Blunt Youth Radio Project

10/18/2024

Blunt Youth Radio fans! Hey Blunt members! Support youth media! Blunt's turn on WMPG's fall Begathon is coming up NEXT Thursday, October 24th from 6-7pm! Call 207-874-3000 or donate online at https://www.wmpg.org/, and say Blunt sent you. Every contribution makes a difference!

01/27/2024

Calling all high school-aged youth! You are invited to Blunt Youth Radio’s Info Session & Kickoff on February 1! Join us to see live radio in action, learn how to get involved, and get free radio training. (Plus, we’ll have pizza.)

You're invited to Blunt Youth Radio's Info Session & Kickoff on February 1! Join us to see live radio in action, learn how to get involved, and get free radio training. (Plus, we'll have pizza.) Sign up here! 🍕 🎧 😀 WHAT: Blunt Youth Radio Info Session & KickoffWHERE: WMPG 90.9 | University ...

03/21/2023

We hope you'll be able to join us Next Tuesday, March 28th at Flatbread Company Portland Maine from 5-9 PM to eat pizza and support Blunt Youth Radio programs!

12/20/2022

Blunt Youth Radio member Pi Crosby was recently part of the KCRW Radio Race, a high-stakes competition where you have just 24 hours to complete a 4 minute audio story based off a prompt. This year the theme for the event was "Your secret is safe with me." Pi produced a fun story about Harry Houdini's unsung assistant, Dorothy Young.

Take a listen here>>

Listen to KCRW Radio Race - Pi Crosby // "Everybody Needs an Alfred" by Pi.C5407 on

11/29/2022

Hi Audio Pals! It's true! Blunt has launched its first annual fundraiser, and all your donations will go directly to supporting youth audio programs. Please consider donating >> https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_f05b0cbe-7309-11ec-a715-02641f211691&WidgetId=6499328

06/21/2022

King Middle Schoolers just finished up their Spring Expedition, and Blunt Youth Radio/ WMPG FM was the community partner. For this expedition, students recorded and edited short audio postcards featuring local spots around Portland, Maine. Their guiding questions for designing these pieces were: What are our favorite places in Portland and the surrounding community? How do we spread the word about these locations? They did such a fantastic job, and a selection of their work is now available to listen to >> https://www.wmpg.org/ear-scramble/

12/21/2021

Here's a new piece of audio fiction created by Audio Club member Pi Crosby, based on the prompt TIME WARP.

11/02/2021

Announcing our first audio challenge for the month of November! Time Warp: Imagine you can travel to the future or the past. Create a piece set in the past or an imagined future world. Learn more at our launch this Thursday Nov 4th @3:15 at the Portland Public Library Here's the link to register>> https://forms.gle/dQh4rjr6BrCvEGwv5

10/20/2021

Did you know we now have an official Podcast for Blunt? Take a listen to Ear Scramble, a youth-produced variety show serving up a mix of original stories from Southern Maine. Ear Scramble will feature youth work from school projects (for example, past episodes feature final audio produced through student expeditions at King Middle School), from Blunt programs and workshops, and any teen who is looking for a home for their audio projects is also welcome to submit their work to the podcast! https://www.wmpg.org/ear-scramble/

10/20/2021

Announcing another great partnership with the Portland Public Library! We're launching an Audio Club, and the kickoff event is November 4th! Audio Club will be a combination of in-person and virtual gathering (using Discord as our online platform), and as a member of Audio Club you'll have access to field recording equipment for checkout at the library, audio challenges, listening parties and more! Register here >> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfx0M66K__dphVObjS2YYCeAjCuhNR14igPoyO2e98Y-5r_4Q/viewform

07/19/2021

Very cool! One-day workshops with Blunt Youth Radio and the Portland Public Library coming right up. Still spaces in our Tuesday, July 20th workshop for high-school aged youth. Fun! Free! And lunch included!

06/17/2021

We're so thrilled to share that we're teaming up with the Portland Public Library for three in-person full-day summer workshops! No experience necessary! We hope you'll join us :)

Join the Teen Library and Blunt Youth Radio for a workshop to learn how to make your own audio stories about the topics that matter to you! You’ll use professional audio recording equipment, conduct audio interviews, and edit your interviews into a polished audio story. Beginners are welcome!