The Saturday Light Brigade, one of the oldest public radio shows in the United States.
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> Perhaps some of the most interesting ideas, however, can be found in > the
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> Saturday Light Brigade, one of the oldest public radio shows in the > United
> States. SLB is famous for its family emphasis: participatory puzzles > and
> games, call-ins from kids, that sort of thing. The show broadcasts on
> Saturday mornings, live from the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, PA.
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> SLB's Original Urban Radio (OURadio) initiative has asked for a > $275,000
> grant to build a network of broadband powered community radio > stations for
> the public housing systems in that city. The project would work with
> Pittsburgh's public housing agency. As OUB explains, it will:
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> "use broadband services to create localized radio stations in > existing
> youth centers at Bedford Dwellings (on Pittsburgh's North Side) and
> Northview Heights (in Pittsburgh's Hill District). Broadcasts will > propagate
> through broadband Internet, and be heard on computers, telephones > and-most
> importantly-Internet radios. Each station will broadcast poetry, > music,
> essays, reflections, interviews, public affairs and other similar > content
> created by and for youth and others who live in the community."
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> The Saturday Light Brigade is a radio program featurbing acoustic > music and
> family fun. Broadcast since 1978, it is one of the longest-running > public
> radio programs in the United. States. Quality music, on-air > telephone calls
> from kids and adults, innovative participatory puzzles and games, and
> interesting guests have made The Saturday Light Brigade a family radio
> tradition for tens of thousands of people. Kids listen with adults, > adults
> listen with kids, and everyone has fun listening to the radio > together!
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> The Saturday Light Brigade is broadcast live from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 > noon
> (Eastern) on Saturday mornings and originates live from Children's > Museum of
> Pittsburgh and broadcasts can be heard here at www.slbradio.org, > WRCT (88.3
> FM Pittsburgh), WIUP (90.1 FM Indiana), WMCO (90.7 FM Muskingom) > WSAJ (91.1
> FM Grove City), WNJR (91.7 FM Washington), WCUC (91.7 FM Clarion).
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> http://slbradio.org/about.shtml
