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Youth Nation is a television program that is aired on the Advanced Community Television Station (ACT25) of Trinidad and Tobago. The show seeks to give the young people of the nation a medium through which they may be able to express their opinions on problems facing the country and propose solutions to these problems. The show was born out of the Rock The Vote television program which was created to give the young persons a chance to express opinions relating to the general election of the year 2007.

Rock The Vote - The Begining
Rock The Vote was the brainchild of the station manager of ACTS25 (include name??) and Mr. Denith McNicolls. They recognised that the voice of the young people of the nation did not have as much impact and as much recognition as it deserved around election time. They confabulated and conceptualized the idea for a television show to do just this. The plan for the show was then developed by a team comprising of Denith, Aaron Seaton, Mikhail Shah and Lawrence Arjoon, all of whom would later co-host the show. They proposed the show to the board of ACTS and it was reviewed and accepted. The show began airing on (date needed) (some months) before the general election.

Rock The Vote Ends
When the general election was over, Rock the Vote ended shortly after. However, due to large amount of issues unspoken of in the series, the station manager decided that there should be some sort of replacement. Youth Nation was born out of this desire. Two weeks after the final episode of Rock the Vote aired, Youth Nation begun.

Purpose
The show seeks to:

1. Showcase the youth opinion

2. Propose solutions to the problems that may affect the country.

3. Showcase the young people that are making a significant contribution to the nation's development

4. Bring about a change in the behaviour of other young people by what they call Positive Peer Pressure or P3

Structure
The show is aired live on ACT25 every Thursday at 6pm with a repeat over the weekend. The show has four hosts, all of whom sit at the front of the set and lead the discussion. The hosts speak about the issue that is going to be discussed in general terms, give their views and then ask the studio audience for theirs. The discussion continues like this until the hosts are adequately satisfied that all the relevant points have been made. Midway into the show, a segment called Face2Face, in which young people are interviewed, is aired. After all the issues within a particular topic have been discussed, the audience as well as the hosts try to propose solutions.

Segments
Once every month one of the following segments are shown:

1. Living Green : A segment designed to show why young people should take a more active role in the protection and preservence of the natural environment. It also seeks to showcase the natural beauty of Trinidad and Tobago.

2. Warriors : A segment designed to showcase young persons who take an active part in the development of communities and young people.

3. Sauce TV : A sketch comedy segment. It is written by, is filmed by, stars and is edited by young persons only.

Topics
The topics are choosen on various issues including current affairs, politics, the environment and even relationships.

Slogans
"Youth Nation, the show that's all about YOU"

"Positive Peer Pressure"

"Shaping people to chage the world"

"Be the change that you want to see"