Youth Radio

Welcome to the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program

Andy Zanca and Cody Swidler broadcasting on KDNK in 1986

Students from AZYEP's radio broadcasting class present their Youth Panel. Please join us on Wednesday evening, February 24, from 6-8 at the CMS Barn. Students will discuss the school system, access to higher education and threats to our local environment. The panel will be moderated by KDNK general manager Steve Skinner. KDNK will broadcast the event live at 88.1, 88.3, 88.5 FM and kdnk.org.

The Youth Panel is a free community event. AZYEP is looking for sponsors to help offset the costs and to raise money to continue teaching youth radio broadcasting.

In January, AZYEP began teaching their fourth semester-long high school radio broadcasting class. Students in the class are attending Aspen, Basalt, Roaring Fork, CRMS, Yampah and CRMS high schools.

The class meets every Wednesday afternoon from 4-7. The class utilizes production and broadcasting equipment at KDNK. Tune in to KDNK every Wednesday from 4 - 4:30 to hear our high school class broadcasting live.

AZYEP partners with KDNK and Youthentity to teach this class. Students learn marketable, technical and journalism skills and create a vibrant 2-hour radio program as the final project.

Students recieve credit towards graduation and create an audio resume.

For more information, please call Stacy Stein at 963-0139.

Our mission is to develop leadership, multiculturalism and identity by providing training and opportunity to local youth in community broadcasting.

The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program (AZYEP) partners with KDNK, Carbondale Community Access Radio. Together, we give voice to youth ideas, experiences and events through teaching a high school radio broadcasting class and putting youth at the controls of KDNK for five hours each week of radio programs in English and Spanish.

AZYEP broadcasts in English on Sunday afternoons from 1:30-2:30 and on Monday afternoons from 2:30-4:30.

We broadcast in Spanish every Thursday night from 7-9 (MST).

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Youth Discuss Diversity

Students Melissa Martinez and Hannah Condon interview people on the street about how they interact with people from other cultures in the community

The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program presented the Youth Divrsity Panel on September 30 at Roaring Fork High School. Students discussed racism in the classroom and in the community. Overall, the panel felt like there is not a lot of racism or discrimination in schools. They feel there is more segregation in the community. Actually, it's the older generations they feel have more issues with people from different backgrounds. Students feel like their generation is more accepting of people from other cultures because they have been going to school together since they were young.

You can watch the Youth Panel online thanks to Grassroots TV.
http://vod.grassrootstv.org/cablecast/public/Show.aspx?ChannelID=1&ShowID=8512

Thanks to our sponsors: Peppino's Pizza, Valley Meats La Carniceria, Youthentity, Colorado Mountain College, the Glenwood Hot Springs, Independence Press and Alpine Bank.

Our next youth panel will be in the spring.

Downloads
Meet Arturo Arturo Gil is a sophomore at Aspen High School and part of AZYEP's radio broadcasting class. Download mp3 file
Meet Paul Paul Struempler is a junior at Colorado Rocky Mountain School and part of AZYEP's radio broadcasting class. Download mp3 file
Meet Jace Jace is a student at Basalt High School and part of AZYEP's Spring 2010 Radio Broadcasting Class. Download mp3 file
Salud y Belleza (Health and Beauty) Estrella Esparza and Alondra Ramirez hit the streets people about tips they use to stay healthly and beautiful. The interviews are in Spanish and English. Estrella and Alondra have been involved with AZYEP for a few months and often broadcast on Thursday nights from 7-9 pm on KDNK. This is the first audio segment they have ever produced. Download mp3 file
What Gives You Hope? Landon Garvik, Dalton Handy and Niki Burns talk about what gives them hope. This is a partnership between the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program and Tomorrow's Voices. Together we are providing opportunities and education to help students develop their civic voice and increase their level of community engagement. Download mp3 file
Government Deception and the Media David Ackerman, Daniel Pulver and Coral Froning discuss whether the government should release torture pictures from Iraq prisons. This is a partnership between AZYEP and Tomorrow's Voices. Tomorrow's Voices teaches a high school Geo-Political class. Students from the class discuss topics they are learning about on AZYEP's youth radio programs. Download mp3 file
Leadership Styles - Machiavelli vs. Martin Luther King, Jr. This segment is a partnership between Tomorrow's Voices and the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program. Miriam Flores, Ingrid Gomez and Iris Fernandez contrast the leadership styles of Machiavelli and Martin Luther King, Jr in the context of Afganistan. Download mp3 file
Medical Cannibus with Dr. Hughes, D.O. Brandi Short interviews Dr. John Hughes, D.O. from the WIN Health Institute in Basalt. Download mp3 file
Climate Change and the Polar Bear The polar bear is loosing its habitat because of climate change. Hannah Condon and Bianca Avila interview KDNK news director Conrad Wilson about COP 15, the climate change summit in Copenhagen and who's going to save the polar bear. Download mp3 file
What Students Say About AZYEP Download mp3 file
Nutrition Vox Pop Obesity is a huge problem in the United States. According to the Colorado Children's Campaign, in 2005, nearly 29 percent of Colorado children ages 2 to14 were considered overweight or at risk for being overweight, and 53 percent of adults were overweight or obese. It is estimated that if current trends continue, by 2020, 76 percent of all Coloradans will be overweight or obese, while only 24 percent of the population will be at a healthy weight. Students asked people at their schools what was the healthiest and unhealthiest thing they had eaten recently. Download mp3 file
How the Juvenile Justice System Works In 2009, two teachers were attacked by youth in Carbondale. Violence like this is almost unheard of in the community. Maria Sanchez interviews Deputy District Attorney Tony Hershey about the juvenile justice system the alleged youth face. Download mp3 file