Press Releases

The Current Night Comes to Collegeville March 25

March 15, 2010

The Current brings music and conversation to Collegeville on Thursday, March 25. Minnesota Public Radio's award-winning music service -- The Current -- recently began broadcasting to the Collegeville/St. Cloud community and can be heard on HD radio at KNSR 88.9 FM HD2. The station is also available via webstream at thecurrent.org.

Minnesota Public Radio I American Public Media & the National Center for Media Engagement Hosts Free Google Broadband Initiative Educational Webinar

March 4, 2010

Google has announced plans to build high-speed fiber-optic broadband networks in select communities across the U.S. later this year. The technology giant has invited communities to apply to be one of the first test locations for the project. In the test communities, Internet will run as fast as 1 gigabit per second. Currently most operate at less than 10 megabits per second. The deadline for applications is March 26, 2010.Minnesota Public Radio | American Public Media, in partnership with the National Center for Media Engagement, will host an online workshop to educate and assist the communities we serve with their applications.