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SLB Radio Productions, Inc.

Phone: 412.586.6300

10 Children's Way
Suite 21
Pittsburgh, PA USA 15212

www.slbradio.org Volunteer Donate

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Latest Review

Reviewed by: toonseum

on 12/06/07:

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SLB is a great asset to Western PA and the surrounding area. At its heart Larry Berger, the host, brings entertainment and educational fun into homes and cars every saturday morning through the radio. The acoustic musicians they host are outstanding and their work with young people is to be...   more

Mission

Encourage children and adults to be together, respect one another, and learn with each other through the unique medium of radio. In particular: (1) encourage self-expression, communication and literacy among children and adults; (2) provide technical and educational resources that enrich lives of children and adults through education, self-exploration and entertainment; (3) provide family-friendly music and activities that encourage multi-generational participation, family interaction and community-building; and (4) contribute to and promote Pittsburgh’s national position as a family-friendly region to live in or visit.

Key Facts

Geographic areas served:

Western Pennsylvania

Target demographics:

People of all ages and across all generations.

Results to date:

Weekly broadcasts of our Saturday morning radio program for 29 consecutive years.  We currently air from 6 to noon on 88.3 WRCT Pittsburgh, 91.1 WSAJ Grove City, 90.1 WIUP Indiana, 91.7 WNJR Washington and 1550 WLFP Braddock.  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 250 children per year.

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

Indirect beneficiaries per year: Approximately 250,000 people visit the Children's Museum annually, many of whom visit our studios.

Obstacles:

We’re growing!  Rapidly!  Our flagship public radio program “The Saturday Light Brigade” began as an all-volunteer effort in 1978.  Ten national, state and local awards and 22 years later, we formed a non-profit to guide our growth in 2000.  With a budget of $8,000/year, we grew rapidly and moved our studio and offices to leased space in the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.  Today we have 3 employees, a budget of about $200,000/year and distribute our radio program to five stations.  We also conduct youth workshops and other off-air educational projects related to audio.

Your donation of $25 enables us to:

add CDs to our family-friendly music library

Your donation of $100 enables us to:

buys a microphone, pair of headphones or other piece of studio gear

Your donation of

$1000

enables us to:

subsidizes youth media workshops focused on reading, speaking and listening skills.

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.

Ken Doyno, AIA, Principal, Rothschild Doyno Architects

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

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

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.

Joseph Kennedy, IV, Family Communications

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

Past and Current Funders:

The Grable Foundation

The Forbes Funds

Dominion Foundation

McFeeley-Rogers Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation

PPG Industries Foundation

Laurel Foundation

Clapp Charitable & Educational Trust

Carnegie Museum of Art

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

Supercuts

Carnegie Science Center

National City

Key Staff

Larry Berger, Founder and Executive Director

Rikki Berger, Executive Producer

Justin Chechile, Technical Director