Blunt Youth Radio Project
- Location: Portland, ME
The Blunt Youth Radio Project produces a weekly call-in public affairs radio show. Blunt airs every Monday night from 7:30 to 8:30 WMPG, Portland, Maine's community radio station.
Free and incarcerated, high school age youth from the greater Portland area staff the show. All Blunters learn interviewing, hosting, reporting, engineering, and studio production.
The show has won several NFCB and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards.
People who work with Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Kerry Seed (Admin) | Assistant Producer | , US |
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Claire Holman (Admin) | Founder, Executive Producer | South Portland, ME |
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Rachel Margolis-Pineo | Blunt Producer | Portland, ME |
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Valerie Randall | student, (sometimes) independent producer | , ME |
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Emily LaFond | Producer, Blunt Youth Radio | Portland, ME |
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Mary Bruen | Producer, Blunt Youth Radio | Portland, ME |
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Lily Townsend | Producer, Blunt Youth Radio | Portland, US |
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Ethan Jud | Producer, Blunt Youth Radio | Portland, ME |
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Emily Wall | Producer, Blunt Youth Radio | Cumberland, ME |
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Dan Schulman | Producer, Blunt Youth Radio | Portland, ME |
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Kali Pulkkinen | Active Member | Lewiston, ME |
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William Nelligan | Reporter and Host | Portland, Maine |
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Libby Donovan | Portland, Maine | |
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Zoe High | portland, ME | |
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Josh Gleason (Admin) | Independent Producer | Brooklyn, New York |
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S. Spencer Scott | Cape Elizabeth, ME |
Pieces
Now that 3 of Portland High School's (in Portland, Maine) environmental leaders have graduated, they're wondering if they did enough for the cause.
- Added: Jun 20, 2009
- Length: 00:03:37
Afternoon drink turned nightmare for both my personal health and the environment. The problems of high fructose corn syrup which is in nearly EVERY...
- Added: Jun 19, 2009
- Length: 00:03:24
The Ins and Outs of Getting Away Without Going Anywhere
- Added: Aug 28, 2008
- Length: 00:05:31
Libby was never even remotely interested in politics. But a trip to the New Hampshire primary changed that.
- Added: Aug 28, 2008
- Length: 00:01:58
Libby's best friend Caitlin is very very shy-so shy that she feels like she was born into a world where she just doesn't belong.
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: 00:05:20
- Added: Jul 24, 2008
- Length: 00:03:05
- Licenses: 2
No matter how many times Allen has screwed up his brother has always stood by him. Now Allen's incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Ce...
- Added: Jun 26, 2008
- Length: 00:04:26
Hillary's been playing music all her life and her gender never seemed to matter. But when she began composing things got more complicated.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and WFIU
- Added: Jun 19, 2008
- Length: 00:02:52
- Licenses: 3
In Agnes' neighborhood the police never let people gather around when something is going down. But what, she wonders, about the right to assemble? ...
- Added: Jun 05, 2008
- Length: 00:03:22
It's considered by many to be a rite of passage, but Blunt reporter David Barber-Callaghan isn't sure whether he wants to go to his senior prom. In...
Bought by YouthCast
- Added: May 15, 2008
- Length: 00:05:19
- Licenses: 1
A sonic exploration of lives and dollars spent in the Iraq War.
- Added: May 08, 2008
- Length: 00:02:43
Chandra's mother is distant toward her activities, including cheerleading, at high school. Her mom has never watched her cheer. She objects to the ...
- Added: Jan 17, 2008
- Length: 00:03:44
Getting letters in jail is part of what keeps Randy going. Here he shares some from his friends in Texas.
- Added: Jan 17, 2008
- Length: 00:02:06
Step inside the halls of this expeditionary high school in Portland, Maine
- Added: Jan 10, 2008
- Length: 00:30:00
Gabe Terracciano woke up one morning to find King Middle, his former school, the object of national scrutiny over a controversial birth control po...
- Added: Dec 27, 2007
- Length: 00:06:39
Ed Paige had been homeless for twenty years. But now, thanks to an innovative housing facility in Portland Maine, Ed finally has a stable place to ...
Bought by WXLV-FM
- Added: Dec 06, 2007
- Length: 00:02:28
- Licenses: 1
Blunt reporter Zoe High takes to the streets to unravel some of the prevailing perceptions of the homeless, and spotlights one organization in Port...
Bought by WXLV-FM
- Added: Dec 06, 2007
- Length: 00:02:44
- Licenses: 1
Anna had always been interested in farming. So when she met Carolyn Snell at a farmers market in Portland, Anna decided to find out, once and for a...
- Added: Oct 28, 2007
- Length: 00:02:09
- Licenses: 3
Too young to get her license, Libby was forced to bum rides off people in order to get around - at least until she decided to bite the bullet and s...
Bought by KOOP, Space Gallery, and WXLV-FM
- Added: Oct 28, 2007
- Length: 00:04:15
- Licenses: 3
Weed, cocaine, morphine, oxycontin, crack, Ryan has tried them all. Once he developed a tolerance for one, he just moved on to the next. Now he's i...
Bought by WXLV-FM
- Added: Apr 12, 2007
- Length: 00:04:53
- Licenses: 1
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