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January 27, 2024 – 11:05 am

From 01/27/2024: Morgantown-based fiddler, guitarist and singer/songwriter Gray Buchanan previewing her SongSpace show at First Unitarian with Bertha and the Belles, 1/27 (7:30 pm), Shadyside.

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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.

Fountain of Youth Philanthropy, 2018

August 1, 2018 – 5:00 am
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In summer of 2018, the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County Youth Philanthropy Internship Program brought together ten high school students and recent graduates as summer interns. The 7-week Youth Philanthropy Internship Program was made possible through a grant from The Heinz Endowments and is based on the successful model of the Heinz Endowments’ own program in Pittsburgh. Throughout the internship’s duration, students assessed community needs and developed funding opportunities for local non-profits to apply for grants of up to $25,000 to address these needs, with a total of $70,000 granted within Westmoreland County. In addition to their grantmaking, interns created these radio documentaries around important community issues.

Summer Reading Extravaganza 2018

June 29, 2018 – 4:57 pm

Youth Express microphones were rolling at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s 18 annual Summer Reading Extravaganza!

Propel Schools: Career Exploration

June 28, 2018 – 12:00 pm
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Sixth through eighth grade students at Propel Schools explore …

Summer Dreamers Academy 2018 – Radio Camp

June 25, 2018 – 12:15 pm

The Summer Dreamers Academy’s 2018 Radio Camp has officially started!

Welcome to our blog, where we’ll document all of our educational adventures and store all of the audio we create. We’ve got an exciting five weeks ahead of us–weeks filled to the brim with unbridled awesomeness.

Special Olympics Unified Track & Field

May 9, 2018 – 4:53 pm
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Our microphones were rolling last week at Oliver Citywide Academy for the Special Olympics Unified Track & Field meet! Listen and learn about this incredible event from the athletes, coaches, and administrators.

Woodland Hills Prime Time 2017-2018

May 8, 2018 – 3:15 am
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6th, 7th, and 8th graders at Woodland Hills Jr. High School’s Prime Time After School program learn the basics of audio production while expressing and reflecting on their personal experiences.

Heritage Day at Brashear

April 26, 2018 – 4:41 pm
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Heritage Day was a celebration full of music and dancing, as Pittsburgh Brashear students shared their unique culture, traditions, and backgrounds with each other.

Spartan Express 2017 – 2018

April 23, 2018 – 5:01 pm
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Check out some of the great new tracks on the Spartan Express playlist! These student-produced pieces cover lots of topics like the Montour musical, Record Store Day – even news pieces on some of the school’s new initiatives. 

Inclusive Innovation Feature on Youth Express

April 4, 2018 – 2:00 pm
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On 4/4, SLB Radio was proud to partner with the City of Pittsburgh for its third annual Inclusive Innovation Week. Here are excerpts from our live Youth Express webcast during which we welcomed children, youth and adults to our studios to talk with each other about play, pastimes and more. Special thanks to Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Playful Pittsburgh Collaborative, Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh, CLP Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse and Fine Art Miracles, Inc. for collaborating on this multigenerational project project.

Faison After School 2018

February 27, 2018 – 12:57 pm
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We’re very excited to be back at Pittsburgh Faison for After School!