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Concordia radio's Youth Program wraps up

First initiative of its kind for CJLO exemplifies meaningful community engagement
December 8, 2010
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By Russ Cooper


After ten weeks of workshops, the Youth Program facilitated at Concordia’s volunteer-run radio station CJLO will come to a close.

CJLO Youth Program
CJLO Youth Program final broadcast. | Photo courtesy of CJLO.

Since September, students from Montreal high schools James Lyng, Marymount, Westmount High, and Lauren Hill have been working with CJLO mentors to learn the ins and outs of broadcasting. With the training, students worked in groups of two to create 15-minute radio pieces on topics important to them.

“Our goal was to be able to provide quality training for community youth and attract the interest of students who seek to potentially consider broadcasting as a future career,” said CJLO Station Manager Katie Seline.

The final presentation of their projects went out over the air Tuesday, December 7 beginning at 5 p.m. 
The Youth Program, funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, was the first time in CJLO’s two-year on-air history that the station has been able to contribute this kind of service for the community. 

“CJLO was thrilled to be able to make the tools of broadcasting available for any student interested and to open doors that may not have otherwise been available,” says Seline.

Related Links:
•    Listen to the projects from the Youth Program
•    Teen radioheads get break from CJLO – NOW, September 20, 2010
•    CJLO
•    Community Radio Fund of Canada
 



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