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Minnesota Public Radio began on January 22, 1967, when KSJR-FM first signed on from the campus of Saint John's University in Collegeville, just outside St. Cloud.Colman Barry, then president of Saint John's, saw promise in the then-relatively-new technology of FM radio, and believed radio was an appropriate extension of Saint John's cultural and artistic functions to the broader community. [4]
KNOW-FM. / 45.0621944°N 93.1393889°W / 45.0621944; -93.1393889. KNOW-FM (91.1 MHz) is the flagship radio station of Minnesota Public Radio 's news and information network. It is licensed to St. Paul and serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market. The station is non-commercial and listener-supported.
Two locations are served by a classical music station, a news and information station, and The Current. MPR's newest service, The Current, is available in Austin, Hinckley, Mankato, the Twin Cities, New Ulm, Rochester and St. Peter . Minnesota Public Radio also broadcasts all three of its services — News, Classical and The Current — on HD ...
Website. www .garrisonkeillor .com. Gary Edward " Garrison " Keillor ( / ˈkiːlər /; born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), which he ...
USC became the only university in the U.S. at the time to produce a daily news program distributed nationally. In 2000, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) acquired Marketplace Productions from USC. [9] This acquisition was the subject of a lawsuit by Public Radio International, which said it had not given its contractually required approval for the ...
Website. americanpublicmediagroup .org. Formerly called. Minnesota Communications Group. American Public Media Group, formerly the Minnesota Communications Group, is the non-profit parent organization of Minnesota Public Radio, American Public Media, and Southern California Public Radio. [1] Jean Taylor is APMG's President and CEO.
In 1995: PRI launches Classical 24, public radio's first 24-hour classical music service, as a co-production with Minnesota Public Radio. In 1996: PRI's The World premieres, presenting issues and events "through a global lens" to American audiences. Co-produced by PRI with BBC World Service and WGBH Radio Boston, it was the first daily news co ...
Peggy Flanagan. Peggy Flanagan (born September 22, 1979) is an American politician, community organizer, and Native American activist serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of Minnesota since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Flanagan served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.