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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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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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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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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In today’s episode, we speak with Pono Asuncion, an interdisciplinary artist, storyteller, illustrator, and culture bearer. Drawing inspiration fro...

Bought by WGZS


  • Added: Sep 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we welcome Gimiwan Dustin Burnette, the Executive Director of the Midwest Indigenous Immersion Network, a dynamic nonprofit organi...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Anangong Miigaading Film Poster, Credit: Lucas Films in partnership with University of MN Linguistics
This week, we hear about how the box-office hit, Star Wars: A New Hope returns to the big screen in one of Minnesota’s Indigenous languages.

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and WGZS


  • Added: Aug 29, 2024
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The ensculptic house, short for environmental sculpture in plastic, is a home in Minnetrista Minnesota that resembles a mushroom or a low hanging c...

Bought by KBEM, KVSC, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KRPR, WDSE and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
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Minnesota’s first brewery opened in 1848 from the hard work of German immigrant Anthony Yoerg.The yoerg brewery thrived for over a century, well kn...

Bought by KSRQ, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KBEM, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KRPR and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 9
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Soma Records, founded in Minneapolis in 1954 by Amos Heilicher, was a notable label in the American music scene. Soma gained fame with Bobby Vee’s ...

Bought by KSRQ, KBEM, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KRPR, KVSC and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
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Bessie M. Stanchfield visited St. Cloud in 1936, where she heard "The Beauty of the West" performed by Mrs. Elma Snyder McDowell. The search for a...

Bought by KBEM, KVSC, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KRPR, WDSE and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
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There have been many candy bars that have come and gone throughout the years, but one of the most intriguing was the seven up bar. What makes this ...

Bought by KBEM, KVSC, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KRPR, WDSE and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
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This week on Minnesota Native News, the celebration of life and remembrance of those lost in the Sandy Lake Tragedy that took place in Northern Min...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2024
  • Length: 05:02
Caption: Marcie R. Rendon is an Indigenous author, poet, and playwright., Credit: Courtesy of Marcie Rendon
Marcie R. Rendon released her first book of poetry, “Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millenium.” The book launched at Birchbark Bizhiw in Minneapolis o...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2024
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1