KRPR

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Classic Rock Without The Talk.

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80 Pieces

a series of short, fun and engaging stories exploring the history of Rochester and the surrounding area.

  • From: KRPR
  • Updated: Feb 10, 2020
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32 Pieces

Bits of art history centered around the greater Rochester Minnesota area

  • From: KRPR
  • Updated: Jun 08, 2023
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52 Pieces

Rochester Music History in 90 Seconds

  • From: KRPR
  • Updated: Jun 09, 2021
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72 Pieces

Weekly series from KRPR radio, about the people and happenings around town in Rochester, MN and surrounding areas.

  • From: KRPR
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2019
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52 Pieces

Veterans' Voices is a radio series exploring the knowledge, experience and leadership of Rochester service members.

  • From: KRPR
  • Updated: May 10, 2022

Latest Pieces

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Alistair Cooke was better known as the host of PBS’s Masterpiece Theater. But he was in Rochester today with a film crew to tell the history of Ame...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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It was Bob Dylan’s last day in the recording studio for his second album. That’s when he pulled out a new song he’d been toying with, “Walls of Red...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Nell Mabey loved her Irish water spaniel Whimpie and life at her sister’s estate Bramble Haw. So she’d combined the two in her new book of poetry, ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Dr. Philiip Hench was a member of the Norwegian Explorers, Minnesota’s very own Sherlock Holmes club. And now his group wanted to commemorate the w...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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John Chuchik had two things he wanted to do: Walk all 896 stairs of the Washington Monument and win the National Spelling Bee.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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James FitzPatrick was a famous documentary filmmaker known as the Voice of the Globe. Now he was in Rochester with his film crew.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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The Red Cross needed money during World War II. That’s when Ft. Snelling sent its soldiers to Winona, to perform their skit, GI Joe, as a fundraiser.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Two hulking record players arrived at the Winona Library in 1936. They were special players with braille knobs that could be borrowed by blind or v...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Lucy Wilder had options. Did she want to start a sheep farm or a bookstore?

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Willa Cather was in Rochester to have her arthritis looked at by Mayo doctors. But it didn’t mean she didn’t have time for tea with a couple of the...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30