Radioactive youth media has ended

After 20 years of introducing more than 6,000 Pacific Northwest teens to public radio journalism and audio storytelling, KUOW’s RadioActive Youth Media ended on April 30, 2024.

For more information, please see this statement from KUOW leadership.

You can also learn more by listening to this episode of Soundside:

'We built this together.' The 20-year legacy of KUOW's RadioActive

By Libby Denkmann and Noel Gasca

Late last month, KUOW announced the station was ending its RadioActive Youth Media program. For 20 years, RadioActive brought listeners the stories and perspectives of young people in the Pacific Northwest. Soundside producer Noel Gasca reflects on what the program has meant to the over 6,000 youth who participated — and what will be lost.