Scholastic Games Archived radio high school quiz programs

December 29, 2019

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The Scholastic Games quiz show has completed 32 seasons as a showcase of excellence in education in Lorain County, Ohio.  Its unbroken history includes a modified “Zoom” season in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In-person production resumed with our original format in 2022.

Our Most Recent Broadcast:  First program of 2023 – FIRELANDS vs. KEYSTONE  (click here to hear it

The Scholastic Games high school quiz was first broadcast in 1990.   It is now a creation of Standout Production Group, a 501(c)(3) organization formed during the 2021-22 school year.   Our charter corporate supporter is the Nordson Corporation Other major support comes from designated educational funds of the Community Foundation of Lorain County, and the Nord Family Foundation.  Our  home radio station is WEOL, AM930/FM100.3 in Elyria, with sponsorship and venue support from the Elyria Public Library System, the Community West Foundation and supplemental radio sponsorship has come from EcoTree Services. 

Links to our latest archived programs are below.   Participants may link HERE for our format and sample questions,  Check out our  link to the Standout Scholar honor roll,  the students voted mot valuable to their teams over the years, and check the list to the right for links to other program information.

     

 HERE IS OUR ARCHIVE OF THE 2022 SEASON’S COMPETITIONS:     

The latest is in BOLD TYPE

(A TIP: When listening to programs, click on the link below,
and then open the show in a new window, That way you can
listen as you continue to browse this site.)

 Jan. 30 – FIRELANDS vs. KEYSTONE (click here for the program)

Feb. 6  – AVON LAKE vs. ELYRIA – coming soon

Feb 13 – AVON vs. MIDVIEW – coming soon

SELECTED SHOW FROM PAST SEASONS:

HERE ARE ARCHIVES FROM DIALOGUES ON EDUCATION:    

 

Click on the program listing below to hear the program.   (Listings without links are coming soon.)

ARCHIVES

Eleven Colleges and Universities participate in our TUITION AWARD PROGRAM. Click for details!

A SPECIAL 2020 DOCUMENTARY: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY RADIO”

Scheduled commercial broadcasting in America began on Nov. 2, 1920, with election returns presented on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh.  Sixty-five years later, Jim Mehrling, the host and producer of the Scholastic Games quiz, was able to locate and interview Leo Rosenberg, the man KDKA 2020who had been the announcer on that broadcast.   At age 89, Rosenberg recalled the event in vivid detail.  Beginning with that interview, Mehrling has compiled a documentary on radio’s evolution and history on the occasion of radio’s centennial (last November) which he offers for your enjoyment here.  Just click on this link.

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