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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]
National Public Radio (NPR) (1970) [8] American Public Media (2004) Public Radio International (1983) Public Radio Exchange (2003) New York Public Radio (1924) Chicago Public Radio (April 1943) Pacifica Radio (1949) Boston Public Radio (1951) Minnesota Public Radio (1967)
Minnesota Public Radio had attempted to purchase the station in 1979 as part of an attempt to split its growing network into classical music and talk radio components, but the deal fell through. Instead, the organization acquired WLOL 1330 AM in 1980. A decade later, it purchased WLOL 99.5 FM (now KSJN).
American Public Media Group (APMG), 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. [2]
KUOM is a member of AMPERS, the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations. [2] It receives funding from a number of sources, including donations from listeners. Approximately 40% of the station's funding comes from listener support, while the rest is provided by the state and federal governments, along with the University of ...
Thankfully, it was around this time that Minnesota Public Radio’s Senior Vice President for Cultural Programming and Initiatives Sarah Lutman pushed to launch a format-free radio station that ...
In 2004, Minnesota Public Radio left PRI and began distributing its own shows (including A Prairie Home Companion and Marketplace and excluding Classical 24) through its newly created arm, American Public Media. [10] In 2012, PRI was acquired by the WGBH Educational Foundation. [11] [12] Public Radio International and Public Radio Exchange ...
Minnesota Public Radio broadcasts on 43 stations that serve Minnesota and its neighboring communities and 42 translators providing additional local coverage. (40 + 41 = 81 total.) Stations are located in Minnesota , Wisconsin (La Crosse), North Dakota (Fargo and Grand Forks), South Dakota (Sioux Falls), Michigan (Houghton), Iowa (Decorah), and ...