6) Traveling the Old north Shore and 6.5) Wavelengths: WTIP's Youth Advisory Board
6) Traveling the Old north Shore is a short feature that is focused on the history of the north Shore. Each feature will utilize historic, archival materials collected by the Cook Historical Society. Content will center around the people, places and businesses within the north Shore region, including Grand Marais, Grand Portage, Hovland, Gunflint Trail, Lutsen, Tofte and other communities along the Shore.
6.5) Wavelengths: The goal of WTIP Community Radio's Youth Community Advisory Board is to engage new listeners in our area to participate in making local radio, through spoken word, musical performances and content creation. Youth engagement will be showcased through three, one-hour YCAB produced programs. WTIP developed a community advisory board (YCAB) for ages 8 - 30 in 2019, to help us expand our volunteer and listener base to engage a new demographic. Based on the Advisory Board's experience and recommendations, WTIP will work to identify relevant, new local content and share the work of young radio performers and programmers. By including the work of the YCAB on-the-air and encouraging and supporting a multi-platform approach to radio content creation, WTIP is fulfilling one of our long-term core values, which is to recognize the voices and perspectives of community members of all ages.
WTIP FY 22/23 Legacy Grant
$1,891,500 the first year and $1,891,500 the second year are to the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations for production and acquisition grants in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.19.
*Traveling the Old North Shore will increase the amount of locally-focused and Minnesota-related content produced by public radio, which is designed to increase access to Minnesota history, local history and storytelling and cultural history.
*Radio listeners will connect historical content to the people of the North Shore including immigrant history, the history of cultural places and institutions and more.
*For project 6.5, an increased number of students / school age volunteers, will be involved in every aspect of the creation of Wavelengths content, getting them more involved in radio production, creative content production and art and culture.
*There will be an increased level of engagement with youth-related content and family-oriented radio programming.
*There will be an increase in locally-focused and Minnesota focused content produced by public radio volunteers and content creators