Create-Your-Own-Radio-Broadcast Training on December 11

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: For Immediate Release ? December 7, 2009 : Contact: Adam Yoffe - (312) 893-2978, adam@vocalo.org ? OR - :                 Sarahlynn Pablo - (312) 893-2991, sarahlynn@vocalo.org : Vocalo.org Hosts a Create-Your-Own-Radio-Broadcast Training on December 11 : What: Vocalo.org, 89.5 FM, WBEW, invites its listeners and the public to a training on December 11. Participants will : learn how they can share their thoughts and opinions on the Vocalo radio broadcast and online. Participants will learn : how to navigate the Vocalo.org website, upload and showcase their own media and record their own audio pieces using an : ordinary telephone. : The training will be held at the Digital Youth Network, 1050 E. 47th Street, Chicago. The training is free and open to : the public. : Why: ?The input and active participation of our listeners is integral to the sound and success of our broadcast,? says : interim general manager Adam Yoffe. ?Teaching our audience how to get their opinions and voices on the radio and online : is a crucial part of our organization?s mission to lift up voices typically underrepresented in media.? : Who: Vocalo.org host producer Sarah Lu will be the instructor. : When: The training will be held on Friday, December 11, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. : Where: The training will be held at the Digital Youth Network, 1050 E. 47th Street, Chicago. RSVP for the : create-your-own-radio-broadcast training at www.vocalo.org/store. E-mail info@vocalo.org for more information. : Vocalo.org can be heard on 89.5 FM throughout northwest Indiana, Chicago and southwest Michigan and streams online live : to the world at www.vocalo.org/stream. : About Vocalo.org: : Vocalo.org is a website and radio station committed to fostering conversation between diverse constituents in the Lake : Michigan region. Vocalo.org was started in June 2007 as an initiative of Chicago Public Radio to make public radio more open to the public at-large. The station invites everyone to join the conversation by uploading stories, interviews, and : text to www.vocalo.org or by calling the hotline at 888-635-1112. Vocalo.org broadcasts live from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and : features all-night and weekend mix tapes of content during automated hours. Vocalo.org broadcasts on 89.5 FM to a : footprint of 2.5 million residents in northwest Indiana, Chicago and southwest Michigan and streams online live to the : world. As of 2009, Vocalo.org?s online community has grown to more than 5,000 contributors. : # # # : Sarahlynn Pablo : Freelance Publicist : Vocalo.org, 89.5 FM : sarahlynn@vocalo.org

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