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Diverse Radio for Minnesota's Communities
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...]
Cecil Newman wanted to tell stories that weren't being told. Producer Britt Aamodt tells us how Newman got those stories into print. [Read Transcript...]
