City High Radio

08/02/2021

Check out Malena's story about being a freshman in the time of Covid:

Malena thought her freshman year was going to be glorious. But instead of having the time of her life, she spent the year hanging out with her mom, her grandpa, and her cats. All sounds in this story

03/03/2021

Check out these NPR reporters interviewing (and raving about!) Alex Soto's radio story: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/29/962289335/what-is-the-most-beautiful-sound

*Car door shuts, ignition revs, wheels turn on the pavement* Sound effects that transport you to a specific place are bread and butter for podcasts. But when does adding sound effects move a story along, and when do they merely confuse the listener? To explore this, we touched base with one of last....

01/03/2021

How did we miss this!? Alex Soto's story was discussed on NPR's Code Switch (final five mins) back in September. They call Alex a "creative genius" and her story "a podcast palate cleanser."

Adults often find it really hard to talk about race. But kids? Maybe not so much. NPR received more than 2,000 entries in this year's Student Podcast Challenge, and we heard from young people all over the country about how they're thinking about race and identity in these trying times.

12/24/2020

Paloma used to love Christmas, but lately, she feels a little disenchanted. Christmas seems like it’s become all about stuff and stress. But when she asks her fellow classmates “What’s your favorite t

06/30/2020

City High Radio is proud to announce that we had not one, but FOUR finalists in this year's New York Times Student Podcast Contest! Congrats to Iman Flenory, Alex Soto, Cougar Miller, and Julia Ortiz. Almost 900 students competed in the high school division. Follow the link to listen to their stories and to see their names published in the NYT!

We invited teenagers to create an original audio program, five minutes or less, about anything they wanted. Over 1,300 students participated. Here are our favorites.

05/30/2020

Thanks for having us on The Buzz!

05/29/2020

Listen today at 2:30 or tomorrow at 3:00 on 89.1!

A profile of some of the students and the teacher behind Tucson's City High Radio.

05/28/2020

Alex is a finalist!

Despite the coronavirus pandemic that closed schools nationwide, students from 46 states and the District of Columbia submitted entries. We've narrowed those down to 25 finalists.

05/28/2020

I’m case you missed it when it aired!

Today we’ll be hearing stories from City High Radio, an award-winning youth radio program run by teacher Sarah Bromer at City High School in downtown Tucson. The first story is from a recent episode of City High Radio’s podcast hosted by City High junior Cougar Miller. Alex Soto asks the questio...

05/10/2020

Tune in soon to 91.3 KXCI between 3:30 and 4:00 (Sunday, Mother's Day)--Pilar, Julia, and Cougar's stories will play, as well as covid diaries from Turtle, Geronimo, Julia, and Nigel. Thanks for having us on 30 Minutes!

Julia and Cougar interview members of Generation Z about how they feel about climate change. Song is an original composition by City High Radio classmate Geronimo Sanchez. Subscribe to our podcast