WPEB Radio
Produce and Host A Radio Show
DATES: Thursday, April 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13 TIME: 4:30 – 6:30 pm; SPRING 2010
Youth Workshop
Open to all young people ages 11 to 19. We offer scholarship support, based on need. Please call us at 215 222 4201 for more information.
Learn how to produce a live radio show and how to think critically, experiment with digital technologies, and express yourself through community radio.
Learn how a radio studio works, from running the board, planning a show, being a host and DJ, producing short news spots, interviewing guests in the studio, field and studio recording to working with Audacity, the audio editing program. The workshop culminates in a two-hour radio broadcast on WPEB 88.1 FM, a new community radio station for West Philadelphia, with students performing every role.
Community News Reporting
DATES: Thursday, April 1, 8, 15, 22 and Saturday, May 1; TIMES: 7:00 – 9:00 PM and Saturday from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM *Saturday will take place in the WPEB Studio; SPRING 2010
Learn the skills to be a community news reporter!
How do you uncover the news? How do you know if a story is important? How do you produce a radio news story – quickly and accurately? Workshop participants learn the craft and technique of radio journalism by researching, producing and editing short news or feature stories about West Philadelphia for broadcast on WPEB. The workshop culminates in a live radio broadcast on WPEB featuring news reports produced by workshop participants.
Interview with Shenid Bhayroo
International Journalist Helps West Philly Community Reporters Gain Skills
Scribe Video Center is pleased to bring Shenid Bhayroo, international investigative journalist and Temple University faculty member, to our fall line-up of media workshops for emerging community radio producers. Our Daily Bread: A Community News Practicum is a six-week audio production workshop designed to teach the fundamentals of 
research and interviewing techniques, field recording and audio editing needed to produce a quality radio documentary. Finished projects will be prepared for broadcast on West Philadelphia’s community radio station, WPEB 88.1 FM.
Bhayroo has worked extensively as a writer, producer, cameraperson and video editor, primarily for foreign media in his native South Africa. Recently, he shared with Scribe his views on the relevance of community radio today.
What is the role of “community radio” in this age of global, internet communications?
Increasingly, corporate-owned media dominate local and national airwaves - the very airwaves that are considered a public-owned resource community radio is well positioned to provide alternative news, views, and opinions about and for the communities they serve. Community radio provides an opportunity for communities to engage in debate and discussion on important issues affecting the lives of citizens in a democracy.
How would you compare how radio is used in a South African community, for example, with how it can be used by community activists in Philadelphia?
Introduction to Digital Sound Editing
DATES: Tuesday January 19, 26, February 2, 9 TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 PM (Fall 2009-2010)
Using computers to edit sound! After you’ve done your interviews and made your recordings, learn how to cut them down to size and fit them together into one seamless piece of audio. This workshop will introduce the basics of Audacity, a free, open source audio editing program.
Produce & Host A Radio Show
DATES: Mondays, November 9, 16, 23, 30, December 7*, 14* TIME: 4:30 – 6:30 PM *Indicates workshop will meet at WPEB Studio (FALL 2009)
YOUTH WORKSHOP
These workshops are open to all young people ages 11 to 19. We also offer a limited amount of scholarship support, based on need. Please call us at 215 222 4201 for more information.
This hands on workshop is designed to train young people in how to produce a live radio show and how, through community radio they can think critically, experiment with digital technologies, and express themselves. Participants will learn how a radio studio works from running the board, planning a show, being a host and DJ and , producing short news spots, interviewing guests in the studio, field and studio recording and to audio editing with Audacity. The workshop will culminate in a two-hour radio broadcast on WPEB 88.1 FM, newest Philadelphia’s community radio station, with students performing every role.
Introduction to Digital Sound Editing
DATES: Tuesday January 19, 26, February 2, 9 TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 PM (FALL 2009)
Using computers to edit sound! After you’ve done your interviews and made your recordings, learn how to cut them down to size and fit them together into one seamless piece of audio. This workshop will introduce the basics of Audacity, a free, open source audio editing program.
Community News Reporting
DATES: Tuesdays, October 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17 and Saturday, November 28* *Indicates workshop will meet at WPEB Studio TIME: Tuesdays from 7:00-9:00 PM & Saturday from 11:00 -1:00 pm (FALL 2009)
This training workshop will give you the skills to be a community news reporter. How do you uncover the news? How do you know if a story is important? How do you produce a radio news story – quickly and accurately? Workshop participants will learn the craft and technique of radio journalism by researching, producing and editing short news or feature stories about West Philadelphia for broadcast on WPEB. The workshop will culminate in a live radio broadcast on WPEB featuring news reports produced by workshop participants.
Our Daily Bread: A Community News Practicum
DATES: Wednesday, October 28, November 4, 11, 18, December 2, 9 TIME: 7:00-9:00 PM (FALL 2009)
Journalist Shenid Bhayroo directs this audio production workshop to help participants develop the skills to be a community journalist and produce radio documentaries. The workshop topic is, “Where can we find fresh, healthy foods in West Philadelphia?” Over the course of six weeks, workshop participants learn research and interview techniques, field recording and audio editing, while creating a finished radio documentary, to be broadcast on community radio station WPEB 88.1 FM.
Community News Reporting
DATES: Tuesday July 21, 28 August 4 & Thu July 23, 30, August 6; TIMES: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
This training workshop gives you the skills to be a community news reporter. How do you uncover the news? How do you know if a story is important? How do you produce a radio news story – quickly and accurately? Workshop participants learn the craft and technique of radio journalism by researching, producing and editing short news or feature stories about West Philadelphia for broadcast on WPEB. The workshop culminates in a live radio broadcast on WPEB featuring news reports produced by workshop participants.
Last two classes will take place at the WPEB Studios.
Writing Radio Drama
DATES: Mondays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 TIME: 7:00-9:00 PM
Character, plot, story, description, soundscape, dialogue, these and more are the elements that combine in the author controlled medium of dramatic radio. This radio scriptwriting workshop will guide workshop participants through the process of creating short radio plays for WPEB. Participants should come to this workshop with a story idea on a topic or issue relevant to their community, and be prepared to get dramatic!
