Requests to co-publish, rebroadcast or license AMPERS shows, series, segments and podcasts:
Joel Glaser, AMPERS CEO at JGlaser@AMPERS.org or (651) 286-3822
ABOUT AMPERS
AMPERS (Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations) is an association of 17 independent community radio stations in Minnesota. Each station is locally managed and programmed by and for the local community it serves. The stations serve underserved populations including diverse communities, greater Minnesota, and students. Among other programs, AMPERS produces Minnesota Native News; MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds; Counter Stories; Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine; The Truth Project; Voices of Purpose; and Disruptive Narratives.
The 17 AMPERS stations stretch from border to border. The stations are all licensed to a college, school, university, Native American Tribe, or directly to the community. The stations include WTIP (Grand Marais/Grand Portage/Gunflint Trail), KAXE and KBXE (Grand Rapids, Bemidji, Brainerd), KSRQ (Thief River Falls), WDSE (Duluth/Superior), KVSC (St. Cloud), KFAI (Minneapolis/St. Paul), KMOJ (Minneapolis/St. Paul), KUOM “Radio K” (Minneapolis/St. Paul), KBEM “Jazz88” (Minneapolis/St. Paul), KMSU (Mankato/Austin), KQAL (Winona), KOJB (Leech Lake/Cass Lake), KBFT (Boise Forte/Nett Lake), and KKWE (White Earth/Callaway), WGZS (Fond du Lac/Cloquet), and KRPR (Rochester). AMPERS has no affiliation with Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and receives no financial support from MPR.
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The Nation’s Largest State Association of Community Radio Stations Just Got Larger
The Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations (Ampers), the nation’s largest association of its kind, is expanding yet again with the addition of WGZS-FM 89.1 in Cloquet, Minnesota. | READ MOREStation Spotlight: University of Minnesota, Morris’s KUMM-FM
College Broadcasters, Inc. recently spotlighted ampers station KUMM, U-90 in Morris. | READ MORERez Radio: 4 tribal stations thriving in northern Minnesota
The Star Tribune showcases KKWE, KBFT and KOJB and how these "stations in Indian Country have preserved the Ojibwe language and strengthened community."| READ MORE
Ampers names new CEO and Program Director
The Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations’ board of directors has voted unanimously to make Joel Glaser the organization’s new chief executive officer. The company also announced that Erin Warhol will become Ampers’ new full-time program director. | READ MOREAmpers Stations Garner AP News Awards
Ampers member stations, KVSC, St. Cloud and WTIP, Grand Marais received awards from the Minnesota Associated Press. | READ MOREMinnesota’s health care exchange utilizes all fifteen Ampers stations to reach underserved communities
Needing to reach students, small business owners, as well as minority and rural communities, MNsure, Minnesota’s new health care exchange, turned to Ampers, the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations. MNsure is running a seven month underwriting campaign on all fifteen of Ampers’ local community radio stations. The messages are airing in English, Hmong, Somali, Oromo, and Spanish. | READ MOREAmpers secures $4.3 million in state funding for community radio stations in Minnesota
The Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations (Ampers) secured a record amount of state funding for its member stations for the FY14 – FY15 biennium. The Minnesota State Legislature awarded Ampers and its member stations $234,000 in equipment grants, $784,000 in community service grants, and $3.3 million for arts and cultural heritage programming. | READ MOREKUMM to Serve as Minnesota Headquarters for College Radio Day
The student radio organization will raise awareness of college radio stations. | READ MORERadio K chosen as Best Radio Station by City Pages’ Best of Minneapolis
What's so great about the K is that, as a college radio station, it's constantly changing. | READ MORECommon Ground visits events of Northern Community Radio
Lakeland Public Television spent some time with ampers stations KAXE and KBXE. Watch the video and meet some of the great people behind the Northern Community Radio stations.
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