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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.

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.

Woodland Hills PrimeTime: Make-up Words

November 12, 2015 – 12:48 pm
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Woodland Hills PrimeTime middle-school students put their imaginative vocabulary to the test as each student was given a made-up word and tasked with giving it a meaning and using it a sentence.

The Ellis School: Voice and Vision – Water Matters

November 11, 2015 – 2:43 pm
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Clairton CASTLE 2015-16: A Song, Animal Stories & Veteran’s Day

November 11, 2015 – 12:32 pm
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This week Clairton students got a chance to express themselves through a number of creative writing project! One involved a desperate, Dr. Doolittle-esque bid for survival, one about future employment, and another concerning Veterans and their service. Two students even wrote an original song which they sang as a duet!

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!

Interview: EQT Bridge Theater Series, Alice in Wonderland

October 31, 2015 – 9:00 am
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From 10/31/2015: Pam Komar of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust discusses the inaugural season of EQT Bridge Theater Series and the production, Alice in Wonderland. Also highlighted is the India in Focus selection of art and culture from the Republic of India.

Clairton CASTLE 2015-16: “A First…”

October 28, 2015 – 2:10 pm
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Students at Clairton’s CASTLE after school program were asked to describe the very first time they ever learned, accomplished or experienced something meaningful in their lives.

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.

Clairton CASTLE 2015-16: Three Things About Me

October 7, 2015 – 2:56 pm

A new school year has begun and with it a new year of Radio Club at Clairton Middle School’s CASTLE program! As an introduction to radio production–as well as to each other–5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students were asked to answer this writing prompt: “In three words, how would others describe you?”