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: The Cello Chicas

June 24, 2023 – 10:35 am
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From 06/24/2023: Claudia Drake, Isabella McGee, and Jocelyn Sauers, all 7th graders from the North Hills School District, to perform as a cello trio.

Interview: A Marvelous Night for a Moondance, Steve Hawkins

June 24, 2023 – 8:20 am
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From 06/24/2023: Steve Hawkins talking about A Marvelous Night for a Moondance: an Evening with Vocal Confluence Chorus, a concert on 7/1 at 7:30pm and 7/2 at 3:00pm at First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood.

Interview: Music Night on Jupiter Benefit Concert, Tim Wolfson

June 24, 2023 – 7:20 am
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From 06/24/2023: Tim Wolfson discussing Music Night On Jupiter’s Benefit Concert on 7/9 (2 – 6 pm) featuring Swedish Americana musician Sofia Talvik.

Live Music: Ernie Hawkins & Clint Hoover

June 17, 2023 – 11:05 am
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From 06/17/2023: Acoustic blues with Ernie Hawkins and Clint Hoover, previewing their show at Breezeway Home, 6/24 (6:30 pm), Point Breeze.

Youth Express: Ligonier Valley Writers, Olivia Mastren-Williams

June 17, 2023 – 10:35 am
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From 06/17/2023: Olivia (Liv) Mastren-Williams (15, Chartiers Valley High School), recipient of the Naccarato Award from the Ligonier Valley Writers Student Poetry Competition, talking about her poem The Five Stages of Grief.

Youth Express: Youth Shakespeare Society, Much Ado About Nothing

June 17, 2023 – 10:05 am
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From 06/17/2023: Matilda MacInnis (10, homeschooled), Sydney Forschein (14, homeschooled), Ella Craig (17, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School), Kinsley Beachler (20, Seton Hill University), and Theo Fantozzi (21, University of Rhode Island) from The Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh previewing lines from Much Ado About Nothing, running 7/7 and 7/8 (6pm), 7/9 (2pm) at Perman Funeral Home

Interview: The Boxcar Children, Prime Stage Theatre

June 17, 2023 – 8:20 am
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From 06/17/2023: Wayne Brinda discussing the Prime Stage Sprouts’ production The Boxcar Children running 6/16 – 6/25 (7pm on Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30pm on Sundays) at the New Hazlett Theatre.

Youth Social Justice Documentary Series 2023

June 14, 2023 – 12:00 pm
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Teens from schools and neighborhoods around Pittsburgh joined …

Propel Montour 2023: Radio Club

June 13, 2023 – 7:54 am
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Students in 4th and 5th grade at Propel Montour share …

LPPACS Writing and Publishing Student CNF Essays

June 12, 2023 – 1:58 pm
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Writing and Publishing majors from the Lincoln Park Performing Arts …