Vocalo.org's Create-Your-Own-Radio-Broadcast Training in Chesterton: January 11
Vocalo.org, 89.5 FM, invites the public to a free training on January 11, 6:30 p.m., 100 W. Indiana Avenue, Chesterton, IN. Learn how to share your thoughts and opinions on the Vocalo.org radio broadcast. RSVP at training@vocalo.org.


CHICAGO, IL, January 07, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- What: Vocalo.org, 89.5 FM, WBEW, invites its listeners and the public to a training on January 11. Participants will learn how they can share their thoughts and opinions on the Vocalo.org 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 Westchester Public Library Service Center, 100 W. Indiana Avenue, Chesterton, Indiana (the building is next to the Public Library's main building). 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 Vocalo.org 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 Monday, January 11, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Where: The training will be held at the Westchester Public Library Service Center, 100 W. Indiana Avenue, Chesterton, Indiana. RSVP for the create-your-own-radio-broadcast training or ask questions by e-mailing training@vocalo.org.

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 broadcast 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 3,500 contributors.

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