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Known for his lyricism and perspective, Tommy Womack joins us with his classic approach to folk and rock, live on SLB.

Pittsburgh Gives Day was a huge success! Working together, donor by donor, people in Pittsburgh and beyond contributed $4.4 million. With The Pittsburgh Foundation pro-rated match, this means the approximately 600 participating nonprofits will share $5.1 million! We’ll let you know the total amount raised by SLB as soon as we know. If you participated, thanks! If you missed the opportunity, please feel free to make an instant contribution at a time that’s best for you. And if you’re not in a position to contribute, please know that your belief and participation in what we do means the world to us!

As part of their Spring 2011 Social Studies unit, thirty-one Winchester Thurston School
fifth graders interviewed people who came to the U.S. from other countries. Here are
excerpts from these interviews, and the students’ reflections on this project.
This collaboration between SLB Radio Productions, Inc. and Winchester Thurston School and was funded by the City as Our Campus initiative.
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Austin, TX based Rick Hornyak performs his Americana styled folk music live on SLB.

Twenty-six students about to enter their first year of college (and two older college students) created these radio features as Summer Interns at The Heinz Endowments. Because the Summer 2011 internship program focused on issues of sustainability, the resulting features cover a range of community and environmental issues. While SLB provided training and coaching, the features presented here were conceived and created entirely by the students in a single week.

“YouthMAP” features teens speaking out on topical education issues such as education budget cuts, interviewing elected and civic leaders, and mapping out their ideas for education reform.

Critically acclaimed West Virginian Todd Burge performs his original folk music live on SLB.

As part of a partnership between SLB and WQED, winners and runners up of the PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest recorded their stories live our studios. Listen to these wonderful stories from regional children, grades K-3.

Children attending the Fitwits Family Night at Propel McKeesport discussed their sensory experiences and relationships with herbs. This project was a collaboration between Fitwits, Grow Pittsburgh,  and the Saturday Light Brigade.

Intensity, virtuosity and an instinctive sense of style characterize the artistic dialogue between the German clarinetist Susanne Ortner-Roberts and the American pianist Tom Roberts. We’re pleased to once again host the very talented Ortner-Roberts duo, live on SLB.