Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
The Anderson Center in Red Wing, Minnesota, welcomes temporary residents, but for the first time this year, they are offering a month exclusively for Deaf artists and scholars. KFAI producer Manda Lillie sat down with Cynthia Weitzel, a Deaf artist and year-round resident herself, and director Robert Hedin to learn more about what the Anderson Center has to offer.
Britt Aamodt is traveling along the route of the proposed Sandpiper pipeline that would bring North Dakota crude oil across northern MN to refineries in Superior, Wisconsin and beyond. In the last segment of Pipeline Stories: A Series on MN’s Natural Resource Economy from Northern Community Radio reporter Britt Aamodt talks with landowners who are the proposed route.
This installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota has gone to the dogs. This past weekend in Wilson Park, the Tri County Humane Society hosted its 27th Annual Woofstock Companion Walk, and Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack was there with his dog Eddie to capture the stories of community partnerships, wagging tails, and joyful volunteers that have made Woofstock the incredibly cute and highly successful fundraiser that it is.
Mennonites, also called Anabaptists, are a pacifist religious sect that formed during the 16th century. To escape persecution, Mennonites fled Europe and formed colonies all over the world. Here in the United States and elsewhere, followers lived a largely rural life based on agriculture, simplicity and community. Today, more and more urban integration is taking place. KFAI producer Dan Greenwood visited a St. Paul-based Mennonite church and coffee shop, and discovered that the movement is changing rapidly with the times.
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some modern themes and humor through stories, music, interviews, and monologues. This 11th show takes place in Armory Square of Park Rapids. The Armory Square stands as a testament to what a community can do to reinvigorate its arts and music scene. This edition of the Great Northern Radio Show is written by Aaron Brown with Matt Nelson. Musical guests for this
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Commissioner Jennifer Ho about a $100 million program that is finally bringing us some good news in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beginning just last week with availability up through the end of the year, the COVID-19 Housing Assistance program is designed to help prevent evictions and maintain housing stability for those who have been financially affected by the pandemic. Partnering with the United Way’s Call 211 system, the MHFA has already helped over 10,000 Minnesota households, and they are looking to help YOU too!
On this edition of the program we present the Northland Community and Technical College Music Department Fall Colors Concert which took place November 21, 2013 At the NCTC Theater in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.