Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
Fresh off the release of their new album “EARTH HEAT SOUND” local group First Communion Afterparty brought their psychedelic jams to Off the Record.
Radio K is the award-winning student-run radio station of the University of Minnesota, playing an eclectic variety of independent music both old and new.
Listen to Radio K at 770 AM, 100.7 FM and 104.5 FM, as well as online at radiok.org.
Video shot by Branson Coltrane, Sarah Wolf, and Trevor Spriggs. Edited by Luke Oleen-Junk.
Audio recording and mastering by Alex Simpson.
Our guest on this episode of MN Reads is Duluth author Margi Preus, whose new picture book, Storm’s Coming! (2016, Minnesota Historical Society Press, with illustrations by David Geister) tells of a young girl who reads nature’s signs to tell of a change in the weather.
In 1865, Theodore Hamm established Hamm’s Beer in St. Paul. This beer became known for its cartoon bear and catchy jingle. But in 1973, Hamm’s sent a film crew to Northern Minnesota. Britt Aamodt relates the history of those commercials, featuring animal trainer Earl Hammond and his Kodiak bear Sasha.
When American troops were sent to South Korea in 1950, it was with the goal of stopping the spread of communism there. Two former GI’s who served there explain the US mission that they were charged to carry out, and how the conflict still resonates in the geopolitics of today.
The Minnesota jazz Legends Concert is coming up this Weekend. It is a time to pay homage to the state’s legacy of great Jazz Artists, but also to listen to some great jazz. It is curated by Minnesota Jazz singer and radio personality Patty Peterson who tells Phil Nusbaum about her inspiration.