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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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Live Music: Panther Hollow String Band

November 2, 2013 – 4:11 pm
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From 11/2/13: Bluegrass and old-time music with Panther Hollow String Band

YES: Prime Stage Theatre

November 2, 2013 – 4:04 pm
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From 11/2/13: Prime Stage actors Mike Nicosia and Morissa Trunzo with a preview of the 2013-14 season, including an 11/7 Teen Dating Awareness program and the 11/2 to 11/11 run of Turn of the Screw, both at the New Hazlett Theater

YES: Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra

November 2, 2013 – 3:51 pm
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From 11/2/13: A quartet featuring Devin Moore (14, Chartiers Valley High School, violin), Alex Fleming (16, Bethel Park High School, violin), Jimmy Cunningham (14, CAPA, viola) and Claire Williams (17, Upper St. Clair High School, cello) representing the Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra

Pittsburgh Langley K-8: My School Radio Station

November 1, 2013 – 3:02 pm
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Students in Citiparks’ After School Academy at Pittsburgh Langley K-8 recorded these pieces in which they share what the name they would give their school radio station. These pieces are a result of the second of seven weekly sessions in which students are learning about the equipment and techniques used in producing features for radio.

The ZONE: The Humpty Dumpty Challenge

October 30, 2013 – 12:03 pm
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On our 4th and 5th meetings at University Preparatory Academy’s The ZONE, students were split into three groups, given access to netbooks, and tasked with reassembling various pop songs that had been spliced into twenty-five separate pieces.

Live Music: Ellen Cherry and Tony Denikos

October 26, 2013 – 1:41 pm
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From 10/26/13: Baltimore-area performers Tony Denikos & Ellen Cherry performing live on the morning after their 10/25 performance at the Harmony in the House series at Bottle Brush gallery in Harmony

Big Sister Emily Caudill and Little Sister Monzerrat

October 26, 2013 – 1:33 pm
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From 10/26/13: Emily Caudill and Monzerrat discussing their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBBS staff member Cheryl Jones

YES: Songela Chen

October 26, 2013 – 1:04 pm
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From 10/26/13:  Pittsburgh Concert Society honoree Songela Chen of North Allegheny Intermediate …

Pittsburgh Langley K-8: Three Things About Me

October 25, 2013 – 1:35 pm
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Students in Citiparks’ After School Academy at Pittsburgh Langley K-8 recorded these pieces in which they share three things about themselves. These pieces are a result of the first of seven weekly sessions in which students are learning about the equipment and techniques used in producing features for radio.

Clairton CASTLE: What I’m Going to be for Halloween & More Editing

October 22, 2013 – 2:52 pm
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On our 6th meeting, students at Clairton’s CASTLE program wrote about Halloween and what/who they’re going to dress up as. It’s looking like the streets on October 31st will be filled with primarily Zombie Princesses. They then learned more about the power of audio editing!