SLB Radio Productions, Inc.

Profile ( moreless )

Phone: 412.586.6300

PO Box 100092
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania 15233
USA
Website

TOP-RATED 2010

Staff: Claim Org

Add to my favorites

Please login/register to add this organization to your favorites.

Add to my favorites Added to favorites!

Target demographics: People of all ages and across all generations.

Direct beneficiaries per year: 40,000 to 75,000 and Internet radio listeners

Geographic areas served: Western Pennsylvania

Board Members and Affiliation: Board:

Lawrence M. Berger, Host and Founder of The Saturday Light Brigade radio program.

Rikki L. Berger, SLB producer for 15 years and registered nurse at Suburban General Hospital, West Penn Allegheny Health System.

E. Paul Dick, retired Vice President of Human Resources, St. Francis Hospital, past board president and current board member, UCP Pittsburgh.

Holly Dick, ACCESS Transportation

Ken Doyno, AIA, Principal, Rothschild Doyno Architects

Hilda Fu, University of Pittsburgh

Mark Kuczinski, The Pittsburgh Penguins

Christopher D. Tower, P.E., P.G., Principal, C.D. Tower and Associates, an engineering firm based in Westmoreland County.

Tim Wolfson, Esquire, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.

Advisory Board:

Bruce Adamson, award-winning children’s performer, communications lecturer, and advertising professional.

Kevin Amos, Thomas Merton Center

The Honorable Max Baer, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice and former Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge

Connie Brinda, Prime Stage

Wayne Brinda, Prime Stage

Lisa Dennis, system-wide coordinator of children’s collections, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Holly Dick, retired health-care professional for troubled adolescents, current ACCESS staff member, past president, Radio Information Service for the Blind.

Emily E. Jarrett, fundraising counsel

Cindy Harris, Internet specialist, folk music performer.

Lourdes A. Karas, Executive Director, Appalachian Education Initiative.

Joseph Kennedy, IV

Margaret “Maggie” Kimmel, Chair, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh

Marge Lubawy, Allegheny County Department of Human Service, Office of Community Relations.

Bill Lucker, former Saturday Light Brigade producer and co-host (1981-2001), consulting engineer.

W. Thomas McGough, Jr., Partner, Reed Smith LLP; Past Chairman, WQED Multimedia

Darren Morton, WSAJ Radio Director , Grove City College

David Parker, nationally recognized performer for children and their families

Paula Purnell, award-winning children’s music performer, singer/songwriter, and workshop leader

Gregg Stewart, musician and oncology account manager

Joan Stewart, musician and photographer.

Richard Stuempges, public school principal

David Tamulevich, nationally-known folk music musician, agent and manager as well as member of the folk-duo Mustard’s Retreat and the advisory board of Sing Out! magazine.

Annie Trimble, musician, songwriter and technical writer.

Mark Weakland, educator and children’s entertainer.

Larry Werner, retired president of Ketchum Communications; former Vice President, Executive Service Corps of Pittsburgh

Mission:

The mission of SLB Radio Productions, Inc. (SLB) is to use radio and audio programs and technologies to encourage, amplify, share and archive the ideas, stories, feelings and ideas of children and youth.

These activities provide an innovative method to promote increased:

verbal literacy
media literacy
listening and communication skills
self-esteem and confidence
critical and creative thinking
respect, tolerance and understanding of others
community engagement
cooperation
interaction among children and adults
informal out-of-school learning
familiarity with new technologies

Results:

Weekly broadcasts of our Saturday morning radio program since 1978. We currently air from 6 to noon on 88.3 WRCT Pittsburgh, 91.1 WSAJ Grove City, 90.1 WIUP Indiana, 90.7 WMCO New Concord, 91.7 WNJR Washington, 91.7 WCUC Clarion, PCTV via Channel 21 on Comcast Pittsburgh, and Channel 47 on Verizon FIOS. In a typical year, we feature over 70 professional musicians performing on air, over 100 interviews with area non-profits, over 50 youth musicians and 20 youth theater previews. Off-air activities include radio dramas, workshops and audio projects involving over 2,000 children per year.

45 Reviews
See all »

Average rating:

Write A Review

fingershreds

02/28/10

First, as a listener to this wonderful, family-friendly interactive program. Then, as the community relations person for a small non-profit cultural organization, who has always found in SLB a ready ear (and voice) for our programs and projects... more »

pavelovich

02/28/10

For the past ten years SLB Radio has helped promote fundraising efforts for the homeless shelter at which I work. St. Joseph House of Hospitality has a yearly bluegrass benefit concert and SLB radio has had musicians from that concert perform on the Saturday morning prior to that concert. Not only... more »

dennis4

02/28/10

My 7th and 8th grade students have worked with the Saturday Light Brigade (SLB) for past two years on an outstanding project entitled Allegheny Voices. This entire project came into being after a casual conversation I had with Larry Berger and Jeff Barron of SLB. I was mistaken that our ... more »

See all 45 reviews »