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Minnesota Public Radio began on January 22, 1967, when KSJR-FM first signed on from the campus of Saint John's University in Collegeville, just outside St. Cloud.Colman Barry, then president of Saint John's, saw promise in the then relatively new technology of FM radio, and believed radio was an appropriate extension of Saint John's cultural and artistic functions to the broader community. [4]
Montez Press Radio (also known as MPR) is a New York-based internet radio station, performance space, and non-profit arts organization. The platform was founded in 2018 by Montez Press founder Anna Clark, Stacy Skolnik, and Thomas Laprade. Montez Press Radio is directly inspired by pirate radio, public-access television, and DIY culture more ...
KSJR-FM (90.1 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Collegeville, Minnesota, and serving the St. Cloud area. The station is owned by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), and airs MPR's "Classical Music Network," originating from the Twin Cities. The station has inserts at least once an hour for local underwriting and weather. KSJR was the birthplace of MPR.
This organization later changed its name to Minnesota Educational Radio, and finally Minnesota Public Radio. [20] In 1969 and 1970, MPR assisted in the formation of National Public Radio (NPR) and was a founding member of the organization. Four years later, in 1974, the network began live broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion.
MPR's newest service, The Current, is available in Austin, Hinckley, Mankato, the Twin Cities, New Ulm, Rochester and St. Peter. Minnesota Public Radio also broadcasts all three of its services — News, Classical and The Current — on HD Radio in several communities throughout the state of Minnesota.
KCMP (89.3 FM, 89.3 the Current) is a radio station owned by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) that broadcasts an adult album alternative (AAA) music format including a significant rotation of songs by local artists.
Trying to run two radio stations was difficult for the Catholic university. It transferred both stations to a non-profit organization that later became Minnesota Public Radio. In 1980, Minnesota Public Radio purchased an AM radio station at 1330 kHz, WLOL. MPR changed its call sign to KSJN and used it to simulcast its FM sister station, 91.1 ...
WSCD-FM (92.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Duluth, Minnesota, serving the Duluth-Superior area. The station is owned by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), and airs MPR's "Classical Music Network", originating from KSJN in Minneapolis/St. Paul.