Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM

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  • Location: Austin, Texas

Hey, we're Youth Spin. Youth Spin is a group of about a dozen kids 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. Current members include: Frank, Graham, Matt, Eric, Joey, Cas, Mady, Jackson, Xavier, Jes, Ceci, Perry, Alex, and Angelo. Adult coordinators include: Carrie, Elizabeth, and Adam. 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! :)

Pieces

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Alex Gow, frontman of Melbourne band Oh Mercy, tells about Oh Mercy's music and the journey thus far.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:08
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In this weeks edition of Weird News With Perry, Perry tells us about the Dunkin Duo, a pair of donut shop burglars recently apprehended.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:45
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In this week's edition of Weird News With Perry, Perry tells us the story of Jesse Ventura, a man with a titanium hip and a bone to pick with the T...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:51
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The Beach Boys-esque musical outro (written and performed by Zap) to Youth Spin's weekly segment, Weird News With Perry.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:16
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The unique introduction (featuring Mady Berry) to Youth Spin's weekly segment, Weird News With Perry.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:16
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An Um Track piece is all the filler words (um, uh, etc.) by an interviewee in a Youth Spin Interview mashed together into a beautiful sound collage...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:07
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Various spinners weigh in on capital punishment, giving their opinion on the moral and legal aspects of Texas' death penalty laws.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:37
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Various spinners propose their ideas for NASA's competition for students to name a new pair of space shutles.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:32
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Spinner Jackson reads us the timeless winter classic, "The Night Before Christmas", just in time for the holidays.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:05
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Spinners Joey and Angelo interview Joey Belladonna, singer and frontman of influential 80's thrash-metal band Anthrax.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:48
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An instructional piece in which Robot Eric teaches us the basics of hip-hop beat-making.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:53
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A PSA informing listeners of the Frank Erwin Center's Fire Relief, a benefit concert raising money to help victims of the recent Central Texas wild...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:44
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A review of John Waters' 1990 teen greaser musical Cry Baby, starring Johnny Depp.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:30
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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 tog...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:27
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Alex recollects the story of the tragic plane crash that killed famous musician and pop icon Buddy Holly in 1959.

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Spinners Mady, Cass, Alex, and Ceci sit down for an interview with Lisa from Bedrock, a company that provides local high schools with fundraising b...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:50
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Spinner Eric Dingus gives us his verdict on Harlem Rapper A$AP Rocky's latest mixtape.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:21
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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 tog...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:56
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A commercial for Youthspin directed towards the various schools that our Spinners belong to.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:32
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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 tog...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:53