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Minnesota's Community Radio Stations
The Minnesota radio treasure, “A Prairie Home Companion”, had its humble beginnings at Macalester College in 1974. As producer Daniel Zamzow explains, the show’s musical component was inspired by the West Bank music scene of the 1960s. [Read Transcript...]
North Dakotans Ernest and Clarence Iverson were raised by first generation Norwegian immigrants in the early 1900s. As producer Daniel Zamzow describes, their roots came with them as they established a popular radio program on WDGY in 1930s Minneapolis. [Read Transcript...]
Craig Wright was working at a St. Paul church when he got ones of those calls every writer dreams of. Eventually, says Britt Aamodt, that call led to Oprah and a chance for Wright to create his own TV series. [Read Transcript...]
Gretchen Carlson was brought up to believe she could do anything. In 2016, that was tested, says Britt Aamodt, when the former Miss America had to stand up against sexual harassment from one of the most powerful men in television. [Read Transcript...]
