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

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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.

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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!

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Clairton CASTLE 2016: The Tsacdop – Remakes

February 24, 2016 – 1:27 pm
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Students at Clairton reassembled to record another installment of the student-led podcast, The Tscadop! Their topic this week? The controversial, seemingly never-ending remaking of comic book properties.

Pittsburgh King 2016: Radio Plays 101 – Escape! “The Abominable Snowman” Episode #1

February 23, 2016 – 12:15 pm
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Students at Pittsburgh King performed the first third of an “Escape!” radio drama, “The Abominable Snowman!”

Live Music: Sassafras Stomp

February 20, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/20/2016: Johanna Davis and Adam Nordell make up Sassafras Stomp, a contradance band, visiting Pittsburgh for a Feb 19 Dance and Feb 20 House Concert.

YES: Girl Scouts of Western PA

February 20, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/20/2016: Girl Scouts Katelyn McAfee (10, Wexford), Ella Zimmer (10, Wexford), Sara Worsham (13, Oakmont), and Katherine Stancil (14, Gibsonia) on their experience with Girl Scouts of Western Pa and the Cookie Drive, Feb 26 through March 30.

YES: Alexis Batchelder

February 20, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/20/2016: Alexis Batchelder (12, Lincoln Park Performing Arts School) performing on guitar and voice.

Clairton CASTLE 2016: Radio Plays 101 – Gunsmoke “The Dodge City Killer” Episode #1

February 17, 2016 – 5:02 pm
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Students at Clairton continued to experiment with radio dramaturgy, this time by performing part of an episode from the famous western series “Gunsmoke.”

Live Music: Brewer’s Row

February 13, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/13/2016: Nicholas Hohman, Leah Esser, Mark Hohman, Corry Drake, and Tim College of Brewer’s Row preview their new CD, There Was a Time We Were Kids.

YES: The Middle C Quartet

February 13, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/13/2016: Grace Halloran (16, Park Place), Nick Raczkiewicz (17, Richland), Jacob Worst (15, Moon), and Matilda LaBranche (17, East Liberty) of TRYPO perform selections from Haydn, C W Gluck, and Handel as the Middle C Quartet.

Interview: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

February 13, 2016 – 12:00 pm
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From 02/13/2016: Devon McCune, Seth Laidlaw, and Jessica Savitz of Stage 62 preview Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day running through Feb 14 at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall.

Clairton CASTLE 2016: Radio Plays 101 – Dragnet “The Big No Tooth” Episode #1

February 10, 2016 – 4:19 pm
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Remember radio dramas? Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds,” “Gunsmoke,” and “The Shadow” are but a few examples of a golden age of radio-based entertainment. Students at Clairton’s CASTLE program–after listening to a couple plays–selected and performed part of a “Dragnet” episode… “The Big No Tooth!”