Students at Clairton’s CASTLE program, after learning how they worked, got to build microphones out of household materials! Using just two magnets, a length of copper wire, three washers, a nut, a bolt, a plastic straw and a cup, campers created an amazing piece of technology!

Students at Clairton School District’s CASTLE program took a break from recording this week to experiment with a “vocoder,” a device that can alter a speaker’s voice. After taking turns with our wireless mic describing some of their brief, written stories, students then got a chance to play a makeshift game of “20 Questions.”

Happy 2015! And, with this brand spanking New Year, came a new session of CASTLE’s Radio Club. Students were asked what they hoped for in the New Year.

Students at Clairton’s CASTLE program were asked: “What would happen on your perfect day?” After writing and recording their responses, sound effects were then added to their finished audio.

With Christmas almost here, our Radio Club-ers were asked: What are your three absolute favorite things about the yuletide season? Some students couldn’t limit themselves to just three!