Ampers

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Ampers is an association of 18 independent community radio stations in Minnesota.  Each station is locally managed and programmed by and for the local communities they serve.  Ampers is the largest network of community radio stations in the state of Minnesota and one of the largest of its kind in the United States. From Grand Marais, and Thief River Falls, to Mankato and Winona, and just about everywhere in between, we’ve got Minnesota covered. Our combined audience is about 250,000 devoted listeners.  Ampers has no affiliation with Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and receives no financial support from MPR. 

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36 Pieces

In an effort to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, the United States recruited, trained and financed the Hmong and Loas to serve as surrogate soldiers in the American armed forces. Today, there are over 350,000 Hmong living in the United States, with over 81,000 individuals in Minnesota, the largest urbanized Hmong population in the US. Veterans Voices': The Secret War is a program featuring the stories of some of these veterans. To learn more, visit MinnesotaVets.org

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 02, 2023
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30 Pieces

Memories and stories from Minnesota Veterans

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 12, 2023
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22 Pieces

Native American veterans explain why protecting our land and resources is an important part of Native culture and traditions.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2016
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8 Pieces

Extended podcast versions of Kevyn Burger's interviews with some of the Minnesota Vietnam Veterans featured in the Ampers radio series

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Aug 24, 2017
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3 Pieces

Memories and stories from Minnesota's WWII Veterans

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Oct 21, 2019
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34 Pieces

Family conversations exploring the question “what matters most?” to those involved in providing or receiving care in the last stages of life. Allina Health helped fund this project.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2016

Pieces

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This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about what urban Native leaders in South Minneapolis are doing about public health problems connected to...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:51
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Gerry Zink is 16 year old. He’s Mnicoujou [mini-CON—joo] Lakota from Cheyenne River. And he’s a comics aficionado. He has recently started posting ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:17
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This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about what urban Native leaders in South Minneapolis are doing about public health problems connected to...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: courtesy of MNHS
When Steve McClellan first stepped through the doors of First Avenue, it was a disco club called Uncle Sam’s and he was looking for a job. Britt Aa...

Bought by KSRQ and KQAL


  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: courtesy of MNHS
No one could believe it. Prince was dead at 57. Fans congregated at his home in Paisley Park—and outside First Avenue. Here producer Britt Aamodt r...

Bought by KSRQ and KQAL


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree had been hosting a popular annual Blowout at First Avenue since 2009. Britt Aamodt takes a look at the fina...

Bought by KSRQ and KQAL


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Summer 2010, the Twins had a new stadium, Target Field. And First Avenue, which had declared bankruptcy six years before, was bouncing back with a ...

Bought by KSRQ and KQAL


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: courtesy of MNHS
In Minneapolis, you couldn’t think of First Ave without thinking of Prince. But by 2007 the funk-rock icon hadn’t played there two decades when the...

Bought by KSRQ and KQAL


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
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In 1996, the Fugees were touring on the biggest single of its career. The Roots were an eclectic hip-hop band finally breaking into the top twenty....

Bought by KSRQ and KQAL


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Who knew that when a new Minneapolis indie hip-hop label formed in 1995, it would find a home at the city’s most legendary rock club? Here’s Britt ...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KSRQ, and KQAL


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 3