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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Preview: Empty Bowls 2017

March 4, 2017 – 8:35 am
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From 03/04/2017: Ken Regal of with details on Empty Bowls 2017, benefiting Just Harvest and Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, 3/19 (1:30 to 3:30, 4 to 6 pm), Rodef Shalom, Squirrel Hill.

Brashear High School: Cultural Recordings

March 2, 2017 – 12:32 pm
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Brashear High School in Pittsburgh serves about 1,300 students, 22% of whom are immigrants or former refugees who are learning to speak English. For a different perspective on U.S. immigration policies and realities, Youth Express spoke with ten students from Syria, Iraq and Yemen — with a translator, when needed — to provide perspective and insight into what it’s like to be an Arabic-speaking teen in high school.

Woodland Hills Prime Time 2017: Radio Pen Pals Pt. 2

March 2, 2017 – 11:10 am
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7th graders at Woodland Hills continued their audio message correspondence with 10th grader Marvin! Their discussion began with school and the prospect of dropping out before transforming into personal anecdotes about being an older sibling.

Live Music: Pittsburgh Savoyards, Patience

February 25, 2017 – 11:05 am
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From 02/25/2017: Pittsburgh Savoyards perform in advance of their Gilbert and Sullivan show, Patience, 3/3 to 3/5 and 3/9 to 3/12, Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie.

YX: Abbey and Alena

February 25, 2017 – 10:05 am

From 02/25/2017: Abbey Fisher (13, Montour Middle School) and Alena Lach (10, Burkett Elementary) discuss their interests in music and dance.

Woodland Hills Prime Time 2017: Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again”

February 23, 2017 – 3:15 am
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7th graders at Woodland Hills Prime Time after school program performed and reflected on Langston Hughes’ poem “Let America Be America Again.”

Westinghouse After School Academy 2017: My Neighborhood & School

February 20, 2017 – 6:00 am
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5th graders attending Westinghouse After School Academy wrote and recorded about their neighborhoods, their school and the changes they would like to make to them.

Live Music: Steve Soboslai

February 18, 2017 – 11:05 am
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From 02/18/2017: Steve Soboslai with music from both his solo project, Blue of Colors, and the band, Punchline.

YX: Big Brother Big Sister of the Month

February 18, 2017 – 10:05 am
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From 02/18/2017: Big sister and BBBS staffer, Blaise, and little sister, Chae’Lyn (10th grade, City High), talk about their relationship forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh.

Woodland Hills Prime Time 2017: Valentine’s Day & Radio Pen Pals

February 14, 2017 – 3:15 am
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This week, 7th graders at Woodland Hills high school continued their audio message correspondence with 10th grader, Marvin!