Ampers

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Ampers is an association of 18 independent community radio stations in Minnesota.  Each station is locally managed and programmed by and for the local communities they serve.  Ampers is the largest network of community radio stations in the state of Minnesota and one of the largest of its kind in the United States. From Grand Marais, and Thief River Falls, to Mankato and Winona, and just about everywhere in between, we’ve got Minnesota covered. Our combined audience is about 250,000 devoted listeners.  Ampers has no affiliation with Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and receives no financial support from MPR. 

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Short features documenting the impact of Minnesota's Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jul 23, 2014
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A Look at Legacy

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Apr 12, 2015
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40 Pieces

Bearing Witness with Anthony Galloway and Georgia Fort is a production of Racial Reckoning: The Arc of Justice, a journalism project created and supported by Ampers, Diverse Radio for Minnesota's Communities, in partnership with KMOJ Radio and The Minnesota Humanities Center.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Mar 27, 2021
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First-hand experiences and advice about the challenges and rewards associated with caring for loved ones in the last stages of life. Allina Health helped fund this project.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2016
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139 Pieces

We discuss race, identity, social justice and culture in a region grappling with demographic changes

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jan 14, 2021
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select Ampers programming related to COVID19

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Apr 20, 2020
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Sex Trafficking - Breaking Free Sex traffic. At KMOJ, we're not letting it hide. We are pleased to present two hours of programming about people in our community trying to end it. We are proud that last year's program on sex trafficking won a first place award from the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in the special projects category.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jul 05, 2019
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Moments in the musical history of Minnesota

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jul 14, 2017
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Minnesota Music Notes celebrating noteworthy artists, people and moments that shaped the history of Minnesota's Mainroom First Avenue

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Sep 26, 2019
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474 Pieces

Each week Minnesota Native News looks at social, economic, cultural, health issues and more facing Minnesota’s Native American communities. By informing and educating all Minnesotans about events, activities, and issues in Minnesota’s Native American communities this program interweaves the Native American culture into the rest of the communities of the state.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jan 29, 2014

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This episode explores work being done towards authentically and accurately representing Native people, communities, and our stories. Rebecca Crook...

  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 57:48
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Respected Anishinaabe elder and well-known physician, Dr. Arne Vainio (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) tells the story of how he became one of only 3,40...

  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 32:49
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We kick off our new season with a story from Mnicoujou [mini-co-jew] Lakota doula, Takayla Lightfield. She stands side-by-side with Native women su...

  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 28:48
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Boozhoo! Join us for a fun conversation with Chef Benjamin Shendo (Cochiti and Jemez Pueblo), the Café Manager of Gatherings Café, at the American ...

  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 12:47
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This week on Minnesota Native News we check in with Native leaders whose work has moved online and a couple of online movie recommendations while w...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
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This time during the Covid-19 pandemic is a time of illness and loss, but it’s also a time of healing - for many people and the earth - physically ...

Bought by WDSE and WGZS


  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 27:29
  • Purchases: 2
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As shelter in place orders continue across the state of Minnesota, many tribes and urban Native organizations are moving their work online. Report...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:47
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Greetings! Today we check in with Antony Stately, Ph.D. (Ojibwe/Oneida), CEO of Native American Community Clinic (NACC). NACC is located in the Phi...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 13:21
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This week on Minnesota Native News. educators tell us in their own words how they and their students are dealing with distance learning.

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, KMSU, KFAI Minneapolis, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Greetings! We are excited to catch up with renowned author, playwright and poet, Marcie Rendon (White Earth Nation) and we hear how she is using h...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 10:31