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It's been several joyous months since Xray.fm's official launch this spring—expanding our terrestrial radio horizons but, more importantly, marking a restoration of sorts for Portland's only local progressive radio talker, Carl Wolfson.

Wolfson, you may recall, was lamentably booted in 2012 from his old job at ClearChannel's KPOJ, along with nearly everyone else who worked there. ClearChannel, back in those dark days, had seen fit to turn KPOJ into one more sports station. For a long time, Wolfson kept his "Carl in the Morning" program alive through livestreaming podcasts—including the Mercury's regular weekly visits (Thursdays at 8:30 AM!). That was okay, because you could swear on his program without the FCC giving a shit. But it wasn't the same as being pumped live into cars and trucks and clock radios every morning.

Xray's been great for that. But Xray, run with donations and volunteers and love and duct tape, is hardly the kind of deep pocketed powerhouse one usually finds playing the radio game. So you should help out. And maybe have a good time in the process.

Wolfson's putting on a slightly altered live version of his show Friday night at the Clinton Street Theater. (Think something like a Portland version of "Real Time with Bill Maher.") It's just $10 a ticket—and it'll go a long way toward keeping Wolfson's brand of talk on the airwaves.

Comedian Adam Bathe will open things. And then Wolfson will bring out the most amazing panel ever conceived to banter over state and national political issues, with a few names you might recognize: Jefferson Smith, an Xray muckety-muck and host (and, ahem, former state representative, Bus Project founder, and mayoral front-runner) and Christine Alexander, Wolfson's old co-host at KPOJ. Oh, and someone else... ME!

We'd love to see you there. Buy tickets here! And if you're not, you really ought to be listening to Wolfson every weekday, from 7 to 9 AM, on Xray.