William H. Kling is an American businessman best known for launching Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), an organization he continues to lead. Kling's business savvy has allowed MPR to become one of the most powerful public broadcasting organizations in the United States, earning him admirers—and enemies—in the process. He has been equated to Darth Vader more than once, and Minnesota Public Radio and its related companies are sometimes labeled as the "Klingon Empire" by detractors. Kling is a millionaire, partly due to being the sole stockholder of the Greenspring Company, an MPR-affiliated for-profit corporation. As of 2005, he also acts as a director at both St. Paul Travelers and Irwin Financial Corporation. A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is a regional public radio network based in the U.S. state of Minnesota that has been broadcasting since 1967. ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... Anakin Skywalker is a fictional character from Star Wars. ... This page is about the race. ... A millionaire is a person who has a net worth or wealth of more than one million United States dollars, euros, UK pounds or units of a comparably valued currency. ... A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company (including a corporation), that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a joint stock company. ... The Greenspring Company is the for-profit subsidiary of the non-profit American Public Media Group, and the parent company of the for-profit organizations The KLBB Company (KLBB 1400/1470 AM) and Minnesota Monthly Publications. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Kling was selected in 1967 to take over the reins at KSJR, a radio station that Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota had decided to spin off. Over the years, he helped lead the network to grow to a statewide entity that now features a nationwide distribution arm and has another associated radio station in Pasadena, California. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The College of Saint Benedict / Saint Johns University (hereafter referred to as CSB/SJU) is a joint academic institution in rural central Minnesota. ... Collegeville Township is a township located in Stearns County, Minnesota. ... The Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, CA Pasadena is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...