If you make a great show, but no one watches or listens, did it happen? Join hosts Morella Devost of Thrive With Morella and Gin Ferrara of The Upside VT in sharing strategies for reaching new audiences, and staying connected with your current listeners. Examples from WBTV-LP programmers will spark your own promotion plans and get you on track to growing your listener base!
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Recommended Donation: $25
This donation supports our community media programs and is not a requirement for participation. You can bring a cash, check, or credit card donation to the workshop, or make a donation now at https://vermontcam.org/donate
Meet Phil, host of STEAM Lab. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. Phil and his co host, Dr. Kyle, discuss anything and everything science related.
Q: What is special about WBTV-LP?
A: The amazing thing about WBTV-LP is that along with being an entertaining radio station where you can catch all sorts of shows, it is also a learning radio station. If you wanted to do this and get involved with this form of media you can come in and take classes. I taught one recently, it was a listening lab and I met with a group of folks that really wanted to get into radio. It doesn’t cost you a thing, this is a community radio station, it is an opportunity to not just listen but also engage directly and get involved to create your own material.
Q: Why choose WBTV-LP?
A: We’ve made our home at WBTV-LP because we want to engage, educate, and entertain the local community and, hopefully, the world. We are looking for folks to get interested in science, technology, and engineering topics, even some art and mathematics (hence the acronym). We want to get folks thinking about this stuff, it’s educational, but we are having a good time and some fun.
Q: What does your show consist of?
A: We have good guests that come in to talk about things from jazz to photography to architecture. My co-host, his name is Dr. Kyle, he is a medical student at the University of Vermont.
Q: What sets your show apart from others?
A: What sets our show apart from other shows is that we have time. We have time to get into topics that other radio shows do not have the opportunity to. We have two hours, we can do whatever we like with those. This isn’t commercial radio, we still have time to get in depth. Most of the time with talk radio it’s a mile wide and an inch deep, with STEAM Lab we get to go as deep as we want to (depending on what the audience wants to hear).
Listen to STEAM Lab on Sundays from 6:00-8:00 P.M. on 99.3 WBTV-LP, or online at 993wbtv.org.
99.3 FM WBTV-LP is your community radio station. Please consider making a gift via our website at https://993wbtv.org/donate/ or mailing a check to 99.3 FM WBTV-LP, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 2G, Burlington VT 05401.
Whether you’re making a talk show or documentary for radio, TV, or film; doing an oral history, or writing a feature article; conducting an interview that yields great content from your interview subject can be challenging. Learn techniques that are tried and true for getting the most out of your interview. We’ll introduce interview techniques, present a live demo, and have lots of hands-on time to practice your new skills.
Led by Fran Stoddard, Vermont PBS producer/host, and host of Conversations: Relationships Across Difference (above).
The Art of the Interview with Fran Stoddard
The Media Factory Classroom
208 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, VT 05403
Register HERE or call 802-651-9692
This event has a suggested donation of $25*, which directly supports WBTV-LP community radio programming.
*Our workshops and events are open to all, regardless of income or ability to make a donation. If you can support this program, please do!
Learn the concepts and strategies to produce, publish and promote your own podcast. We’ll cover the entire process – refining your idea, recording, editing, distributing and promoting – and review some of the tools and hosting sites you can use to get started right away.
This workshop is led by Jonathan Butler, Director of Digital Strategies at Vermont Public Radio. You can find him on Twitter at @jonathanpb.
Podcasting 101 with Jonathan Butler
The Media Factory Classroom
208 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, VT 05403
Register HERE or call 802-651-9692
PLEASE NOTE: While the listing states tickets are $25, this is a pay-what-you-can suggested donation. The event is valued at $25/person. All donations support 99.3FM WBTV-LP community programs.
All classes and workshops are held at the RETN & VCAM Media Factory education space located at 208 Flynn Ave. Suite 2-G. Prior membership with RETN or VCAM is not required, but is encouraged, as you can use their media-making gear and editing programs to further your learning and work.
The Art of Radio Documentary 1,2, and 3 – Tuesdays, February 1, 17 and 23, 5:30-7 p.m.
Led by WBTV-LP Programming Chair Ari Erlbaum, this series of three workshops this month will teach you the process of creating a radio documentary piece! More details coming soon! Come for one or all three of the sessions to focus on storytelling (1st), audio editing (2nd), and/or putting it all together (3rd).
Size: 1 or more students l Duration: 1.5 hours
A suggested donation of $25 is asked for each session to help fund the WBTV-LP, Burlington radio station project. VCAM membership is NOT required, these are open to the public and any age, and donation can be paid at time of workshop in cash or check or pay by credit card by registering here.
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Make Non-Profit PSAs that Rock with Audrey & DJ Llu \ Tuesday, February 23, 3-5p.m.
PSAs are still the most powerful way for you to tell the story of your cause, issue, or non-profit. Make it easy for local radio to play it by giving them a PSA that you make. This workshops will teach you:
This is a GREAT workshop for local non-profits-held during a work day, right in Burlington!
This two-hour workshop will be offered Tuesday, February 23, 3-5 p.m. at VCAM/RETN’s new Media Factory space at 208 Flynn Ave.
Facilities, Materials, and Payment:
Macs are available for use during the workshop or we recommend that you bring your own (with Garageband already installed of course).
Open to the public and sliding scale of $25 requested to help fund the WBTV-LP, Burlington radio project.
VCAM membership is NOT required and donation can be paid at time of workshop in cash or check or pay by credit card online. Register here.
Size: 6 students l Duration: 2 hours
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WBTV-LP Unplugged with Dom Berrini of WRUV’s Exposure Show \ Thursday, February 25, 6-7 p.m.
Ever seen radio made live? Well now you can! Come to our take of MTV’s Unplugged series, but with local radio-makers and creative types being interviewed by WBTV-LP leaders in front of an audience. These are intimate settings, where you can interact with the guest and others to explore the creative process behind some of the coolest media projects in Vermont.
Hosted in the RETN & VCAM Media Factory space at 208 Flynn Ave. suite 2-G, these are events are free and open to the public!
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WBTV-LP’s Burlington Radio Mingles \ Mondays, February 8 & 22 at 5:30 p.m.-6:30p.m.
Are you a radio person – on the air at a local station or a listener? Looking to connect with other radio “people?” and talk radio, get involved in the WBTV-LP, Burlington station building process, and more? These free, drop-in mingles are for you!
