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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Terry Throndson served on an attack carrier with a population of 6,800. It sometimes took two hours to get a meal. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Terry Throndson was paid $65 a month, and didn’t like it when the boat crews that came alongside the ship to sell pop and other drinks tried to run...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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On his ship, Terry Throndson worked in the wood shop and helped run the liberty boat that took enlistees to shore. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Terry Throndson volunteered for just about everything he could for in the Navy and he ended up a yeoman, where he became a jack of all trades. Here...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Terry Throndson served in the Navy, 1971-75. It was during the Vietnam War, and he decided to volunteer and choose his own path rather than be draf...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Wes Moreland only heard “This is not a drill” once while aboard the USS Tarawa. That day, a fueling ship cable snapped and came back at 200 mph, st...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Wes Moreland’s carrier was in the Mediterranean when the weather turned bad. They were hundreds of miles at sea, and the pilots were unable to land...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Wes Moreland was a plane captain aboard the USS Tarawa. The first question his pilot would ask before a flight was, “Is it full of gas?” Here’s Bri...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Wes Moreland was in the Navy, 1951-55. He was aboard the USS Tarawa, a carrier, which cruised about 45 knots in open ocean. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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In 1995, Wayne Stillman helped form the committee that would one day create the Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial in Rochester. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30