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NEXT WAVE: TEEN RADIO ACADEMY AMPLIFYING AMERICA'S YOUTH ARTxFM's NEXT WAVE: TEEN RADIO ACADEMY is a radio learning adventure that provides Louisville area high school students with the skills they need to become professional broadcasters.  At the Academy, student DJs get hands-on experience with the ART FM studio equipment and obtain the FCC training required for FM Broadcasting nationwide.          WXOX Next Wave Teen Academy. Class of 2024. Photograph by Aron Conaway The Next Wave Academy takes place at the WXOX 97.1 FM studio in downtown Louisville, Kentucky near Spalding University.  Registration is open to teenagers -- rising 9th Grade and above.  Courses are taught by WXOX DJs and resident teenagers.  No experience is required but there is an advanced track for students returning to the program.  Scholarships are available and all participants emerge with a Next Wave Certificate.  During the course of the week, each student will produce a live radio program that will be broadcast on WXOX 97.1 FM and 100.9 FM in Louisville and worldwide on www.artxfm.com.  To learn more, check out "A New Wave" by Luke Boggs. the recent feature about our Teen Radio program in On The Record Magazine, a publication by the DuPont Manual High School Journalism & Communications magnet program.                 WXOX @ FOLKLIFE Next Wave heads to Washington!!! . . . Four high school seniors from the ART FM Next Wave Academy - Aaron Ziegler, Lila Hayden, Jordan Gray, and Maxwell $ Selby - have been selected for their unique skills to represent WXOX on the National Mall in Washington D.C. this summer at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival July 2-7th!  This year's theme is Youth and the Future of Culture.  CLICK HERE for more information about their live broadcast this summer from the Nation's Capital!!!  CLICK HERE to learn more.   WXOX Folklife Crew.  Photograph by Aron Conaway If you have any questions please e-mail nextwave@artxfm.com Course Instructors: ARTxFM General Manager - Sharon Scott Next Wave Teen Director - Max $ Selby WXOX DJs - TBA

           

ARTxFM P.O. Box 5103 Louisville, Kentucky 40255 USA

ARTxFM / WXOX 97.1 FM Louisville  *  P.O. Box 5103  *  Louisville, Kentucky 40255