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The pop charts were dominated by feel-good summer songs during the summer of '63. But there was an alternate reality on the R&B charts, and young white listeners were tuning in.

Alexis Sinduhije, a Burundian journalist, will receive an International Press Freedom Award this week from the Committee to Protect Journalists. Sinduhije is the founder of Radio Publique Africaine, a radio station that has brought together Hutu and Tusti reporters. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Sinduhije.

NPR's Ned Wharton, music director for Weekend Edition Sunday, reviews three alternative Latin releases by Radio Mundial, Cordero, and Kinky.

A program in Richmond, Calif., aims to help young dads take better care of their sons and daughters. It is called Fathers at Work. Youth Radio's Sophie Simon-Ortiz reports.

Youth Radio commentator Calen Robertson remembers childhood days during which he stayed with his divorced dad at "borrowed" houses -- a network of friends' homes where he and his brothers could briefly live with their dad in a joint-custody limbo.

Indiana University added an exhibit to the online platform that features audio and photos from the early days of radio — from when black-oriented stations started popping up in the 1940s and beyond.

The latest Radio Expedition treks into the Louisiana swamps in pursuit of one of the most charismatic American birds: the ivory-billed woodpecker. The fabled wild-eyed woodpecker was thought to be extinct, but recent reports have electrified birders around the country. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports for Morning Edition.

The latest Radio Expedition treks into the Louisiana swamps in pursuit of one of the most charismatic American birds: the ivory-billed woodpecker. The fabled wild-eyed woodpecker was thought to be extinct, but recent reports have electrified birders around the country. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports for Morning Edition.

As part of a plea bargain, 23-year-old immigrant Jorge Nuñez took years off a sentence for armed robbery by agreeing to be deported after serving four years. In a first-person story for Youth Radio, Nuñez tells how he tries to acclimate to life in Mexico.

Television and radio station owners discuss self-policing measures to head off more regulation from the government. Increasing political pressure to reduce indecency on the airwaves is a major topic at this week's National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas.