Youth Expression Showcase

Our weekly radio program invites students in Grades K-12 to perform live on the air. Hear young musicians, singer/songwriters, photographers, writers, poets and other people who express themselves through the arts.

Oral History

SLB Radio’s Oral History Program connects teens with adult role models in their communities. Click here to listen.

Callers

Since 1978, The Saturday Light Brigade has broadcast LIVE spontaneous on-air phone calls from kids and adults as part of its Saturday morning radio program. Now you can hear some of the most memorable calls from people participating in on-air games and other participatory features or simply calling to tell us about something exciting.

Performance

Join us as we celebrate the original talent in our midst with these weekly archives of in-studio performances by regional and national musicians and artists. Folk, bluegrass, jazz, singer/songwriter, international, storytellers and more!

Interviews

Audio replays from the hundreds of arts, human services and other non-profit organizations interviewed by SLB each year.

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Youth Express: Project Lunch Tray

March 18, 2017 – 10:35 am
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From 03/18/2017: Savannah Lewis (7th grade, Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship), Jazia Sanders (8th grade, Propel McKeesport) and Ama Germaine (11th grade, Pittsburgh Westinghouse) on their participation in Community Kitchen’s Project Lunch Tray.

Youth Express: Pittsburgh Philharmonic Young Artist, Enoch Hsiao

March 18, 2017 – 10:05 am
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From 03/18/2017: Pittsburgh Philharmonic Young Artist Concerto Competition winner Enoch Hsiao (10th grade, North Allegheny High School) with selections on piano.

Live Music: The Spurs of the Moment

March 11, 2017 – 11:05 am
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From 03/11/2017: Country-western chestnuts, popular standards and humor with with The Spurs of the Moment.

Youth Express: Fairchild Challenge Honorees

March 11, 2017 – 10:35 am
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From 03/11/2017: Sixth graders Rowan Cain (Morningside), Emma Gardner (Glenshaw), T’Ana Moore (Harrison City), and Parisha Wilojanapa (Fox Chapel) from the Ellis School discuss their responses to the latest Fairchild Challenge, a national program encouraging teens to connect with the environment, sponsored locally by Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens.

Youth Express: Big Brother Big Sister of the Month

March 11, 2017 – 10:05 am
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From 03/11/2017: Pam Slomiany and Jessica discuss their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh.

Interview: Emily Newman, Ice Station Zebra

March 11, 2017 – 8:35 am
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From 03/11/2017: Emily Newman and Zena Ruiz on Ice Station Zebra, a new Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh installation.

Jeannette After School: Cool to Care PSAs

March 9, 2017 – 4:16 pm
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After School students at Jeannette High School were tasked with choosing an issue that is important to them and creating a public service announcement in the “Cool to Care” format.

Live Music: Andrew “Dru” Lasswell

March 4, 2017 – 11:05 am
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From 03/04/2017: Andrew “Dru” Lasswell of the Liberty Tubes with smart-aleck rock.

YX: Prime Stage Theater Production “1984”

March 4, 2017 – 10:35 am
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From 03/04/2017: Richard Blair, son of Eric Arthur Blair (a.k.a., George Orwell) in a roundtable discussion about 1984 and the Orwell Society with Serena Zets (12th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA), Megan Ortego and Brooke Doran (12th grade, Valley High) as well as details about the Prime Stage Theater’s production of 1984, 3/3 to 3/12, New Hazlett Theater.

YX: Center for Young Musicians Violins

March 4, 2017 – 10:05 am
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From 03/04/2017: Racheal Finke (12, Quaker Valley), Josephine Reiter (13, Pittsburgh CAPA), Alexa Bronkaj (9, Mary Queen of Apostles), and Ava Heinricher (12, Marshall Middle School) of the Center for Young Musicians perform three selections as a violin quartet along with their instructor, Rochelle Agnew.