Introduction | To Enter | Prizes | Content Guidelines
Pre-production Tips | Sponsoring Adult's Role | Sound Bites
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36 Years of Sound~Waves
Started in 1972, the Sound~Waves competition challenges Wisconsin's youth to write and produce their own radio programs. The annual event, sponsored by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB) in association with Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), seeks to nurture the talent of future radio scriptwriters, announcers, producers and actors.
Explore Exciting Media Careers
Electronic media — including radio — offer a wealth of career opportunities requiring a
host of different skills and talents, from news reporter to performance artist to special effects technician to broadcast engineer.
Sound~Waves Wisconsin Youth Radio Festival gives Wisconsin school children in grades
3-12 a chance to experiment with this universal medium and its elements.
Sound~Waves lets young people:
express their creativity and talent.
earn statewide recognition for their school.
become acquainted with the many facets
of mass communication.
win cash prizes.
earn the opportunity to work with
radio professionals and studio equipment to
re-create their entry for broadcast on the
Ideas Network of WPR.
receive feedback from communication professionals.
have fun!
Listen to Some Winning Entries
A Multicurricular Activity
Sound~Waves is an activity that teachers can integrate into a range of curricula.
For instance, writing and performing an original work or adaptation might make for an
interesting language arts project. Producing a documentary or dramatizing a significant
event could be woven into a social studies or science curriculum. Creating and performing an operetta could integrate elements of music education and language arts. There is also
a category for public service announcements, (PSA).
Plus, parents and teachers can be involved in the fun as a sponsoring adult.
For more information, e-mail our Sound~Waves Coordinator or call 608/264-9713.
