2006 Workshop

Youth Mediaworks' first project was an intercultural youth radio workshop held at the Florence Community Center in Florence, MA July 31 - August 4. Offered in collaboration with PeopleLink and Valley Free Radio's Youth Collective and Community Radio Collective, the workshop provided an opportunity for local youth .

Participants learned about the grassroots community radio movement, Valley Free Radio's history and mission, FCC regulations, and radio programming formats and genres. They also received studio production and editing and on air skills training. In addition, participants learn about producing a music program and writing for radio.

Local youth joined students visiting from China and created a radio show together. Once the material for the show was recorded, a team of local youth assembled and edited the 60-minute program. The show aired on Valley Free Radio, WXOJ-LP, 103.3 FM in Northampton on Sunday, August 13 at 9 p.m.

A number of students also participated in a special live call-in program, called YouthLink Live, which aired on Valley Free Radio on Wednesday, August 2, at 1 p.m.

Listen to the workshop's productions:

  YouthLink Live (Coming Soon!)

  Radio YouthLink (entire program)

  Radio YouthLink Intro

  Radio YouthLink Part 1

  Radio YouthLink Part 2

  Radio YouthLink Part 3

  Radio YouthLink Part 4

  Radio YouthLink Outro