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MTV wants their Duluth radio

KUMD, the college radio station for University of Minnesota-Duluth, will be spotlighted on "College Radio Countdown," a new program airing on mtvU, an affiliate network of MTV. | READ MORE

Rez Radio: Indian Tribes Gain Sovereignty Over the Airwaves

In remote stretches of the Midwest, native residents are broadcasting their own unique takes on music, culture, and the state of the world. | READ MORE

Great Northern Radio Show fills Bagley audience with laughter

Either Aaron Brown got the memo from mother nature early, or he’s simply seen enough northern Minnesota months of March to know what to expect. | READ MORE

Theater: Bemidji actor brings radio to life

People still like to listen to the radio broadcasts of live shows where the actors read from scripts and the sound effects man tries to keep pace. Just look at the popularity of “Prairie Home Companion.” | READ MORE

UMD radio puts show on ice to get town on map

UMD student Rick McLean broadcasts Friday from a makeshift studio in an ice house on Fish Lake while Sheamus Johnson hooks a CD on his fishing line. | READ MORE

Real College Radio: KUOM celebrates 100 years of putting the r-a-d in radio

From farm reports and football games broadcast in Morse code to education for homebound kids during the polio epidemic and from Garrison Keillor’s radio roots to being one of the reasons Rolling Stone magazine thinks the U of M rocks… | READ MORE

The Beat: ‘In Minnesota, poetry matters’

The Beat, according to NCR’s website is “Northern Community Radio’s daily reminder that, in Minnesota, poetry matters, and Minnesota poets are proving that every day.” | READ MORE

Radio K: 100 years young

"We're 100 years old and never sounded so good," a nervous Ashley Pearl rattled off into a mic. | READ MORE

KVSC radio station keeps humming through summer

The university's radio station is on the air 24/7, and during the summer the station's community volunteers come out in force to keep content flowing on the airwaves. | READ MORE

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