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 Pittsburgh Youth Radio Corps

Crossing Fences: Braddock

November 17, 2015 – 2:34 pm
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Braddock Voices  features first-person reflections from ten men as collected by ten boys.  Project activities were conducted in collaboration with Braddock Carnegie Library and Braddock Youth Project. Listen below for each man’s story as well as reflections from the interviewers.

Crossing Fences: Sheraden

November 17, 2015 – 2:27 pm
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Sheraden Voices features first-person reflections from eleven men as collected by twelve boys.  Project activities were conducted in collaboration with H.O.P.E. for Tomorrow at Trinity AME Zion Church.  Listen below for each man’s story as well as reflections from the interviewers.

Media Empowerment Student Summit 2015

November 13, 2015 – 5:50 pm
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The Media Empowerment Student Summit (MESS) celebrated it’s second consecutive year – giving Pittsburgh area youth the opportunity to learn, interact, and network with a variety of like-minded professionals. The event, held at Carnegie Mellon University, featured seminars and workshops from organizations like TeenBloc, Digital Corps, and GTech.

The Ellis School: Voice and Vision – Water Matters

November 11, 2015 – 2:43 pm
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Pittsburgh King After School 2015-16: “What’s Important to Me”

November 10, 2015 – 2:22 pm
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Students at Pittsburgh King were given a variety of writing prompts ranging from: “What would you change if you were president?” to “What is an important issue in your life?” After writing, they then made these recordings. One student even recorded a brief preview of a TV script she had written in her spare time!

YES: Pittsburgh Brashear Students in Action

October 24, 2015 – 11:45 am
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From: 10/24/2015: Savannah Mynahan (16) and Cameron Brown (16) of Pittsburgh Brashear talk about Students in Action community and police relations programs at their school.

Woodland Hills PrimeTime: Haikus & Favorite Subjects

October 21, 2015 – 3:44 pm
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Woodland Hills PrimeTime Jr. High students share their original Haiku poems written and recorded during our visit, while others discuss their preferred school subjects and favorite books.

Woodland Hills PrimeTime Afterschool

October 8, 2015 – 1:40 pm
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7th & 8th graders of Woodland Hills PrimeTime After-school program are in transition. This year, the junior-high and high-school students have been brought together under the one roof. Hear what they have to say about the new learning environment as they compare and contrast experiences from years past and discover the new and exciting opportunities that come with being in a new building.

Voices of McKeesport

October 7, 2015 – 11:29 am
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During Summer 2015, SLB Radio Productions, Inc., in partnership with YouthCAST convened a group of middle and high school students. While learning about digital audio recording, the group also spent time discussing attributes of role models and identifying adults with a connection to McKeesport to be interviewed.

Pittsburgh King After School 2015-16: Three Things About Me

October 6, 2015 – 11:49 am

On our first day of Radio Club, students at Pittsburgh King were asked: “How would others describe you?”