KRPR

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Classic Rock Without The Talk.

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80 Pieces

a series of short, fun and engaging stories exploring the history of Rochester and the surrounding area.

  • From: KRPR
  • Updated: Feb 10, 2020
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32 Pieces

Bits of art history centered around the greater Rochester Minnesota area

  • From: KRPR
  • Updated: Jun 08, 2023
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52 Pieces

Rochester Music History in 90 Seconds

  • From: KRPR
  • Updated: Jun 09, 2021
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72 Pieces

Weekly series from KRPR radio, about the people and happenings around town in Rochester, MN and surrounding areas.

  • From: KRPR
  • Updated: Jun 24, 2019
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52 Pieces

Veterans' Voices is a radio series exploring the knowledge, experience and leadership of Rochester service members.

  • From: KRPR
  • Updated: May 10, 2022

Latest Pieces

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1939: Bandleader Paul Whiteman was battling his former wife over child support. And his current wife had made his other battle—with the bulge—publi...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:30
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1946: Duke Ellington was King of Swing. But swing music was on the way out. You couldn’t tell from the record crowd for his concert Rochester. Here...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:30
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1961: Jules Herman had played first trumpet for Lawrence Welk. His orchestra had opened for Louis Armstrong. This evening, however, he’d be playing...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:30
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1934: Franklin Roosevelt was making a visit to Rochester. And the city was ready with bunting, a motorcade and the official song of the chief execu...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:30
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1917: Pianist Arthur Koerner might’ve thought teaching music in Owatonna was tough. But try accompanying a dramatic poetry reader before an audienc...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:30
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1905: Axel Skovgaard touted his $50,000 hands and $13,000. But what did Austin think of this big-talking Danish violinist? Here’s Britt Aamodt.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:30
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1903: Rochester’s new Metropolitan Opera House was out of commission after a fire. But the manager thought the Winona Oratorio Society and their pr...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:30
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October 2001: Omar Abdel Rahman was a 63-year-old blind cleric and inmate with health issues serious enough that he was incarcerated at Rochester’s...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:30
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1999: John Madden, sportscaster and former head coach of the Oakland Raiders, hadn’t been there in over half a century. But he was back in Austin, ...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:30
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1998: What was King Hussein, Jordan’s head of state, doing in Minnesota bluff country? Visiting a goat farm. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:30