Radio 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.
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In the news…
KUMM to Serve as Minnesota Headquarters for College Radio Day
The student radio organization will raise awareness of college radio stations.
Ampers 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.
Minnesota’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.
Ampers Stations Garner AP News Awards
Ampers member stations, KVSC, St. Cloud and WTIP, Grand Marais received awards from the Minnesota Associated Press.
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.
Rez 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."
Station Spotlight: University of Minnesota, Morris’s KUMM-FM
College Broadcasters, Inc. recently spotlighted ampers station KUMM, U-90 in Morris.