Support XRAY today on behalf of Sadder Star, a radio show specializing in the highly expressive and often misunderstood genre of emo. Sadder Star spans all forms of emo / screamo / emotive hardcore and its related subgenres, with an emphasis on lesser known 90s emo.

XRAY is Portland's premier noncommercial community radio station and is predominantly funded by listener membership and small one-time donations, without any corporate financial backing. That means every dollar you donate helps keep XRAY running and goes towards the station's basic opperating costs. XRAY provides the opportunity for DJs to freely showcase their own unique areas of expertise in music and topics which rarely get air-time. XRAY ~ where radio is yours!

☆ 2024 marks XRAY's 10th year on air!!! ☆

Anyone who generously donates $10 or more on this fundraising page will be entered into raffle to win a custom, one-of-a-kind mixtape! 

• Entries are in increments of $10 ($20 = 2 entries, $30 = 3 entries, etc!)
• Donations accepted now through April 19th
• The winner will be randomly selected
• Open to all Sadder Star / XRAY supporters, not only PDX residents
• The mixtape will be shipped to the winner in early May
• Raffle is US only due to intetnational shipping costs

10 years ago, they said our dreams were too big, that we didn't understand how near-impossible our goals were. We understood--and a decade later we've defied the odds. 

But the media industry hasn't been so lucky:

• Local news budgets? Slashed, if they even still exist.
• Musicians? Forget album sales, streaming took over and their share of the royalty pie got even smaller.
• Local media you can trust? Only if your too-loud uncle on Facebook counts, because social media conglomerates have overtaken them. Of course coming with a side of selling your data and ads that follow you around because you once clicked on a cool pair of shoes.
• The traditional media still kicking? They’re either barely hanging on or they’ve had to switch focus to our nationwide dumpster fire just to survive.

But the need to connect to each other—to understand what’s actually happening in our community— that never went away. If anything, it’s only become more important.

So join us in making space for the people of Portland to be heard. And this time around? We're gonna make it permanent.