Lakas Kabataan - Tinig Kabataan: Recharged! (LKTKR)

Airing on DZME 1530 kHz Saturdays from 12:00 - 1:00 PM, this youth advocacy radio programme is designed to inspire, inform, and involve Filipino youth. The participation of youth media-makers is key; LKTKR is entirely conceptualised and spearheaded by youth advocates seeking to create an intelligent, informative, and fun programme through the following segments:

• Voice Out! - 15 minutes of interactive talk about current national issues and events that occurred the past week. Aside from promoting awareness and critical thinking, it aims to encourage youth to voice their opinions and take a stand. Through discussion of topics such as volunteerism, empowerment, leadership, and participation, Voice Out aims to serve as a help line for kids and teens seeking to communicate about their real-life issues and to motivate them to find their own advocacy-related "cause".
• Bilib Kami Sa'Yo! - 15 minutes dedicated to giving recognition to youth leaders and achievers who could inspire other young people in discovering their talents and realising their dreams.
• Join Ka Dito! - 15 minutes featuring active youth organisations from schools and private and government sectors. By highlighting publications, school groups, and teams that are led by young people, this segment enables youth to promote their cause and encourages youth to be active in their schools and communities.
• Ribyu sa Radyo! - Provides reviews, comments, recommendations, and trivia on films, television shows, music, books, and sports that "keep young minds entertained as much as informed....We also highlight our country's achievements in art and entertainment that are so often overshadowed by foreign influence."
• Yan Ang Editoryal! - The hosts provide their insights about the episode and read the reactions of the listeners through their text messages and phone calls.

LKTKR also draws on the internet to help support youth activism through the media. The LKTKR page on the VOTY website offers various thinking and talking points - concrete guidance - for young listeners seeking to learn how to use the media to advance their cause. To foster communication between young advocates and the communities reached by their local media, this page provides ideas and strategies for gaining access to the media, framing the issue, organising materials, pitching a story, creating a news release, participating in editorial board meetings, carrying out interviews, and writing letters to the editor.

Partnership with fellow youth media organisations and projects is a key LKTKR strategy. LKTKR pledges to be a part of the upcoming projects and activities of VOTY by providing it with sufficient exposure while welcoming its officers, members, and affiliated youth organisations. LKTKR seeks to connect the youth media of the Philippines to the world by partnering with an organisation that could implement and adopt its line of radio programming in that partner's own country.

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LKTKR is based on the premise that "There is a need to recharge the spirit of the youth". Organisers estimate that the programme has 500,000 youth listeners.