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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.

Propel Northside: Veteran Oral History Project

July 20, 2017 – 8:00 am
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In Summer of 2017, SLB Radio Productions, Inc., in partnership with Propel Schools and Leadership Pittsburgh, convened a group of 5th through 8th grade students to conduct interviews with local veterans about their military experiences. While learning about digital audio recording, the students also discussed the importance of storytelling through the oral tradition. With support as needed, students arranged and conducted the interviews.

Summer Dreamers Academy 2017 – Radio Camp

July 10, 2017 – 12:15 pm
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The Summer Dreamers Academy’s 2017 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.

BJWL: Hawkins Village Radio Camp 2017

June 22, 2017 – 5:00 pm
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During the summer of 2017, SLB Radio Productions conducted a …

Propel Power – Propel Northside Podcast

June 5, 2017 – 5:59 pm
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A group of departing eighth students at Propel Northside came together to record the inaugural episode of the Propel Power Podcast.

Holy Family Academy MiniMester Podcast: The Bitten Apple

June 1, 2017 – 1:00 am

 
As part of an end of the year Minimester (three …

Brashear After School 2016-17

May 24, 2017 – 4:55 pm
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Brashear High School students celebrated International Women’s Day (and Women’s History Month!) by talking about special women in their lives.

Streaming the Future Webcast 2017

May 20, 2017 – 1:00 am
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On May 20, 2017, teens from Pittsburgh Perry, Carrick High School, Winchester Thurston, Pittsburgh Westinghouse, Cornell Area High School, Fox Chapel High School, and North Allegheny Intermediate School discussed their outlooks, hopes, and concerns for the future in this live stream podcast. Listen to the hour-by-hour segments below!

Perry Community Day

May 16, 2017 – 6:00 pm
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On May 16, 2017, Pittsburgh Perry Students Kara Anderson, Chereigna Jones, and Robert Hawkins hosted a live stream from Pittsburgh Perry Community Day, a part of Remake Learning Days.

Pittsburgh Perry Broadcasting Class: Preservation Podcast

May 16, 2017 – 2:33 pm
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During the 2016/2017 school year, students in the broadcasting class at Pittsburgh Perry in association with the Young Preservationist Association and SLB Radio, learned about the history of the Northside, as well as holding discussions about their neighborhoods and communities.

Under the Tent and Around the World

May 16, 2017 – 2:09 pm
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On May 16th 2017, Propel Schools and City of Asylum partnered for “Under the Tent and Around the World”, an event hosted at City of Asylum’s Sampsonia Way location on the Northside. Students and families were able to create art, taste foods from different cultures, listen to music and authors, and meet people from other countries that now call Pittsburgh home. Youth Express was on hand to talk to those in attendance.