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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40 Pieces

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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139 Pieces

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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Cheyanne speaks of the two worlds learned about growing up: one view from her grandparents’ traditions and another world at school.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Jennifer hopes to help her children learn more about the prayer traditions of sacred tobacco, than the addictive aspects of commercial tobacco.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Roberta shares how she keeps learning more about how to use sacred tobacco by being open and listening carefully to elders’ teachings about sacred ...

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  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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After losing many friends, former smoker Roberta, now encourages people to use tobacco in a traditional way, rather than smoking.

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  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Lena talks about how she now uses tobacco for her daily prayers, after giving up decades of smoking.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Alex talks about some of the ways she collects and uses traditional tobacco in sacred ways.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Alex shares the relief she experienced by giving up her smoking habit and instead using sacred tobacco as part of her daily prayers.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Jeffrey shares how after being a heavy smoker early in his life, he quit so he could set a good example for his family.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Frank says tobacco has a big use within Native culture, but when it is taken outside of ceremony, it is another drug.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Director of the MN History Museum is revisiting the way the museum collaborates with people indigenous to Minnesota.
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about a new agreement between Native and city leaders in Minneapolis and an exhibition of Native female ...

Bought by KMSU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSRQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 11