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 Expression Showcase: South Park Children’s Theatre

July 16, 2011 – 3:50 pm
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Joining us is the cast of South Park Children’s Theatre, performing selections from their latest production.

Youth Expression Showcase: Friends from Radio Camp at Summer Dreamers

July 16, 2011 – 2:46 pm
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Our Summer Dreamers Radio Campers are sharing their talents as well as their experiences in the city-wide camp called the Summer Dreamers Academy, which is free for all PPS students K-8. Joining us, camper Gabby Johnson and her mom, along with Summer Dreamers Project Manager Eddie Wilson, discussing the 2011 Summer Dreamers Academy and the Pittsburgh Promise – a college scholarship opportunity made available to all PPS students.

Live music: Emily Pinkerton

July 16, 2011 – 10:53 am
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Emily Pinkerton, a musical virtuoso who apprenticed with Chilean folk artists, performs live in our studios.

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy – 15th Birthday

July 10, 2011 – 5:22 pm
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At the 2011 celebration for the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancies 15th birthday, HearMe & SLB collected these 5 stories from children aged 7 to 11. Topics were left up to the storyteller and ranged from Sports, Volunteerism, Martin Luther King, Jr, Acting and Animals.

CLP Hazelwood-Arbor Day

July 9, 2011 – 1:30 pm
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Pittsburgh Elementary students shared their thoughts and feelings about trees and the environment at a special Arbor Day event held at The Carnegie Library of Hazelwood.

Live music: Chris Niels

July 9, 2011 – 11:18 am
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Guitarists Chris Niels performs live in our studios. He will also preview CRY America’s seventh annual Festival in the Park, whose mission is to help underprivileged children in India and the US.

Youth Performance Showcase: Sydney Wolff

July 9, 2011 – 11:10 am
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Singer-songwriter Sydney Wolff, 15, of North Hills High, performing her original works along with friend and collaborator Sasha Kotarski, also 15.

PBS KIDS GO Write On! Writers Contest 2011

July 7, 2011 – 2:25 pm
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As part of a partnership between SLB and WQED, winners and runners up of the PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest recorded their stories live our studios. Listen to these wonderful stories from regional children, grades K-3.

Grow Pittsburgh and FitWits Family Night

July 5, 2011 – 5:24 pm
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Children attending the Fitwits Family Night at Propel McKeesport discussed their sensory experiences and relationships with herbs. This project was a collaboration between Fitwits, Grow Pittsburgh,  and the Saturday Light Brigade.

Live Music: Ortner-Roberts

July 2, 2011 – 3:32 pm
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Intensity, virtuosity and an instinctive sense of style characterize the artistic dialogue between the German clarinetist Susanne Ortner-Roberts and the American pianist Tom Roberts. We’re pleased to once again host the very talented Ortner-Roberts duo, live on SLB.