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.

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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!

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

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Live Music: Jeremy Caywood and the Way of Life

January 18, 2014 – 7:05 pm
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From 1/18/14: Pittsburgh-based singer/songwriter Jeremy Caywood and the Way of Life, featuring Dave Dickinson (bass), Jessie Hoffman (violin) and Mark Kwolek (percussion)

2014 GRAMMY Nominees for Best Children’s Album

January 18, 2014 – 6:58 pm
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From 1/18/14: Live interviews with the performers nominated for the 2014 GRAMMY Award for Best Children’s Album

YES: Hope Academy Teen Theater Company

January 18, 2014 – 6:57 pm
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From 1/18/14: Hope Academy Teen Theater Company with songs they’ll perform at the 5th Annual East Liberty Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 1/20, noon

YES: Girls of Steel Robotics

January 18, 2014 – 6:48 pm
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From 1/18/14: Members of the Girls of Steel Robotics team sharing their experience with the robot-building kickoff event held earlier this month

South Side Stories with Tami Dixon

January 18, 2014 – 6:44 pm
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From 1/18/14: Tami Dixon with an excerpt from her acclaimed one-woman play South Side Stories, on stage at City Theatre through 1/26

Pittsburgh Langley K-8: Mustang Sports Report

January 17, 2014 – 11:41 am
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Students in Citiparks’ After School Academy at Pittsburgh Langley K-8 recorded this sports report to update their classmates on the progress of the Langley Girls Basketball team, as well as share their personal sports stories. These pieces are the result of weekly sessions in which students are learning about the equipment and techniques used in producing features for radio, with the goal of creating announcements for their morning assembly.

The ZONE: New Year Hopes

January 15, 2014 – 1:51 pm
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On our first day back from the holiday break we asked our students what they hoped for in this new year. Some desires were modest (A new phone), some were ambitious (Infinite “Connect Four” victories), while others were selfless.

Clairton CASTLE: New Years Resolutions

January 14, 2014 – 5:00 pm
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Radio Club is finally back from the holiday break, and to start things off we asked our students what were their New Years Resolutions. Many vowed to do better in school, while others aspired to achieve mayoral dominance; watch out Peduto, Leah is running on the three-minute-once-a-week-school-day platform.

YES: Gemini Theater’s “A Pirate Princess Adventure”

January 11, 2014 – 5:11 pm
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From 1/11/14: Gemini Theater with a scene from “A Pirate Princess Adventure”, running 1/11 to 2/2

YES: A+ Schools Teen Bloc

January 11, 2014 – 4:55 pm
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From 1/11/14: A+ Schools Teen Bloc students on their recently-created Students Bill of Rights.