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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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50 Pieces

Individual stories from Minnesota Native news that make up the weekly newscasts.

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

MN Native News Special Edition: COVID-19 Community Conversations

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 20, 2020
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12 Pieces

Documentaries and features from Minnesota Native News.

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

MN Native News: COVID-19 Daily Update

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 20, 2020
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21 Pieces

MN Native News: Health Report

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 20, 2020
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504 Pieces

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds" is a history program airing on Ampers stations in Minnesota. It is a co-production of Ampers and the Minnesota Historical Society.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jan 29, 2014
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24 Pieces

The special series of Native Lights is all about connecting with our neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Mar 27, 2020
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144 Pieces

We amplify stories of people within Minnesota’s Native communities. We explore the history, work, strength, and resiliency of Native people who are shaping the future, while appreciating those who came before.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Aug 28, 2019
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Racial Reckoning: The Arc of Justice is a journalism initiative from Ampers, Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities, KMOJ Radio, and the Minnesota Humanities Center covering the trials of the officers accused of killing George Floyd, the community’s reaction, and exploring the changes needed to create a more just society.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Mar 08, 2021
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Weekly series from KRPR radio, about happenings around town in Rochester, MN and surrounding areas.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jun 20, 2019

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Wendy Webb loved reading gothic novels. But when she started writing them, she didn’t set them on some misty moor in England, but in her native Mid...

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 14
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In the 1960s and ‘70s, girls from the Midwest, many from the Twin Cities, were trafficked to New York to work as prostitutes. Locals called the are...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KVSC, KSRQ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 14
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In 1953, a woman made history, becoming the first to play professional baseball—on a men’s team. There was a women’s league, but it would fold in a...

Bought by KSRQ, WTIP, KVSC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 14
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July 1936, for two weeks, Minnesotans baked, sweated and wilted. Nine hundred died. Here’s Britt Aamodt with the Heat Wave of 1936.

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


  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 13
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Kris Ehresman, director of infectious disease at the Minnesota Department of Health, says, yes, there is an outdoor advantage—up to a point. SHe sa...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the Minnesota Native News Health Report, a reality check on a potential vaccine for Covid-19. I’m Marie Rock. This week the director o...

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


  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 3
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The CDC-supported survey is intended to better understand how COVID-19 is spreading in Minnesota and its communities, and how it is affecting peopl...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Minnesota Native News launched several programs in response to the pandemic in addition to this one, including Native Lights: Biidaapi, a podcast h...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Today on your Covid 19 daily update we have a story from Hope Flanagan, from the Dream of Wild Health Native owned and operated agency. In the win...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Indigenous Lotus builds community and encourages strength and healing through yoga and mind-body connection, and will be hosting a retreat in Octob...

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


  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10