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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April 1944, 11-year-old Liliane Gerenstein wrote a letter to God, asking him to protect her parents who’d been deported to Auschwitz. Days later, s...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
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Sena Ehrhardt’s home in Austin, Minnesota, was steeped in music. She used to sneak into the basement to watch her dad rehearse with his blues band....

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
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Growing up in Rochester, Jeff Kryka had a thing for the film E.T. He loved the story—but he really loved the score. By 2019, Kryka was the man behi...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
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It was 2009, the Great Recession was at its height, and schools were slashing arts and music programs. Owatonna native Mark Gehring decided to put ...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
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March 2020, after a long day of surgery, Mayo Clinic residents Dr. Elvis Francois and Dr. William Robinson turned to music during the dark days of ...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
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The Frank W. Bridges in Austin, Minnesota, had hosted a number of musicals over the years. But in August 2013, the curtains went up on a musical th...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
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Adam Young, the Owatonna musician and songwriter behind Owl City, couldn’t believe it. Taylor Swift was backstage at his show and he was so enchant...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
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George Harrison was a cancer patient. That’s what brought him to the Mayo Clinic in 1998. But later, even as the disease took over his body, the gu...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
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By 1966, Johnny Cash was known as No Show Cash. Drink and drugs had led to several canceled shows. Would he make his April 15 date at Rochester’s M...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
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C.C. Beck of Zumbrota Minnesota is remembered as the first artist to draw superhero Captain Marvel. But he also knew how to draw the crowds at comi...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:30