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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Recent comments from Governor Dayton suggest is siding with mining industry and raising limits on sulfate emissions in Minnesota water ways. Sci...

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


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 08:46
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: George Strong is General Manager of KBFT.
This is a special 29 minute edition of Minnesota Native News from the Nett Lake Village on the Bois Forte Reservation. Melissa Townsend and Geor...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KVSC, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Susan Allen, Credit: MN House Website
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear from State Representative Susan Allen. Allen was a tribal attorney living in the Powderhorn neighborh...

Bought by KMSU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KKWE Niijii Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KVSC and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
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This Week on Minnesota Native News we get an update on work at the Legislature that may affect Native American families in the state.

Bought by KVSC, KMSU, WDSE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
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This week on Minnesota Native News, updated state road maps will reflect new tribal land boundaries, White Earth is working to add 1900 acres, a co...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KMSU, KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KVSC and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
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This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about a Minneapolis-based organization working for justice in Rapid City and a South Minneapolis art gal...

Bought by KMSU, KSRQ, WDSE, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
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This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about a language revitalization class teaching words and culture and a community resource for continuing...

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: "The Stand Off" by Julie Buffalohead
This week on Minnesota Native News - a critique of the state hearings over the proposed Sandpiper pipeline, an assessment of tribal lands' vulnera...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: A mural outside Waite House in the Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis., Credit: Megan Kocher/flickr.com
The national news site Al Jazeera America recently published a five part series focused on Native American gangs in Minneapolis. Online reaction to...

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


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 9
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This week on Minnesota Native News, The Red Lake Nation considers growing marijuana, Mill Lacs Band Members gather for the State of the Band, State...

Bought by KMSU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KFAI Minneapolis, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 7