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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Wayne Stillman enlisted in 1956. Born and raised in Rochester, he ended up back in his hometown at a new Military Police (MP) unit. Here’s Britt Aa...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Richard Krom’s great-grandfather, Edward H. Bassett, survived Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg in July 1863. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Richard Krom’s great-grandfather marched hundreds of miles to Gettysburg, only to find himself, in company with the First Minnesota, immediately pl...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Richard Krom is the great-grandson of Edward H Bassett, a Faribault, Minnesota man who fought with the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry at the Fi...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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In the Korean War, Merle Peterson and his infantry unit not only had to contend with enemy attacks but the bitter cold of a Korean winter. Here’s B...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Merle Peterson arrived in Korea in August 1950. His unit got off the ship and three days later, they were surrounded by the enemy. Here’s Britt Aam...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Merle Peterson enlisted in the Army right out of high school in 1948. Two years later, the Korean War broke out, and his battalion was shipped over...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Frank Churchward was sent to Korea in 1954, where his motor pool lived out of tents. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Frank Churchward arrived in Pusan, Korea in 1954, but was soon shipped up to Inchon where he worked as a truck mechanic. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
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Frank Churchward was in Korea in 1954-55. He was with the Army combat engineers, operating heavy equipment, building bridges and doing carpentry. H...

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