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Inspired by KPAC aims to connect youth ages 13-19 with classical music. This program allows them to learn to appreciate masterworks of past and present and interpret classical music in their own way.
Black Music City is a collaborative effort that awards grants for new work to Black creatives working in a range of artistic mediums for projects inspired by Philadelphia’s Black music history.
Our program celebrates multiculturalism and explores the diverse culinary experiences of Minnesota. We meet 3 cooks and see them go head to head to create their own version of the Minnesota Hot Dish.
Civics Bowl addresses the need for educated citizens who know about the workings of our government, understand their rights and responsibilities, and engage in civic behaviors.
We hosted the PBS39 Good Neighbor Awards in the spirit of Fred Rogers’ legacy of education, community and compassion. We staged an all-star live broadcast and launched the Good Neighbor Fund.
The Stand holds an annual Photo Walk to explore the neighborhood and capture a typical day in photos. With COVID, an innovative approach was taken to add a photo contest and still document our city.
Aspen Public Radio’s Fall 2020 Membership Drive was a success because of our “van life” giveaway. It creatively engaged listeners and highlighted a local business during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A multi-media success story of artists, musicians, and a beloved public radio station that combined messages online, in video, and in local media to attract new listeners, donors and raise $70,000.
Every weekday morning, Interlochen Public Radio (IPR) presents Kids Commute, an interactive exploration of classical music centered around weekly themes (such as mermaids, opera and elephants) that are designed to educate and entertain the youngest listeners. Kids Commute also explores ballets, their stories, and the music that goes along with them. This interactive radio experience delivers strategies for early childhood artistic development that can be easily replicated in a variety of genres.
This unique project offered the region’s storytellers the platform needed to disseminate their films to a new audience through broadcast distribution of their finished films. The initiative served filmmakers from the Keys to the Treasure Coast with an audience reach of over 6.3 million, deepening the understanding of ourselves and our neighbors.
The Million Minute Challenge was an initiative to get people of all ages and backgrounds in Lehigh Valley reading. We asked our community to come together to read 1,000,000 minutes in March 2020, Reading Awareness Month, and what resulted was a fun, engaging, exciting, audience-captivating event that surpassed its goals and put reading at the center.
Instead of focusing on ourselves for Giving Tuesday, we chose to celebrate other local nonprofits. People nominated their favorite local nonprofits and then we awarded $1000 in underwriting to randomly selected winners.
KPBS launched the “Explore” program in 2012 as an experiment to grow the station’s library of local programs while cultivating new, young and diverse talent. Every two years, KPBS opens a community-wide call for content ideas and offers seed funding to create local TV shows, web series and podcasts. The producers retain ownership of their project and are responsible for raising the extra funds needed to stay afloat. The program has spawned four podcasts and more than a dozen TV and web series.
Spurred by the voice of a community member, Capital Public Radio created the region’s first Tiny Desk concert, showcasing multiple local entrants who entered this year’s national contest and highlighting numerous others with promotional and follow-up blog content at capradio.org.
Insider Louisville created a database of local civic leaders to measure their community impact. Each individual was given a civic engagement score. Criteria included but was not limited to nonprofit board participation, founding a company, charity support, elected to office, networking group membership and media exposure. Insider Louisville published a report to honor the top 100 ranked civic leaders in a report: “Insider Louisville’s Top 100: Change-makers and groundbreakers.”
The KVIE Art Auction is an annual, live-televised fundraising event. Over 250 pieces of artwork are donated by artists throughout the greater Sacramento region, curated from hundreds of submissions. Local artists receive print, on-air and web recognition and several report gaining commissions as a result of the exposure.
The LPB Louisiana Young Hero Awards annually honors students in grades 7-12 who excel in the classroom, serve their local communities and demonstrate great personal courage in overcoming adversity.
WKNO’s The SPARK is a monthly half-hour interview program highlighting efforts in community service and technological and collaborative innovation by nonprofits, corporations, local businesses and educational organizations. The SPARK is produced in partnership with cityCURRENT, a privately-funded organization comprised of 80+ local businesses focused on moments and media along with philanthropy and volunteerism to “power the GOOD” and provide a positive influence in the Mid-South.
Discover Classical’s Young Talent Search and Rising Stars Gala is the station’s annual spotlight on talented young classical musicians in our listening area.
The Baltimore Band Block Party is WTMD’s signature fund-raiser. Each year, 15-20 local bands are given the tools to raise money for WTMD in the form of ticket sales and donations. The station provides exposure to these local bands by putting them in heavy rotation. This on-air support builds familiarity among our listeners. At the end of three weeks the station holds a BBBP concert…the top ten fund raising bands play live with the top three winning substantial prizes.
We believe that the arts, and specifically classical music, play an important role in the development of creativity in youth. Especially since the pandemic and the age of online learning, there has been an absence of extracurricular activities, leaving our youth with little to no creative and social outlet. Our “Inspired by KPAC” Youth Talent Competition has been an annual TPR event since 2015, and is one way in which we reach out to and engage with our young listeners.
Our classical music station, KPAC 88.3 FM, is one of only three 24-hour classical music stations in Texas, and the only classical music station covering San Antonio and the Southern Hill Country. The service we provide through our classical music station KPAC 88.3 FM, is vital to ensuring accessibility of beautiful music, advancing cultural vibrancy and supporting our South-Central Texas classical arts community. We highlight local performers to actively engage with our community and offer a valuable source of enjoyable classical music programming, especially in times of high stress and uncertainty.
“Inspired by KPAC” aims to connect an age group that is often disconnected from classical music – youth aged 13-19. Not only do they learn to appreciate masterworks of past and present, “Inspired by KPAC” allows them to interpret classical music in their own way. The contest provides the opportunity to showcase their musical talent in the performance of music inspired by what they hear on KPAC, their artistic talent in a visual representation of a piece of music, or their writing talent in a written composition inspired by classical music. Musical performances, as well as interviews with select contestants, are broadcast on KPAC. Visual art, written word, and musical performances are also highlighted on our website. Winners receive up to a $1,000 cash prize. Through this youth talent competition, we provide a needed respite from uncertain times and an outlet for youth creativity and talent in a supportive and engaging competition.
Especially in recent years, K-12 students have struggled with lack of peer-to-peer interaction due to online school and lack of extracurricular activities. “Inspired by KPAC” allows youth to participate in a culturally rich and engaging extracurricular activity, despite the ongoing COVID pandemic. “Inspired by KPAC” offers a creative outlet and a safe way for kids to get together again and express themselves.
Additionally, this program encourages the appreciation of classical music for non-musicians through our various art and writing categories. These talents are shared with the KPAC audience on the radio through a live broadcast and second edited show. This program also provides direct financial assistant to the students through contest awards.
Additionally, in order to reach a broader segment of the San Antonio population, TPR directly reaches out to underserved schools in the community to inform them of the contest as well as encourage participation from their students. This allows us to expand the reach of this contest and encourage the appreciation of the arts across our community.