WHAT:
The WPTS Radio Summer Program gives high school students the opportunity to host and produce their own radio show, as well as learn all aspects of the radio industry from WPTS staff members and broadcast professionals.WHO:
All high school students are eligible to participate in the program.WHEN:
The WPTS Radio Summer Program is held Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from June 24 through July 31.WHERE:
The WPTS Radio Summer Program is held at the studios of 92.1 WPTS on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.WHY:
This is a unique opportunity for high school students to get practical broadcast experience in a fun, hands-on environment. All students leave the camp with a head start on a career in the competitive broadcast media industry.Registration Form
Deadline: April 15, 2008
Please send this form, along with a check for $200 payable to WPTS-FM, to:
WPTS Radio Summer ProgramUniversity of Pittsburgh
411 William Pitt Union
3959 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pensylvania 15260
Or click here to download the form.
Need-based financial aid is available. For information on receiving financial aid, please email wpts@pitt.edu or call 412-648-7990.
WPTS Radio Summer Program
The WPTS Radio Summer Program is an unprecedented opportunity for Pittsburgh area high school students to get practical experience in the broadcast industry.
Through a combination of classroom-style learning and hands-on training, students in the WPTS Radio Summer Program learn a different aspect of the radio industry each week.
Then, they get to demonstrate their new-found skills as they work in teams to produce a twice-weekly, hour-long program, broadcast live on WPTS.
The camp meets Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, from June 24 through July 31, at the WPTS studios on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.
The WPTS Radio Summer Program was created with the support of a grant from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters.
About WPTS
WPTS is a non-commercial, educational radio station licensed to the University of Pittsburgh and operated by its students.
Its mission is to provide alternative, eclectic programming otherwise unavailable to the campus and the community while providing its student staff with pre-professional training in broadcasting and related fields.
WPTS operates 24 hours a day year-round, with programming featuring independent music of all genres, along with news, sports, and special interest programs.
WPTS can be heard in the East End of Pittsburgh at 92.1 on the FM dial and worldwide at www.wpts.org/.