Minnesota Public Radio is opening the doors of its headquarters in downtown St. Paul to celebrate its more than 100,000 members. During the past year, Minnesota Public Radio's membership hit a landmark number of more than 100,000 members--the only other radio station that enjoys equal support from its members is WNYC in New York City.
Classical Minnesota Public Radio, in partnership with the Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA), presents a benefit for Minnesota schools, "Play It Forward--Classical MPR's Musical Instrument Drive"
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.
89.3 The Current presents "Rogue Valley" with Chris Koza--a multi-layered theater production dedicated to Chris's muse--spring--with songs and stories of thawing landscapes, regeneration, and youthful abandon.
Minnesota Public Radio announced today it began broadcasting its music service The Current in the Austin, MN area on 103.9 FM and via web stream at thecurrent.org.
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.
Minnesota Public Radio announced today it began broadcasting its music service The Current in the Collegeville/St. Cloud area on HD radio channel KNSR 88.9 FM HD2 and via web stream at thecurrent.org.
Minnesota Public Radio presents Dina Temple-Raston, counterterrorism correspondent for National Public Radio, will speak April 14 at the O'Shaughnessy Educational Center at the University of St. Thomas. Tom Crann, host of Minnesota Public Radio's "All Things Considered," will host the lecture.
Minnesota Public Radio presents Deborah Amos as part of its Broadcast Journalist Series. A longtime foreign correspondent who covers Iraq for National Public Radio, Amos will speak March 24 in the auditorium of O'Shaughnessy Educational Center at the University of St. Thomas. The lecture is co-sponsored by St. Thomas' College of Arts and Sciences and the Communication and Journalism Department.
Minnesota Public Radio announced today that Jon Gordon will serve as its newsroom's first social media/mobile editor. Gordon is the creator and host of American Public Media's Future Tense, a weekday radio program that has been a news leader reporting on emerging technologies and trends. Gordon will start in his new position in early May. John Moe, the former host of American Public Media's Weekend America, will assume Gordon's role reporting on technology matters.