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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Articles in Propel Schools

Propel Homestead 2023: Career Exploration

February 14, 2023 – 3:10 pm | 50 views
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Students in grades 4th-5th at Propel Homestead share their thoughts on the world as they develop their authentic voices while thinking and learning about future career possibilities. Throughout this program, students sharpen their writing and critical thinking skills as they …

Propel Braddock 2023: Career exploration

February 14, 2023 – 2:40 pm | 51 views
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Students in grades 4th-5th at Propel Braddock share their thoughts on the world as they develop their authentic voices while thinking and learning about future career possibilities. Throughout this program, students sharpen their writing and critical thinking skills as they …

Propel McKeesport 2023: Career Exploration

February 13, 2023 – 3:08 pm | 76 views
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Students in grades 4th-5th at Propel McKeesport share their thoughts on the world as they develop their authentic voices while thinking and learning about future career possibilities. Throughout this program, students sharpen their writing and critical thinking skills as they …

Propel Northside: Immigrant Oral History Project

January 1, 2020 – 2:33 pm | 82 views
Listen to Propel Northside middle school students interview Aurora Ortiz about her life in Mexico and her immigration to the United States.

Propel Schools: Career Exploration

June 28, 2018 – 12:00 pm | 495 views
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Sixth through eighth grade students at Propel Schools explore job and career opportunities that interest them. Through career research and interviews with people in the work force, these students gain insights to help inform career decisions.

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Propel Braddock Hills Middle School 2017-2018

November 21, 2017 – 12:00 pm | 1,015 views
Students from Ms. Neal's class at Propel Braddock Hills Middle School share their thoughts, advocate for causes, and edit their own audio in the first trimester of radio club.

Propel Montour Middle School 2017-2018

November 21, 2017 – 12:00 pm | 1,162 views
IMG_0831 Students from Mr. Pippen's podcast group share their opinions, thoughts and more during radio club.

Propel Hazelwood After School: Civil Rights and Radio Programs

January 18, 2017 – 2:14 pm | 567 views
clock4_thumb Students in Radio Club at Propel Hazelwood finished their afterschool sessions with conversations about civil rights activists and positive role models as well as what they would choose to put on their own radio programs.

Propel Hazelwood After School: Monsters

December 7, 2016 – 5:58 pm | 810 views
P1030918 We asked After Schoolers at Propel Hazelwood to dream up a fantastical creature that lives behind their school. There were a few different approaches to monster creation; some classically scary, some misunderstood, and some friendly.

Propel Hazelwood After School: Ultimate Pet

November 30, 2016 – 5:12 pm | 691 views
P1030882 We've all daydreamed about having an exotic pet. A tiger... a panda... maybe some kind of tiger/panda hybrid. The sky's the limit! Students at Propel Hazelwood put aside the prohibitive costs (and city permitting issues) that go along with owning a rare, possibly dangerous creature, to talk about what kind of animal they would choose if they could have any pet.