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Int'l Children's Day of Broadcasting Airs on WEFT 90.1 Sun 12/9 9a-6p |
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by Cherie Lyn
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Phone: (217) 352-1240 |
03 Dec 2001
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"Every December thousands of children around the globe celebrate a special day, the International Children's Day of Broadcasting. Children take to the air as reporters, presenters and producers of programs that express their own dreams and concerns.... The key to the yearly event is participation by children and adolescents |
The International Children's Day of Broadcasting
WEFT 90.1 FM Community Radio
Sunday, December 9th, 2001
9:00am - 6:00pm
"Every December thousands of children around the globe celebrate a special day, the International Children's Day of Broadcasting. Children take to the air as reporters, presenters and producers of programs that express
their own dreams and concerns.... The key to the yearly event is participation by children and adolescents...." (from the UNICEF web page at http://www.unicef.org).
WEFT Radio is celebrating the International Children's Day of Broadcasting with many locally-produced radio programs by and for children and teenagers.
We hope to make this an annual event. Anyone interested in becoming involved in next year's program should contact the Coordinator, Cherie Lyn, at Treehouse Radio, (217) 352-1240.
Here is the schedule for the International Children's Day of Radio, on WEFT 90.1 FM, Sunday, December 9th:
(programs from 1:30 - 4:00pm are especially for younger children)
9:00am
Youth Contemporary Gospel Music
Hosts: Whitney Hinton and Janessa Brooks
Producer: Gladys Hunt
10:00am
Radio Girl
Topic: GirlZone
Talk show and interview hosted by Sehvilla Mann and Sarah Carsey, teens
who regularly produce Radio Girl for WEFT.
11:00am
All Girlz Radio
Topic: Personal Responsibility
Talk show and music, by and for African American teen girls.
(This show also airs regularly on WBCP.)
Producer: Sasha Meinrath
12:00
Urban League of Champ. Co.
Talk show and musical talent by Middle School and H.S. students from the
Urban League.
Topic: People who think they have talent. But do they?!
Producer: Arlene Cannon
12:30
Student Productions at University Laboratory H.S.
Student writers/directors will talk about plays they wrote and how they
are directing them for performance.
Participants: Sasha Steinberg, Ma'ayan Weinberg, Anita Chary, Valerie Ross
Producer: Barbara Ridenour
1:00
Home Hi Middle School for Girls
(5th/6th grade class)
They wrote and will perform radio dramas, a newscast, and a short talk
show.
Producer: Mary Biddle
1:30
Carol Miller's Home School
Poems, music, zany lists, and songs, written and performed by students.
Producer: Carol Miller
2:00
Food Fight I
A radio drama written and performed by children from the Motherlands
Multicultural Resource Center. An argument between good (healthy foods)
and junk foods as they try to convince a human to choose them to eat.
Producer: Dawn Blackman
2:30
Just So Stories
A reading of Kipling's stories by Sarah Matherly and friends.
Producer: Walter Matherly
3:00
Children Around the World
Multicultural songs from Latin America sung live by children from
Marujita's Small World School.
(In Spanish and English.)
Producer: Crisalida Thomassie
3:30
La Voz de los Ninos Latinos (Voice of Latin Kids)
A program of songs, stories, and poems by kids.
In Spanish only.
Producer: Doris Salcedo
4:00
Speak Up
A radio magazine program done by International Children's Voices, a group
of children from the East Central Illinois Refugee Association. Topics
will include music, teen pregnancies, Britney Spears, facts from around
the world, and comparisons between life where they were born and life in
the U.S.
Producer: Susan Harewood
4:30
Treehouse Radio
This program will give information on how children and teenagers in East
Central Illinois can get involved in local radio shows.
Producer: Cherie Lyn
5:00-5:50
Memories are Made of This
Students in the class of 2006 of University High School interview each
other about a favorite object which reminds them about a special person,
experience, or memory.
Narrator: Betsy Dorner
Producers: Kate Peisker & Emily Bruce |
See also:
http://www.prairienet.org/weft
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