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Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is a regional public radio network based in the U.S. state of Minnesota that has been broadcasting since 1967. The network includes more than 50 FM transmitters ranging from low-power translators in small and hard-to-reach areas up to full-power stations serving large markets. The organization provides receive three different services in the state: "news and information," classical music, and another "eclectic" music service known as "The Current" that plays selections from a broad range of musical genres. The main studios for MPR are located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Logo for Minnesota Public Radio. ... 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. ... A radio network is a network system which distributes radio programming to multiple radio stations. ... A state of the United States (U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states, four of which officially favor the term commonwealth which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Official language(s) None Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 12th 225,365 km² 400 km 645 km 8. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Roberts FM radio FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... In broadcasting, a translator is an FM radio station or a TV station which acts as a full-duplex repeater. ... News is new information or current events. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... State capitol building in Saint Paul Saint Paul is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America. ... Official language(s) None Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 12th 225,365 km² 400 km 645 km 8. ...

MPR is affiliated with the National Public Radio network, but also uses content from Public Radio International. Through its production and distribution arm of American Public Media, MPR produces a host of programs for national distribution. Included is the signature show A Prairie Home Companion, hosted by Garrison Keillor. Following a 2004 decision to distribute programming itself, Minnesota Public Radio is now the second-most powerful public radio organization in the United States behind NPR, though the network is still in close contention with PRI for the spot (PRI produces a higher number of programs, but American Public Media shows have higher listenership). NPR logo NPR redirects here. ... Public Radio International, or PRI, is a not-for-profit corporation based in the United States founded in 1983 to develop non-commercial audio programming for public radio and other audio venues. ... American Public Media logo American Public Media is the brand under which Minnesota Public Radio distributes public radio programming outside of the state of Minnesota. ... Prudence Johnson and Garrison Keilor live on-stage at Shelburn, Vermont as part of the 2005 Rhubarb tour A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. ... Garrison Keillor Garrison Keillor (born Gary Edward Keillor on August 7, 1942) is an American author, humorist, columnist, musician, and radio personality. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...

Services

Minnesota Public Radio began by broadcasting a mix of talk and music programming. Two dozen years later, a split was made where listeners had a choice between talk programs and classical programming (although one station in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan carries a mixture of those two services). A recent acquisition of a third powerful station covering the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area provided the opportunity to launch another musical service. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that comprise the U.S. state of Michigan. ... The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ...

The network has claimed varying levels of membership between 2000 and 2004, ranging between 83,000 and 87,000 active contributors. It is reported that the ratio of listeners to members is very high—a fact sometimes attributed to "Minnesota nice"—though the overall listenership is still much higher. The network claims that about 15% of Minnesota residents over the age of 12 tune in each week, which results in somewhere around 650,000 to 700,000 regular listeners. The new third service is expected to add significantly to these levels, perhaps bringing the total membership level to 1,000,000. This article is about the year 2000. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Minnesota nice is the stereotypical behavior of Minnesota residents to provide hospitality and courtesy to others. ...

News and information

Shows carried on MPR's talk stations are a mix of programs produced locally and national/international shows. Mornings start out with the National Public Radio show, Morning Edition, to which MPR adds local material. Following Morning Edition are two talk shows intended for a local audience, Midmorning and Midday. MPR also adds two hours of local material to the National Public Radio show All Things Considered each day. Talk of the Nation from NPR is also played in the afternoon, and MPR carries The World (co-produced by the BBC and Public Radio International), As It Happens (from the CBC), and the BBC World Service in the evening and nighttime hours. Morning Edition is an American radio news program produced and distributed by National Public Radio (NPR). ... All Things Considered, sometimes abbreviated ATC, is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. ... Talk of the Nation is a talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcasted nationally on weekday afternoons (Eastern Standard Time). ... The World is a news radio program produced by the BBC World Service of the United Kingdom, and Public Radio International and WGBH of the United States. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... As It Happens is a long-running interview show on CBC Radio One in Canada. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countrys national radio and television broadcaster. ... World Service logo The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to around 150 million people throughout the world. ...

Weekend programming on MPR has shifted around with moderate frequency, though it includes national favorites such as Car Talk and This American Life. A great deal of MPR's exported programming airs on the weekends, so some listeners feel that it chokes out some good shows from other outlets. For instance, there have been complaints about Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! getting pre-empted for various reasons. Weekends also bring some music to MPR's talk listeners, as it seeps into A Prairie Home Companion, and is the main subject of shows like American Routes and The Jazz Image. Car Talk is a radio talk show broadcast weekly on National Public Radio stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. ... This American Life (TAL) is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by WBEZ in Chicago and distributed by Public Radio International. ... Wait Wait. ... American Routes is a public radio program hosted by Nick Spitzer that explores connections between the many musical styles that have blossomed in the United States. ... Leigh Kamman (born 1922?, first name pronounced lay) is a longtime radio host who has focused bringing jazz music to the airwaves for his career, which spans more than six decades. ...

Twenty-two MPR transmitters carry the news and information service exclusively as of late 2004. The Twin Cities flagship station for the talk network is KNOW 91.1 FM. Knowledge is the awareness and understanding of facts, truths or information gained in the form of experience or learning. ...

Classical music

On the classical music stations of MPR, most of the day is devoted to orchestral tracks, though The Morning Show during morning drive time reaches outside the classical music genre to play a broader variety of music. This is carried on most classical stations, although two transmitters covering the Twin Cities and Rochester continue to carry classical music at this time. Another break from classical music comes when A Prairie Home Companion airs on the weekend. MPR claims to have a library of 60,000 discs available to the classical network. Drive time is prime time for radio broadcasting. ...

At night, transmitters switch over to using MPR's Classical 24 service, which is also distributed nationally. Some have criticized MPR's classical selections, saying that they only play music by well-known composers and don't play music from lesser-known composers or more contemporary selections. MPR tends to avoid playing music with choral accompaniment during the day, and critics have complained that the network plays rather short selections (the tracks tend to be even shorter on the Classical 24 service). Classical 24 is a satellite-delivered public radio service providing European classical music to its member stations. ... A choir or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. ...

There are 27 transmitters broadcasting the classical music service, including one station in Sun Valley, Idaho. This network's flagship station is KSJN 99.5 FM in the Twin Cities. Sun Valley is an affluent resort community located in Blaine County, Idaho, USA, adjacent to the city of Ketchum. ... KSJN (99. ...

The Current

MPR's third service went on the air on at 9 AM on January 24, 2005, and is very free-form in the music that is played. No firm demarcations have been laid down as of yet, although the station will air a considerable amount of local music, which has seen decreasing airplay on area radio outlets since the 1990s. The station staff hope to eventually have a library of music comparable in size to that of MPR's classical service. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Freeform radio. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

Several people on the initial staff are well known in the area for previous work at stations that highlight music from Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. The music and program directors as well as some DJs spent time at REV-105 before it was bought out in 1997, and at 770 Radio K, the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities station. At least one had also worked for community station KFAI. The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it always lies within the US Census Bureaus definition of the Midwest and the states of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as at least the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Drive 105 is an adult album alternative (Triple-A) radio station—arguably, a tiny radio network—serving the Minneapolis-St. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 770 Radio K (KUOM), Real College Radio, is a college radio station operated by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. ... Washington Avenue Bridge at night The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. ... KFAI (90. ...

The service is carried on two transmitters. The main one is KCMP 89.3 FM, located near Rosemount, Minnesota on the southeastern periphery of the Twin Cities, though the signal covers most of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. A translator serves Rochester, Minnesota. The two should be receivable by roughly one-half of the state's population, which is mostly concentrated in the Twin Cities. In the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, this station carries The Morning Show, allowing KSJN to carry classical music for the entire day. Internet radio streams are available for "outstate" residents (people outside of the Twin Cities area) and others outside of Minnesota to listen to "The Current." 89. ... Rosemount is a city located in Dakota County, Minnesota. ... Downtown Rochester and the South Fork of the Zumbro River Rochester is a city located in Olmsted County, Minnesota. ... It has been suggested that Streaming radio be merged into this article or section. ...

Sideband services

Radio sidebands are used to transmit a Minnesota version of the Radio Talking Book Network to disabled listeners around the state. Plans are in place to add the digital HD Radio system across all of MPR's transmitters, with rollout likely to happen in 2005. Special receivers are required to decode these broadcasts. In radio communications, a sideband is a band of frequencies higher than or lower than the carrier frequency, containing energy as a result of the modulation process. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... HD Radio is an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio system created by iBiquity for broadcasting via existing FM and AM radio stations. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Minnesota Public Radio first began operating the station KSJR 90.1 FM in January 1967 after being spun off from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. That station still operates on the St. John's campus. That first station was headed by Bill Kling, who still heads the network today. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (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. ... William H. Kling is an American businessman best known for launching Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), an organization he continues to lead. ...

In 1969 and 1970, MPR assisted in formation of National Public Radio, and was a founding member of the organization. Four years later in 1974, the network began live broadcasting of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, perhaps the best-known program on public radio. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Garrison Keillor Garrison Keillor (born Gary Edward Keillor on August 7, 1942) is an American author, humorist, columnist, musician, and radio personality. ... Prudence Johnson and Garrison Keilor live on-stage at Shelburn, Vermont as part of the 2005 Rhubarb tour A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. ...

In 1983, MPR got into the network-building business again and assisted in the formation of American Public Radio (now known as Public Radio International), partly because NPR had declined to distribute Prairie Home nationally. Current MPR CEO Bill Kling formed the consortium with public radio stations throughout the country who were also unhappy of their shows not being taken by the network. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William H. Kling is an American businessman best known for launching Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), an organization he continues to lead. ...

MPR began offering a full-time classical music service in 1991 after the purchase of WLOL 99.5 FM in the Twin Cities. In the following years, Minnesota Public Radio acquired enough stations across the state to offer both a news and classical music service to most of the state. A classical service is also provided to subscribing stations around the country as Classical 24. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WLOL (1330 AM) is a radio station in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota. ... Classical 24 is a satellite-delivered public radio service providing European classical music to its member stations. ...

In 2000, the network acquired Marketplace Productions, which produces Marketplace and The Savvy Traveler, from Pasadena in association with the University of Southern California. Also around that time, MPR put together Southern California Public Radio by purchasing KPCC from Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. This article is about the year 2000. ... Marketplace is a radio program produced and distributed by American Public Media, the broadcast arm of Minnesota Public Radio, in association with the University of Southern California. ... The University of Southern California (also known as USC, SC, Southern California and Southern Cal), Californias oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. ... KPCC (89. ... KPCC (89. ... Pasadena City College is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, California, USA. It often called by its acronym, PCC. Its current president is Dr. James Kossler and its sports teams are referred to as the Pasadena Lancers. ... Pasadena is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

2004 was a year of major transitions for the network. In mid-year, MPR severed ties with Minneapolis-based PRI as a distributor, citing [1] a desire to eliminate the middleman and distribute its programs nationally under the banner of American Public Media. Along with the introduction of Weekend America into an already overflowing market of weekend NPR programming, this caused a major stir in the usually subdued reserved sphere of public radio production. Personal animosity grew between people who had known each other for years, and it was reported that some grew hot under the collar and got into shouting matches in some cases. Cutting out the middleman is a business model that involves reducing costs by removing layers from a distribution network. ... Weekend America is a weekly public radio program dealing with news, popular culture, the arts and more. ...

Another major controversy erupted when it was announced that MPR would take over a classical music station operated by St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. WCAL 89.3 FM (and a repeater station, KMSE near Rochester), were sold in a deal valued at $10.5 million, which was approved by the Federal Communications Commission in 2004. WCAL had about 80,000 regular listeners, who often considered the station to be an alternative to MPR's classical music programming and also appreciated some of the other special shows on the station such as weekend religious services. St. ... Northfield is a city in Rice County, Minnesota. ... Downtown Rochester and the South Fork of the Zumbro River Rochester is a city located in Olmsted County, Minnesota. ... The FCCs official seal. ... November 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: November 2004 in sports November 2004 in science Events Deaths in November • 30 Pierre Berton • 29 John Drew Barrymore • 26 Bill Alley • 24 Arthur Hailey • 23 Rafael Eitan • 18 Bobby Frank Cherry • 16 John... Fishers of Men, oil on panel by Adriaen van de Venne (1614) Various religious symbols Religion is commonly defined as a group of beliefs concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions and rituals associated with such belief. ...

St. Olaf, a Lutheran liberal arts college, reportedly turned down a significantly larger offer from a Christian radio company, preferring to keep the station in the hands of a public radio organization. Some public opposition appeared, and there were several attempts to stop the sale. MPR is expected to make certain changes to their classical music lineup to appeal to former WCAL listeners, but the station was renamed to KCMP and has became the flagship station for "The Current" The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... Christian radio is a radio format that focuses on transmitting programming with a Christian message. ...

In recent years, the growth of MPR has disturbed some—even drawing comparisons with Clear Channel Communications. Because of the power of Bill Kling, the head of MPR, the network and related companies have occasionally been referred to as the "Klingon Empire" by critics (other nicknames in a similar vein have included "FrankenNet" and "Microsoft Public Radio"). While MPR is a big fish in the relatively small pond of public radio, the company remains tiny when compared with behemoths such as Clear Channel. Aside from being a nationwide company with 35 times as many stations as MPR in total, it owns seven radio stations in the Twin Cities alone, schedules entertainment at many area music and theater venues, and owns 1,700 outdoor billboards in the state as of 2005. Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media company based in the United States of America. ... This page is about the race. ... Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, SEHK: 4338) is an international computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of close to $40 billion USD and about 64,000 employees in 85 countries and regions which develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. ... Roadside billboards frequently encourage passersby to visit local businesses. ...

Funding

As a public radio network, MPR obtains much of the money it needs to operate by asking for donations from the listening public. The network claims that a greater percentage of its audience donates money than any other public radio audience in the country. In addition, other for-profit and non-profit organizations sponsor or underwrite MPR programming in exchange for small mentions of their contributions. Many of the stations in the radio network are also funded by colleges in the areas they cover. Listener contributions and underwriting account for about 60% of funding. Government funding, mostly through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, amounts to 11% of the network's budget. A donation is a gift to a fund or cause, typically for charitable reasons. ... A for-profit organization is an organization whose primary objective is the generation of profit. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... An organization or organisation (read more about -ize vs -ise) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ... Fundraising is the term referring to the process of soliciting and gathering money by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. ... The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... The Corporation for Public Broadcastings logo The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a private non-profit corporation which is chartered and funded by the United States Federal Government to promote public broadcasting. ...

Minnesota Public Radio also receives funding in a roundabout manner from its parent company, the American Public Media Group, another non-profit entity. APM Group partially funds two subsidiary companies with the profits taken from a third. MPR and Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) are both non-profit organizations, but the Greenspring Company is a taxable for-profit company. Greenspring gets its income from operating Minnesota Monthly Publications, which publishes the magazine Minnesota Monthly among others. Greenspring formerly had several other operations, but they have now been sold off. American Public Media Group (APMG) is the non-profit organization that is the parent of non-profits Minnesota Public Radio and Southern California Public Radio (KPCC 89. ... KPCC (89. ... 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. ...

Broadcast coverage

For the most part, Minnesota Public Radio behaves like two (soon three) very large radio stations (some other public radio and television networks operate in this manner, such as Wisconsin Public Radio and Prairie Public Broadcasting in North Dakota). In most markets across the state, two services can be received. In 2000, the company claimed to have radio coverage of 98% of Minnesota as well as some penetration into the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan as well as the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. Wisconsin Public Radio is a network of radio stations in the state of Wisconsin devoted to public radio programming. ... Prairie Public Broadcasting operates public television and public radio networks in the U.S. state of North Dakota, also reaching neigboring states and Canadian provinces. ... Official language(s) English Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 19th 183 272 km² 340 km 545 km 2. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Official language(s) English Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 19th 183 272 km² 340 km 545 km 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 17th 199,905 km² 340 km 610 km 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 26th 145,743 km² 320 km 500 km 0. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 23rd 169,790 km² 420 km 500 km 17 42°30N to 47°3N 86°49W to 92°54W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 18th 5,453,896 38. ... Official language(s) English de-facto Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 11th 96,716 mi² 250,494 km² 239 miles 385 km 491 miles 790 km 41. ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English (some French services are provided, but French does not have official status at the provincial level) Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked...

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See also

• American Public Media
• Independent Public Radio (another public radio network in Minnesota, also known as AMPERS)

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External links

• Minnesota Public Radio Web site, including history and list of stations
• American Public Media website

References

• Terry Fiedler and Deborah Caulfield Rybak (October 24, 2004). MPR chief 'sings his own song' in creating a national powerhouse. Star Tribune. Accessed November 18, 2004.