Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM

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  • Location: Austin, Texas

Hey, we're Youth Spin. Youth Spin is a group of high school students who all love to produce good youth radio! Our show is crewed by teens, high-school age and under, and we broadcast in Austin, Texas on 91.7 FM KOOP (and we stream online through koop.org), on Fridays from 6-7pm every week. Youth Spin is a nationally recognized youth radio program run under the auspices of KOOP radio and the Griffin School. High School students from all over Austin and the surrounding area have taken part in this unique, radio program. Our pieces are varied: they range from collages of several short pieces to long features to commentaries, series, and interviews. We enjoy all types of writing for radio, though we also enjoy playing some of our favorite songs in between pieces. We hope you like our pieces and we hope you all enjoy hearing the news from a teen perspective. :)

Series

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4 Pieces

Join Makalah in her quests in her mini Summer series for Youth Spin! She announces various informational topics from music, health, fashion, social media, "Boredom Prevention" and MUCH more.

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12 Pieces

A introduction to the Youth Spin listeners, as well as a personal story where the song is the main character in the plot. That's My Song weaves together fun, drama, entertainment all in one short package of personal, teen story-telling.

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6 Pieces

The Bookmark is a new series by our new Spinner, Makalah. The Bookmark focuses on the literary world, from author interviews to book reviews.

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3 Pieces

A story of intrigue, deception, and murder most foul. Welcome, dear listener... to the Sanguine Script!

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Female athletes who are changing the views of the women's wrestling

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3 Pieces

Each week, spinner Perry finds the strangest happenings to report to listeners.

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As part of the Youth Spin Summer Workshop series the teens of Youth Spin looked deep into the inner workings of four youth related organizations in Austin. Talking with members, board participants, directors, and youth involved, the Youth Spin discovered what each organization had to offer.


Pieces

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Zoe Cordes Selbin interviews Damian Kulash, singer of the rising band Ok Go.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 11:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Zoe Cordes Selbin interviews the drummer of the 15-year-old pop-punk band MxPx.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
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When Zoe's family spent their summers in Sweden, all she had to get around on was a bike...but could a car-using Texan like Zoe get used to it?

Bought by WGXC, BSR Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Zoe Cordes Selbin interviews the comprehensive sex education activist Shelby Knox, of the documentary "The Education of Shelby Knox".

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 06:56
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Zoe Cordes Selbin interviews the drummer of the political band Anti-Flag about music, politics, touring, and much more.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
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When the building housing KOOP Radio caught fire, much of it was damaged and it was later knocked down. These three KOOPers share some memories of ...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 19, 2006
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Austin youth Mikaela Thomas talks about why she loves living in Austin, Texas, and what makes it unique.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:22
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When a proposition came to Texas to ban all gay marriage, people banded together to fight it.

Bought by WDBM and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jun 02, 2006
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 2
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A youth volunteer talks about helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina rebuild their lives.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:50
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Why aren't youth voting, and what can we do to help these teens get to the voting booth in 2006 elections?

Bought by WEPS, YouthCast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3