Engaging Youth Through Radio Project

Series produced by WTIP

Caption: WTIP Youth Radio Project, Credit: Carah Thomas
Image by: Carah Thomas 
WTIP Youth Radio Project 

WTIP's "Engaging Youth Through Radio" project features the work of YRP students. These short 3- to 5-minute features are by youth for youth, and explore issues and themes with a youth focus.

WTIP’s "Engaging Youth through Radio" project provides local youth with enhanced opportunities for self-exploration, self-expression, and community involvement by promoting their unique perspectives and highlighting their valuable contributions. This series features these students and the audio documentaries they've created that reflect the concerns and opinions of the local youth culture.


152 Pieces

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Sophie Honeder, a foreign exchange student from Austria, spent this past year living in Grand Marais, Minnesota. She recently returned to Austria, ...

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Youth Producer Sterling Anderson just finished his first year of college. In this new commentary, he reflects on his feelings upon returning home.

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Last weekend, Youth Producer Sean MacDonell traveled to his hometown of St. Paul. In this commentary, he describes his feelings upon returning to h...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Youth Producer Sean MacDonell recently went to downtown Grand Marais, MN, and asked folks about significant changes that they were currently going ...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 2
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Youth Producer Sean MacDonell interviews Grand Marais Parks and Rec Director Dave Tersteeg about the changing water levels of Lake Superior and the...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Youth Producer Sean MacDonell's favorite Fish Pic event is the 5 Mile Trail Run at Pincushion Mountain. In this commentary, he shares a bit about w...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 1
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Youth Producer Audrey Summers reads "Young Couple, Ohio State Fair," a poem by Felix Jung.

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:22
  • Purchases: 1
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What would be the reason for the closure of off-campus lunch? Youth Producer Sean MacDonell looks into a controversial policy change at his rural s...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 12:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Fourteen years after the events of 9/11/2001, Youth Producer Sean MacDonell asked around his school if people remembered that day.

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Lynden Blomberg, a WTIP Youth Producer, interviews Joe Buttweiller of Arrowhead Electric Cooperative about the arrival of Broadband Internet in Coo...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2015
  • Length: 14:05
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Youth Producer Lucy Callendar shares a recipe for internet in this humorous - yet relatable - commentary.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2015
  • Length: 01:56
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Youth Producer Nina Woerheide shares her original poem, "Computer Virus."

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2015
  • Length: :46
  • Purchases: 2