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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Caption: Patrice Kunesh is the Director of the Center for Indian Country Development in the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. , Credit: CICD
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis recently held a roundtable conversation about helping American Indians and Alaska Natives build their own h...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KMSU, KKWE Niijii Radio, WTIP, WDSE and more


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 12
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The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Natural Resources Division recently co-hosted a community event celebrating water and discussing the...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KMSU, KSRQ, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: May 24, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 12
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This week on Minnesota Native News, the permitting process for the line 3 oil pipeline replacement project is moving forward, a small group of Red ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KMSU, KSRQ, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 12
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Marine veteran Roger Allen Higby shares how military service can help you grow up, become more responsibile and take care of yourself.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Sharlan Diver talks about his time in the U.S. Army, and how he was the youngest of six brothers who all served in the military.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Shearld Hanks experienced both criticism and honor for his time serving in the Military during the Vietnam War era.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Travis Zimmerman shares how his service was part of a family tradition of being a warrior.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Verna Littlewolf speaks proudly of her service, and also how going out in nature helped her combat isolation and loneliness.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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John Atkinson speaks about serving in the U.S. Army, and how commanding officers expected more from him, given his Native background.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Robert Earl Fairbanks shares how he kept pushing himself, during and after his marine service.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1