In 2014, WYSO launched Youth Radio to give high school students the opportunity to speak for themselves. Each year, teens collaborate with the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices to write, produce, and air their own stories on WYSO.
These young creators bring fresh energy, new perspectives, and powerful storytelling to the airwaves — and their voices are helping shape the future of our region.
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A Dayton, Ohio, teen discusses how aphantasia affects her daily life, from storytelling to learning, and how she's pursuing her passion for writing despite the condition. -
Sisters Olympia and Penelope Derr created PSAs about supporting their Haitian neighbors in Springfield, OH. The PSAs encourage people to be inclusive and compassionate. -
A high school graduate and his mother open up about living with rare headache disorder SUNCT and Chiari Malformation, revealing how invisible disabilities impact families -
High school poets from Springfield School of Innovation share original works exploring deep emotions like happiness after tragedy and managing anger on WYSO Youth Radio. -
Springfield, Ohio, student poets share powerful verses on nature, love, and mental health in this moving WYSO Youth Radio episode from the School of Innovation. -
Springfield, Ohio School of Innovation student Omaria Ali uses poetry to confront racism, injustice, and inequality in this powerful WYSO Youth Radio story. Listen here. -
WYSO's Lee Wade is one of just 10 BIPOC journalism students nationwide chosen to participate in this year’s “Opening Doors” program, an initiative of the Public Media Journalists Association. -
Anaiah Westmoreland and Armonee Montgomery are students in Ohio. They both say they have struggled with self-confidence due to what they see on social media platforms. -
Ponitz grad Tobias Ashlock has a condition called Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, or AMC, which causes stiff joints and limited movement in several parts of his body. -
WYSO Youth Radio works with middle and high school students across Ohio to share their stories through sound, straight from their lives to your ears. -
Alexander Starritt's novel "We Germans" is a letter written by a 90-year-old to his grandson, telling him about his experiences in World War II fighting for the Nazis. -
This spring, Edwin C. Moses spoke with two track athletes at Meadowdale High School in West Dayton about his Olympic experience in the nineteen seventies and eighties.
