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Minnesota's Community Radio Stations
In the 1960s, standing up against oppression, racism and sexism was the route to empowerment for many Americans. It was in this context of social change that the American Indian Movement, or AIM, was born in Minneapolis in 1968. MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports while AIM’s methods have changed, the organization lives on in its support of health, educational and housing resources run by and for Indians. [Read Transcript...]
The invention of the satellite newsgathering truck by lifelong Minnesota broadcaster Stanley S. Hubbard was met with skepticism when he first demonstrated it in 1981. But as MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports, nowadays every T-V station that has a meaningful news operation has a satellite newsgathering truck. No matter where news is happening or when it’s happening, we can all watch it live thanks to Mr. Hubbard. [Read Transcript...]
Many people know about the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald through Gordon Lightfoot’s popular song. But as MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel discovers, for residents of the North Shore, the tragedy hits much closer to home. [Read Transcript...]
While Martin Luther King Jr. may be the name most people think of when they think of civil rights, there’s another seminal character in the story of equality in the U.S. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel learns about Roy Wilkins, who grew up in St. Paul and attended the University of Minnesota. [Read Transcript...]
