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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Live Performance: Three Rivers Storyteller Mary Morgan Smith

July 26, 2014 – 1:42 pm
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From 7-26-14: Mary Morgan Smith with the fourth installment of our series on the 2014Three Rivers Storytelling Festival.

Wilkinsburg Summer Program: Building Radio Kits

July 23, 2014 – 3:52 pm
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Students build radio kits.

YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society’s Young Winner Rebecca Lee

July 19, 2014 – 12:56 pm
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From 7-19-14: Pittsburgh Concert Society honoree Rebecca Lee with selections on piano.

Preview: Manchester Academic Charter School

July 19, 2014 – 12:31 pm
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From 7-19-14: Students from the Manchester Academic Charter School’s I-OWN entrepreneurship program is a unique educational program that teaches middle!school students the basics of small business development and operations.

YES: Center for Young Musicians

July 19, 2014 – 12:21 pm
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From 7-19-14: Center for Young Musicians students Kathryn Allen (9, Sewickley Academy), Rachel Spear (10, Evans City Elementary), Carson Jacob (10, Providence Heights Alpha School) and Joshua Faber (13, St. Alphonsus) with selections on piano.

Live Performance: Three Rivers Storyteller Michael Perry

July 19, 2014 – 12:02 pm
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From 7-19-14: Michael Perry with the third installment of our series on the 2014 Three Rivers Storytelling Festival.

Wilkinsburg Summer Program: 1 Thing I would Change

July 16, 2014 – 10:10 am
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Students at Wilkinsburg wrote and recorded a quick story about one thing they would change about their school, and also some students made a freestyle rap/poem.

YES: The Chiodi Trio

July 12, 2014 – 3:49 pm
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From 7-12-14:  The Chiodi Trio featuring Nico (banjo), Enzo (banjo) and J.T. …

YES: Jessica Bitsura

July 12, 2014 – 3:46 pm
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From 7-12-14: 17-year-old singer-songwriter Jessica Bitsura with original music.

Live Performance: Three Rivers Storyteller Mike Kennelly

July 12, 2014 – 3:24 pm
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From 7-12-14: Mike Kennelly with the second installment of our series on the 2014 Three Rivers Storytelling Festival.