Posted by Pablo, Sarahlynn on December 09, 2009 at 22:07:23:
For Immediate Release ? December 7, 2009
Contact: Adam Yoffe - (312) 893-2978, [email protected] ? OR -
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Vocalo.org Hosts a Create-Your-Own-Radio-Broadcast Training on December 11
What: Vocalo.org, 89.5 FM, WBEW, invites its listeners and the public to a training on December 11. Participants will
learn how they can share their thoughts and opinions on the Vocalo radio broadcast and online. Participants will learn
how to navigate the Vocalo.org website, upload and showcase their own media and record their own audio pieces using an
ordinary telephone.
The training will be held at the Digital Youth Network, 1050 E. 47th Street, Chicago. The training is free and open to
the public.
Why: ?The input and active participation of our listeners is integral to the sound and success of our broadcast,? says
interim general manager Adam Yoffe. ?Teaching our audience how to get their opinions and voices on the radio and online
is a crucial part of our organization?s mission to lift up voices typically underrepresented in media.?
Who: Vocalo.org host producer Sarah Lu will be the instructor.
When: The training will be held on Friday, December 11, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Where: The training will be held at the Digital Youth Network, 1050 E. 47th Street, Chicago. RSVP for the
create-your-own-radio-broadcast training at www.vocalo.org/store. E-mail [email protected] for more information.
Vocalo.org can be heard on 89.5 FM throughout northwest Indiana, Chicago and southwest Michigan and streams online live
to the world at www.vocalo.org/stream.
About Vocalo.org:
Vocalo.org is a website and radio station committed to fostering conversation between diverse constituents in the Lake
Michigan region. Vocalo.org was started in June 2007 as an initiative of Chicago Public Radio to make public radio more open to the public at-large. The station invites everyone to join the conversation by uploading stories, interviews, and
text to www.vocalo.org or by calling the hotline at 888-635-1112. Vocalo.org broadcasts live from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and
features all-night and weekend mix tapes of content during automated hours. Vocalo.org broadcasts on 89.5 FM to a
footprint of 2.5 million residents in northwest Indiana, Chicago and southwest Michigan and streams online live to the
world. As of 2009, Vocalo.org?s online community has grown to more than 5,000 contributors.
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Sarahlynn Pablo
Freelance Publicist
Vocalo.org, 89.5 FM
[email protected]