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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140 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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82 Pieces

Moments in the musical history of Minnesota

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jul 14, 2017
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25 Pieces

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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477 Pieces

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

Pieces

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During the Korean War, some soldiers were selected to be dog handlers. Reporter Kevyn Burger shares the story of Veteran Roger Davis, age 92, about...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 15:56
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Service in the Korean War spanned from June 25th, 1950, to January 31st, 1955. Kevyn Burger talks with Veterans about the Korean Era and who fough...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 20:08
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Kevyn Burger visits with members of a local Korean War Veterans group that has been meeting regularly for decades. Chapter 1 grew from originally 1...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 16:22
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Georgia and Anthony discuss the week’s developments and a throughline of resistance to truthtelling that is being felt across the country. We also ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2021
  • Length: 28:33
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On our first in-person show in over a year, the crew traveled to the Mille Lacs Band of Obijwe Reservation. The guests on this deep and emotional s...

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


  • Added: Jun 25, 2021
  • Length: 28:34
  • Purchases: 2
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On today’s show, we revisit our conversation with Briand Morrison (Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) a renowned jazz guitar player, com...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Minnesota Native News, we hear from Karen Diver, who has a new role. She is the inaugural appointment of a new and unique senior-level...

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


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Politicians ate there. Celebrities too, apparently even a king—Elvis Presley. It was Joe Huie’s Café, open twenty-four hours, every day. And, for t...

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


  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 10
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In 1898, Charles Flandreau, now an old man, stood before a crowd at the Minnesota Historical Society. He had a story to tell, about the summer he c...

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


  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 15
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Why does Minneapolis have an avenue named after the Persian king Xerxes I? It has to do with the alphabet. Here’s Britt Aamodt

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


  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 15