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. 

Series

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30 Pieces

Memories and stories from Minnesota Veterans

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 12, 2023
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22 Pieces

Native American veterans explain why protecting our land and resources is an important part of Native culture and traditions.

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

Extended podcast versions of Kevyn Burger's interviews with some of the Minnesota Vietnam Veterans featured in the Ampers radio series

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Aug 24, 2017
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3 Pieces

Memories and stories from Minnesota's WWII Veterans

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Oct 21, 2019
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34 Pieces

Family conversations exploring the question “what matters most?” to those involved in providing or receiving care in the last stages of life. Allina Health helped fund this project.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2016

Pieces

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Mary Gibbs was the only female park superintendent in the nation when took over the position at Itasca State Park. She was also only 24 when she st...

Bought by KVSC, WDSE, WTIP, KSRQ, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 22
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Dec. 7, 1941, the USS Oklahoma capsized in Pearl Harbor. Two Minnesota sailors died on the ship. Their bodies were never identified until, says Bri...

Bought by KVSC, WTIP, KSRQ, KFAI Minneapolis, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 17
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Minnesota has 14 species of frogs and toads. Britt Aamodt has a story about that amphibian harbinger of spring, the spring peeper.

Bought by KSRQ, KVSC, WDSE, KSRQ, KVSC and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 22
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How did Minneapolis’ Loring Park get so many gray squirrels? Britt Aamodt follows the trail to former park superintendent Theodore Wirth.

Bought by KVSC, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KVSC, WTIP and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 14
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Andrew Towne was living and working in the Twin Cities when he decided to climb a mountain. Not just any mountain, Mt. Everest. With the climb, Tow...

Bought by KSRQ, KVSC, WTIP, WDSE, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 19
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Minnesotan Erwin Hensch was among the crew of the USS Indianapolis, which July 1945, would deliver the bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima to t...

Bought by KVSC, WDSE, WTIP, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 26
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Cass Gilbert wanted to make a name for himself in architecture. Britt Aamodt tells us how a St. Paul building project launched him into a career th...

Bought by WDSE, WTIP, KVSC, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 22
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When Al Franken took office at U.S. Senator for Minnesota in 2009, the former writer and performer for Saturday Night Live had to leave the comedy ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KSRQ, Radio K, KFAI Minneapolis, KVSC and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 13
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How did Anoka, Minnesota get to be Halloween Capital of the World? Britt Aamodt seeks an answer back in 1920.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, KVSC, WDSE, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 23
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Growing up in Cloquet, Minnesota, Jessica Lange used to watch old movies with her mom. Britt Aamodt looks at Lange’s career and the 2017 role that ...

Bought by KSRQ, KVSC, WDSE, KVSC, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 23