A special program offered by KSAP-107.1 LPFM The Breeze is providing high school students the opportunity to learn and work at the station as a disc jockey.

"I like to talk on issues about health, drugs and focus on staying in school," Karen Sauceda, 17, student DJ for the station, said.

Sauceda is one of the several Memorial High School students who intern as a DJ for the station from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

"This program gives students an opportunity to do something different and to keep them off the streets in a positive direction," Fernando Ramirez, disc jockey for The Breeze, said.

While on the air, student DJs invite their friends from school to call in and express anything on their mind.

"Karen is great at this. She is so in tuned with the kids on all these issues," Ramirez, said.

Along with announcers, Ramirez also looks for students with special talents to be on the show.

"I like to invite students with a talent in music to help get them started. I think it encourages them and they look at it as 'wow, someone wants me to be on the radio,'" Ramirez, said.

The students are acquiring a leg up in a career and receiving direction toward college, where Lamar State College-Port Arthur offers several classed in the music industry, Ramirez, said.

"This program gives students an opportunity to learn a trade and almost be a celebrity," Ramirez, said.

Transmitting form the City Hall, annex, the Breeze has been on the FM radio waves for around a month.

Currently renting the City Hall space, studio officials are discussing plans to buy their own facility to allow for more freedom in air time.

"We have to abide by the operating hours of the city which can be difficult at nights and on the weekends," Ramirez, said.

Contact this reporter at gbarranco@panews.com.