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  • Enertips - Every Friday at 5:30 PM on WLRN TV

    Repeats on Saturdays at 8:30AM and Sundays at 11:30AM Enertips is a new and special cartoon series that uses imagination and creativity to raise awareness about climate change, renewable energy, recycling, and sustainability. Learn More >>

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  • American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen

    Funded by the Corporation for Broadcasting. WLRN Public Radio & Television has been selected by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting CPB to be the American Graduate public media hub station for Miami-Dade County. Learn More

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Student Dropout Awareness PSA Contest

The competition submission deadline is May 18, 2012

WLRN is asking students to make their own PSA (Public Service Announcement) :30 second video encouraging their peers to stay in school and graduate. We are looking for creative ideas and will award the winners with CASH.


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WLRN is a trusted public media organization in South Florida comprised of a television and a radio station, cable services, and closed-circuit educational channels.


WLRN Radio signed on in 1948 as a non-profit, non-commercial broadcast station licensed to the School Board of Dade County. WLRN-TV followed in 1955. Since then, WLRN has grown steadily to become an integral part of the community it serves, offering a rich and varied mix of news and information, arts and culture, childhood education and lifelong learning.


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  • 'What Facebook Is Selling Is Us'

    May 16, 2012 - Facebook's initial public offering — $16 billion and counting — is shaping up to be one of the largest in history. The company and its investors are betting that the social media giant can learn enough from its users so it can target ads that will be worth big, big money.

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  • CDC Cuts Lead-Poisoning Limit For Kids

    May 16, 2012 - The public health honchos agreed with an expert panel that recommended in January that anything greater than 5 micrograms per deciliter of blood for kids 5 and younger should be considered dangerous. That's half the current standard and represents the first reduction since 1991.

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  • Haiti's Continuing Political Strife

    May 16, 2012 - Haiti has a long-awaited new prime minister who took office this week. But can Laurent Lamothe repair the political instability that runs as deep as the country's fault lines? As President Michel Martelly marks his first year in office, what does the U.S. think of the job he is doing? WLRN's Phil Latzman has more.


  • Manatee Hearing Study Shows Excellent Audio Capabiliites

    May 16, 2012 - For more than a decade, researchers with Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota have been studying how manatees use their senses to better understand how to protect the endangered marine mammals. WGCU’s John Davis reports their latest findings published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, indicate that despite poor vision, manatee hearing is actually quite good. =


  • U.S. Senate Passes Bill To Help U.S. Exports

    May 16, 2012 - On Tuesday the U.S. Senate passed legislation to renew a bank that helps keep goods flowing through South Florida’s ports. Matt Laslo reports from Washington.


  • Board of Education Lowers Passing Score For FCAT Writing

    May 16, 2012 - Preliminary writing scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT, have plunged, and state education leaders took emergency action today/Tuesday. Standards on the writing portion of the FCAT were raised a year ago, making the test more rigorous. Gina Jordan reports education leaders expected scores to drop, but not by this much.





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  • Early Release Days On The Chopping Block In Manatee County

    May 16, 2012 - Early release days may be coming to an end in Manatee County schools. The school board discussed the idea during a workshop Tuesday but made no decision For the last five years, the school district has ended the day almost two hours early on what has become known as “Wacky Wednesdays.” The move was designed [...]


  • What To Know About The People Writing New National Science Standards

    May 15, 2012 - A panel of experts is writing new national science standards and is seeking public input. Here’s who is on that panel. Source: Edweek As the general public now gets a chance to weigh in on a first draft of common standards in science, the question arises: Who is writing these voluntary standards, anyway? The short [...]





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