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~Y MARTHA SNIHK ~ ~ Monday. Recent fopiea induda effects of raLSing the mlNmwn wage mt 1 Smres of commercial and mmmtuilty-based radio stauons avoss the coon- rage empklymmL making h.,. uansttlon from high school to college. try aim music and ome progammtng at pre-teens or teens. But few acttvety ~~g me challenge of senior year, and undastandirrg al8rmatlve actlon. hrvohe youth in produdlon, the mold perfected by Berkeley. Calit.-based Youth in SL fouls. I~HX 88.1•FM, a mmmtinity radb statloa turns its Radio. ~ signal mgr in three gar youma for zo minutes every omen Friday night me Many of me radio statlons that do feature yotmg people as hroadcasters are three host a show called GAY 90s, during which mey discuv Issues of ~ operated by high school JournaBsm deparmtents. Often. meir prograrnmurg Is interest to gay or lesbian teenagers. ~ ~ I uililblted by me sklltlshriess of polltlcaliy sensitive school boards. ~Irr Charlottesville. Va.. indepmdmt radio producer MA Ginger McCarthy Here's a look a[ some of me youm-oriented mdlo projects around me mun- !s worklt~ wim glued middle- and high school-aged youths in produtt 1 try; 'Peaceworks,' a monthty show mat ta heard dttring 'Rid 'n' Kaboadle: me ~On me first Monday of each monm. Natlonal Public Radio's 'All lTilngs wee~S ciili~'s shoav she also produces. me show airs on WTJU 9I.I FM. ' Considered' news maganrte feahues a 13-minute piett by a teenage about me statlon of the UNVetslty of Virginia. - his or by dte. The feature. called Teenage Diaries,' began last April and avill Mc~Y ~ wntterr'Radiokids! A GWde for Helping Children to Create run at least through 1997. It's finanttd by a grant from me Corporatlon for Ong for Broadcast on CommtWty Radio and Home Audio Cassette.' Public Broadcasting. Independent producer Jce Richman works on me pieces doe out this spring. The 130-page guide provides step-by-step uuuuctlons for wen teens from many different backgrounds and from almost a down assisting youths in produCng. meir own one-hour radio shows. different states. \in Washulgmn. D.C., Frank Stasto, an independent reporter for public in recent monms, the series has featured a New York boy who's roping wlm radio, nuts me Student Media Protect out of a productlon studio at McKinley Tourette's Syndrome. a Connectlcut girl who grew up in foster care; and a ~ 521001 mat was egmpped by National Pubdc Radio. Pieces produced by Chicago boy who's exploring his spiriNality in a fatuity of omelets. "Chose are the youths in Stasio's program air pmodically on WYCB AM 1340 a !Deal I oat necessarlly stones about great ~ ;and struggles, but about me small 6~Pe1 statlon. - detalls in me lives of average teenagers.' Rachman says. 'Coleco mgemer. Undo a grant from WETA a local public radio statlon. Stasio also helps I ;,::,'.:c_ t:csc of ..,,a.......d.a w tx ; -,:.:g 1:. Amctl..a at ;he ;drs r t ^ C.'s 9uke ERtrgten School Pa the Perr..rr.ying A [s p-ep ~ - end of me 20m Century.' biographies of famous people, which WETA plans to air earty in I997T ~Chlldren's Express. known maWy for Its quadrennial coverage of natlonal ¦in Pomona. CaBL, tern Tamers are producing public servitt politlcai conventlons and Its student-produced newspaper, also suppdes announcements (or commercial radio statlons and violence preventlon tapes periodic commentaries and news reports [o MoNtnr Radio and Natlonal for use a[ community gamenngs undo me auspltts of [he Cortvaumty Public Radio. ~ ~llness grrr~e^FCp and me Male involvement Project Bernardo Rosa, who ~A group of Cleveland youm produt to 30-nunute segments every roordlnates me Male invohemen[ Protect. hopes evenNalty in negotiate a Sunday Nght for a show called -Buu_ a World Flt for Chlldren.' which RgWN Porn on a Iacai radio show. runs on WCLV-FM, a commercial classical music statlon. The segmenss. ~Tmva of YouN. a devdopuig program in Sacramento that calls ttseK a called -What Youm Thuile Today.' come from partlcipants in a radio training ~KWng arta• media and entertainment village.' plans to link me ezistlng program Wtla[ed by me Cleveland-based Inter-Church Council and the setrool and commuNty-based radio and TV productlon opportunitles [or national office of me UN[ed Church of Christ wren a grant of nearty youm in me Sacamento area and provide professional training and S200.000 from me George Gund Foundatlon. ~ directlon. Tower of Youm has Sl mWlon hom a federal substantt abuse Ar..c:ig me topics addressed in recent programs were teen courPS, multlcul- preventlon giant m help it realize Its Nslon. rural educatlon. and teen parents. Partlnpants learn bom [echNCal and edl- ¦in Port-au-Prince, Hain, Radyo Tlmoun. Crcrole for Children's Rad1o, has canal skWs and receive an S80 a month stlpend. xcn un me atr sintt January 1996. It was started by street children Kvtng ar ¦in St. toms. a nonprofit mental healm agency, Klds Undv Ikerity-One me LafanmJ SetaN orphartage, which was rounded by forme President Jean- - (KU'r01. produces a biweekly, youm-(a_used open forum radio program called Bertrand Aristlde. Aarording to me San Frarrclsm publicatlon Y0I (Youm 'Raparound.' The program was developed m the earty '90s and a1rs on Outlookl. me statlan provides 'a hvety mlz of Haitian rap, news, inteMews. KYMC. 89.7 FM, a nonprofit. noncommercial mdto stahon operated by the commenanes and live music' from me orphanages own rock band. The West County YMCA Programs are broadcast Ilve at 5 p.m. every Omer statlon is funded by private donatlans. R2SOt1CCCS: Student Media Protect Children's Express 'Gay'90s' Frank Staslo. duecWr Amanda Deaver, marrager of Adam Rosen ~ Youth Fadto 2928 Lawrentt Drive special pmJects KDFiX FM 88 Fats rhrrch. VA 22042 1440 New York Ave.. N.W.. S Wte 510 3504 Mamnlla Ave. E:iu; v i.ro:y. uecuc.c uu,zm' 17031 698-7425 Was on. DC 20005 SL Louis. MO 63118 1925 MartJn Luther King Jr. Way hmgt Berkeley. CA 94704 12021 737-7377 (3141 664-3955 15101 841-5123 Kids Under 7Wenty One IKIfiOI Webslte: http://www.ce.arg ' FAX (5101 841-9804 EkrabeN Makulec. execuWe director 'What Youm think Today- E-mall YRadlo®aol.rom or 2718 S. Brentwood BNd. 'Radlakldsl' Dave Howell. pmJect director I HN5040®hantlsnetorg St. TOWS. M063144~ Expected pubacatlon date: 700 Prospect Ave, t 13141963-7571 Spring 1997 Cleveland. OH 441 t5-I 100 Teenage Dlanes' Graff Publishing and Communlmtmns (2161 736-2222 Jce Richman. producer Kid n Kaboadle PO Box 6629 Pager (2161 670-8737 169 Avenue A. Apt. 13 M.A Ginger McCarthy ChanottesvWe. VA 22906 Website: h[[p:www//members.aol.com/ New York. NY 10009 Box 574 1804197]-1447 vrytLSample/wytt.html E~mad JKRtIweO.com Cobham. VA 22947' _ , 1aeb,~ue' lino-//uuw.well.cnm/user /jkr/ E-mail: Radloklds&aol.eom