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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This week on Minnesota Native News, we preview a new Ampers documentary. Decoded is about Native veterans from Minnesota who used tribal languages ...

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


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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The government that tried to destroy Indigenous culture used it as a weapon on the battlefield. Listen to Decoded: Untold stories of Native Veteran...

Bought by KVSC and WGZS


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
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In a Minneapolis hotel room in 1990, Johnny Cash lamented the decline of his career. Britt Aamodt looks at how the music legend rose from the ashes...

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


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 6
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1978 – A new interstate, I-90, would soon be passing through Blue Earth County. So why not create something to grab motorists’ attention? Why not b...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
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August 1969 – Dave Arneson loved war games. That’s what drew him to the board game convention Gen Con, and to fellow gamer Gary Gygax. Five years l...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
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June 1952 – Paul Robeson was one of the most famous singers in America. But he was also one of the most blacklisted because of his ties to Soviet R...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
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November 1946 – Jazz bassist Oscar Pettiford was only in Minneapolis for a couple days. To play a concert with Duke Ellington. And to hang out with...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
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June 1986 – Dr Derek Nottman stared at a face thawed from the ice of Beechy Island. The dead man was a crewmember from the doomed 19th century Fran...

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


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
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Leah and Cole take a trip to Four Sisters Farmers Market in Minneapolis! It’s the first market day of the year, and our hosts chat with poet, playw...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The crew is joined by the St. Paul Parks & Rec Director, a BIPOC hometown boy, to talk about the importance of rec centers and staying active. They...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1