By Madison Hodges
FSU Communications Group
Teen-agers within range of FSU's radio stations now have their own call-in show, "411 Teen," which invites callers to join the discussion on a different topic each week.
411 Teen is one of several new programs for youth that FSU's Public Broadcasting Center has initiated this summer.
Another is the Broadcast Club, which gives teen-agers a chance to get involved in all phases of broadcasting. Members of the Broadcast Club will create and produce a conflict-resolution video, a teen town-hall meeting, news reports and commentaries, movie and book reviews and 411 Teen.
The call-in show is moderated by Tallahassee psychologist Liz Holifield and includes guest appearances by middle and high school students.
The purpose of the show is to give teenagers an opportunity to communicate openly with parents, teachers, community leaders and other adults in order to influence policy that concerns them.
411 Teen is broadcast at 7 p.m. Thursdays on WFSU-FM, 88.9.
Public television already schedules nine hours a day of award-winning programs for kids. In addition, short learning-skills messages for children are aired during the day.
FSU's public television participates in Sesame Street PEP, for Preschool Education Project. A project of the Children's Television Workshop in conjunction with local public television stations, PEP trains parents and child-care workers in the best ways to use Sesame Street to teach young children. More than 400 adults have received PEP training in cooperation with the Big Bend Coordinated Child Care Council.