Student Voices and “No Excuses” at Center of Amarillo’s American Graduate Effort

To address Amarillo’s high dropout rate, KACV teamed up with local partners (including the Amarillo Independent School District), produced broadcast and social media content and tapped two strong forces for educational change in Amarillo -- Damen Lopez’s growing No Excuses University Network of Schools and students themselves through a Student Video Contest.

KACV

Amarillo, TX

Genre: Education

CPT12 Spotlights Challenges LGBTQ Teens Endure to Stay in School

CPT12 and its partners focused programming and community resources on dropout prevention among the LGBTQ population, a group that suffers from a staggering one third dropout rate. Radio and television programming, a series of PSAs, community meetings and social media engagement were designed to shine a light on the problem and highlight available resources.

Colorado Public Television (KBDI)

Denver, CO

Genre: Diversity

Keeping Kids in School in Grand Rapids

WGVU is mobilizing the Grand Rapids community to address the region’s 25% high school dropout rate. Leveraging WGVU Engage, the station’s community engagement platform, WGVU is facilitating dialogue, building relationships and employing relevancy to keep kids in school.

WGVU

Grand Rapids, MI

Genre: Education

Finish The Ride

In 1961, more than 400 Americans rode across the nation in a deliberate protest against Jim Crow segregation laws. The Freedom Riders met with such violence that they were stopped short, just hours away from their final destination. Fifty years later, WYES made civil rights history by ensuring a commemorative Student Freedom Ride was able to finish as originally planned, in New Orleans.

WYES

New Orleans, LA

Genre: History

WHYY Grooms Boomers for Creative Future

With public forums, online resources and specialty content, WHYY is engaging the growing 50+ demographic in Philadelphia with everything from financial planning and healthy living to civic engagement and creativity.

WHYY

Philadelphia, PA

Genre: Other

WRTE Celebrates Día del Niño

As a radio station serving Latinos in the Chicago area, WRTE (Radio Arte) is a main sponsor of Día del Niño, an annual event that brings together thousands of families for a dayof education, entertainment, and exercise.

WRTE-FM

Chicago, IL

Genre: Children

KQED's Election Coverage "Mobilizes" Grassroots

KQED's election coverage deployed a mobile unit to build a grassroots presence in communities not typically engaged with the station, connecting diverse people citywide in the process.

KQED (KTEH, KQET, KQEI)

San Francisco, CA

Genre: News & Current Events

Public Media Convenes Alaskan Town Square

With Townsquare49.org, Alaska Public has created a virtual town square with content designed to encourage broad participation from citizens and nonprofits on vital Alaskan issues.

APTI - KAKM KSKA APRN

Anchorage, AK

Genre: News & Current Events

Get Well, Georgia

Georgia Public Broadcasting’s GPBWell initiative uses multimedia to promote healthy lifestyles for all Georgians and provides extensive resources for parents and caregivers to use with children at risk of becoming obese.

Georgia Public Broadcasting

Atlanta, GA

Genre: Health

Nashville Says No To Hate

Nashville Public Television’s "10 Days of Peace" campaign leveraged the national broadcast of "Not In Our Town" to connect diverse groups within the community.

Nashville Public Television

Nashville, TN

Genre: Other

WCMU Keeps Its Neighbors Warm

CMU Public Television’s annual Mister Rogers Neighborhood Sweater Drive gathers and donates thousands of new and gently used sweaters to neighbors in need of winter warmth.

WCMU

Mt. Pleasant, MI

Genre: Other

WMMT Engages Listeners Behind Bars

Monday nights, prisoners all over Appalachia set their radio dial to 88.7 WMMT for music and messages that boost their spirits and connect them to their families.

WMMT-FM

Whitesburg, KY

Genre: Diversity

WDET's mantra: We ♥ Detroit

WDET leveraged a national Not In Our Town broadcast about anti-immigrant hate crime to forge new relationships with different local communities.

WDET-FM

Detroit, MI

Genre: Diversity

RadioMilwaukee Takes Engagement Seriously

By profiling nonprofit community organizations, individuals and neighborhood businesses, RadioMilwaukee is helping people get to know their city and is engaging a new, younger demographic for public radio at the same time.

88Nine Radio Milwaukee (WYMS-FM)

Milwaukee, WI

Genre: Arts & Culture

WBUR Blog Sparks Vital Community Conversations

WBUR’s CommonHealth blog focuses on health care reform and medical innovation in Massachusetts, generating important community conversations that resonate on- and offline.

WBUR-FM

Boston, MA

Genre: Health

WHYY I Like This Book

WHYY has launched an innovative program to create new connections with older elementary students in the Philadelphia area.

WHYY

Philadelphia, PA

Genre: Children

WMMT Connects Youth to Musical Heritage

With its Pick and Bow youth outreach program, Appalshop’s public radio station WMMT is preserving and celebrating the traditional culture of Appalachia's mountain communities.

WMMT-FM

Whitesburg, KY

Genre: Arts & Culture

Ohio Radio Channels the Positive

Ohio AAA station The Summit responded to the urgent needs of local audiences by launching two new HD program streams.

WAPS-FM

Akron, OH

Genre: Other

HoustonPBS Deaf Jam Boosts Community Cinema

As part of ITVS’ groundbreaking Community Cinema initiative, HoustonPBS held a screening and panel discussion around Deaf Jam, facilitating meaningful introductions between deaf middle school students and community organizations.

HoustonPBS - KUHT

Houston, TX

Genre: Arts & Culture

Reading Buddies Build Vocabulary

WFSU’s Martha Speaks Reading Buddies program builds vocabulary skills and improves reading comprehension for Florida first graders.

WFSU

Tallahassee, FL

Genre: Children

WFUV Strikes a Chord

WFUV in the Bronx showcases local nonprofits and motivates listeners to take action around important community issues through its award-winning Strike a Chord program.

WFUV-FM

Bronx, NY

Genre: Other

Michigan Radio Uses "Ale-waves" to Spur Dialogue

With its Issues and Ale series, Michigan Radio is successfully, and regularly, engaging listeners in conversations about substantive local issues in a friendly and informal way.

Michigan Radio WUOM-FM

Ann Arbor, MI

Genre: News & Current Events

WBUR Tackles Gang Violence

Responding to an uptick in gang-related shootings, WBUR partnered with The Boston Foundation to engage gang members, parents, ministers, police officials and others in a community conversation that re-examined successful anti-violence efforts used 20 years earlier.

WBUR-FM

Boston, MA

Genre: Violence Prevention

WRTE Challenges Sexual Stereotypes

WRTE engages the local Chicago Latino LGBT community and helps instill pride in the process.

WRTE-FM

Chicago, IL

Genre: Diversity

KMUW Expands Musical Tastes

Through its Music Tastings events, KMUW is introducing Wichita residents to the diversity of its mixed music format while engaging the community with public radio in meaningful ways.

KMUW-FM

Wichita, KS

Genre: Arts & Culture