Minnesota Public Radio History Programs Distributed By American

In 1969 and 1970Events January events January 1 Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January, MPR assisted in formation of National Public Radio, and was a founding member of the organization. Four years later in 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped, the network began live broadcasting of Garrison KeillorGarrison Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an author and radio host. He is best known as the founder and host of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion (also known as Garrison Keillor's Radio Show on BBC 7 and in Ireland). Keillor's trade's A Prairie Home CompanionA Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show usually runs two hours from 5 to 7 PM Central Time, and originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is produced by Prairie Home Pr, perhaps the best-known program on public radio.

In 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 He, MPR got into the network-building business again and assisted in the formation of Public Radio International, partly because NPR had declined to distribute Prairie Home nationally.

In 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri, the network acquired Marketplace Productions, which produces Marketplace and The Savvy Traveler , from the University of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California (also known as USC or Southern Cal , Southern California's oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. University of Southern California Motto''Palmam qui meruit fera. Also around that time, MPR put together Southern California Public Radio by purchasing KPCCKPCC (89. 3 FM) is a public radio station originating from the campus of Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. It airs two original programs ( AirTalk with Larry Mantle and Talk of the City with Kitty Felde) in addition to standard National Publi from Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California.

In 2004, MPR severed ties with Minneapolis-based PRI as a distributor, citing [1] a desire to eliminate the middlemen. It now distributes its programs nationally under the banner of American Public Media.

Controversy erupted in 2004 when it was announced that MPR would take over WCAL 89.3 FM from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota (along with a sister station, KMSE near Rochester). WCAL provided classical music programming that was somewhat of an alternative to that of MPR's classical music service, and had a devoted following. The sale, valued at $10.5 million, was approved by the Federal Communications Commission in November 2004. St. Olaf, a Lutheran liberal arts college, reportedly turned down offers from Christian radio organizations and other private offers that would have provided more money, preferring to keep the station in the hands of a public radio organization. Some public opposition appeared, as many have begun to see MPR as a juggernaut in the public radio industry. MPR plans to bring a different music format to WCAL in January 2005, and is expected to make certain changes to their classical music lineup to appeal to former WCAL listeners.

2 Programs distributed by American Public Media

Marketplace and its morning report is distributed by PRI until July 2005.

American Mavericks
As It Happens
Composers Datebook
Future Tense
The Minnesota Orchestra
Pipedreams
A Prairie Home Companion
Public Radio Weekend
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Saint Paul Sunday
The Savvy Traveler
Sound Money
Speaking of Faith
The Splendid Table
Weekend America
The Writer's Almanac

3 Broadcast coverage

For the most part, Minnesota Public Radio behaves like two very large radio stations. At most transmitter locations, two signals are put out. One carries classical music programming, while the other carries news and other informative shows. In 2000, the group claimed to have radio coverage of 98% of Minnesota as well as some penetration into the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan as well as the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario.

As of 2003, the MPR network consists of 17 news and information stations (including one in Iowa), 17 classical stations (including one in South Dakota and one in Iowa), one mixed news/classical station in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and 17 translator ( repeater) stations scattered around Minnesota.

4 Funding

As a public radio network, MPR obtains much of the money it needs to operate by asking for donations from the listening public. The network claims that a greater percentage of its audience donates money than any other public radio audience in the country. In addition, other for-profit and non-profit organizations sponsor or underwrite MPR programming in exchange for small mentions of their contribution s. Many of the stations in the radio network are also funded by colleges in the areas they cover.

Minnesota Public Radio also receives funding in a roundabout manner from its parent company, the American Public Media Group, another non-profit entity. APM Group partially funds two subsidiary comanies with the profits taken from a third. MPR and Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) are both non-profit organizations, but the Greenspring Company is a taxable for-profit company. Greenspring gets its income from operating Minnesota Monthly Publications , which publishes the magazine Minnesota Monthly among others, and for running the musical for-profit radio station KLBB (1400/1470 AM) via The KLBB Company. The company used to operate the MNN Radio Network and the radio station WMNN , but the station was sold off in early 2004.

5 See also

Independent Public Radio (another public radio network in Minnesota, also known as AMPERS)

6 External links

Minnesota Public Radio website, including history and list of stations
American Public Media website

7 References

Terry Fiedler and Deborah Caulfield Rybak (October 24, 2004). MPR chief 'sings his own song' in creating a national powerhouse. Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Accessed Novemebr 18, 2004.

American Public Media Radio in Minnesota

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