radio stations across the country, recorded its latest episode live at the James Theater in ...

Before either “Live Wire Radio” hosts Luke Burbank or Elena Passarello took the stage for an evening of literature, music, and comedy, its audience of passionate fans was abuzz. The energy was hardly ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Conceived as "variety for the ...