Saturday & Sunday 12pm
WLOY’s weekly children’s program What Happens Next?, founded in June of 2009, has won national awards. Our goal is simple: entertain children while helping them grow their imagination, reading, writing and communication skills. With more than 200 children involved in the program, we’ve done just that.
What Happens Next? begins with the simple premise that children love to tell stories. We provide the beginning of a story for the participants and they create their own endings. When they’re done we let them record them for this broadcast. Children from 4-12 have participated in the program, which is recorded live at WLOY every Friday. The program is open to home schooler, public and private school kids. If you wish to join us, please contact us.
What Happens Next? is also run as an after-school program at Govans Elementary every week. Students select it as their after-school activity and join us for the stories, writing and recording. This program is run by WLOY staffers in association with the Baltimore Curriculum Project.
What Happens Next? has won several national awards, including: Best Feature Program, Best Regularly Scheduled Program and Best Community Outreach at the National Student Electronic Media Conference.
Listen in each week and if you want to join us, please email wloy@loyola.edu for more information on how to do so. We’re always happy to have more kids!
WLOY offers a package of the program and equipment for FREE to Baltimore area public schools with a participating teacher: What Happens Next? in Your School.
What Happens Next? is supported by Shananigans Toy Shop in Roland Park. For store hours and info on this fantastic local independent toy shop visit their website.
We post a few shows here, in case you wish to subscribe or download for your future entertainment. Please feel free to leave feedback!
| Show | Story | Listen |
| Monster Toothpaste | Robin’s toothpaste is alive! The Govans kids share what happens when getting ready for bed goes terribly, terribly wrong. | [audio:https://wloydev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/WHN-101016.mp3] |
| Cotton Candy Clouds (Girl Scouts) |
The Baltimore Girl Scouts, Sahil, Ethan, Gabrielle, and Samir tell of what happens when a girl finds her school–and then the world– is made up completely of candy. | [audio:https://wloydev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/WHN-OCTOBER-GIRL-SCOUTS.mp3] |
| The World Turned Upside Down | Caroline wakes up one day and everything has changed. Amir, Serigne, Lakira, Ramia, Telea, Aniyah, and Kaylin from Govans Elementary tell us what’s so different and why. | [audio:https://wloydev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/WHN-013017.mp3]
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| The Dinosaur Adventure | Langston, Ethan, Gabrielle, James, and Antwon tell us what happened after Harry and his friend Maggie are transported into prehistoric times. | [audio:https://wloydev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/WHN-21017.mp3] |
| Maggie’s New City | Angela goes to visit her friend Maggie in the city she just moved to and she cannot believe what this place is like. Gabrielle, Ethan, Ryan, Michael, and Ella tell us what happens next. | [audio:https://wloydev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/WHN-071217.mp3] |
| A History Lesson | Brandon has always loved history. His interest peaks once he finds out some information on the history of his own home. Izzy, Sawyer, Ayden, Will, and Katie Grace tell us what happens next. | [audio:https://wloydev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/WHN-071717.mp3] |
| The Winning Fish | Parker catches an unbelievable fish. Kadar, Ricky, Olivia, Nathan, Ellianna, Hudson, Brooklyn, and Jack tell us all about it. | [audio:http://www.wloy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/WHN-092617.mp3] |
| A Street Without Trees | Paul’s street used to be lined with trees but gradually they’ve gone away. He and his friends decide to plant new trees… The Govans crew tells us the rest. | [audio:https://wloydev.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/WHN-020818.mp3] |
| The Lookalike | When Riley runs into a girl who looks exactly like her on the street, she doesn’t know what to think. Students at St. Michael-St. Clement School tell us what happens next. | [audio:https://wloydev.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/WHN-051218.mp3] |
| A Greener Playground | Harley notices that her school playground is ridiculously littered. Gabrielle, Sydney, and kids from Govans elementary tell us what she decides to do about it. | [audio:https://wloydev.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/WHN-050318.mp3] |