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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Short features documenting the impact of Minnesota's Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jul 23, 2014
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A Look at Legacy

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Apr 12, 2015
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40 Pieces

Bearing Witness with Anthony Galloway and Georgia Fort is a production of Racial Reckoning: The Arc of Justice, a journalism project created and supported by Ampers, Diverse Radio for Minnesota's Communities, in partnership with KMOJ Radio and The Minnesota Humanities Center.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Mar 27, 2021
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First-hand experiences and advice about the challenges and rewards associated with caring for loved ones in the last stages of life. Allina Health helped fund this project.

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

We discuss race, identity, social justice and culture in a region grappling with demographic changes

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jan 14, 2021
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select Ampers programming related to COVID19

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Apr 20, 2020
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Sex Trafficking - Breaking Free Sex traffic. At KMOJ, we're not letting it hide. We are pleased to present two hours of programming about people in our community trying to end it. We are proud that last year's program on sex trafficking won a first place award from the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in the special projects category.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jul 05, 2019
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Moments in the musical history of Minnesota

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jul 14, 2017
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Minnesota Music Notes celebrating noteworthy artists, people and moments that shaped the history of Minnesota's Mainroom First Avenue

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Sep 26, 2019
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Each week Minnesota Native News looks at social, economic, cultural, health issues and more facing Minnesota’s Native American communities. By informing and educating all Minnesotans about events, activities, and issues in Minnesota’s Native American communities this program interweaves the Native American culture into the rest of the communities of the state.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Jan 29, 2014

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Twin Cities Public Television is known for producing content with a local angle. But in 2019, it got behind a new documentary series that examined ...

Bought by KSRQ, WTIP, KVSC, KRPR, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 16
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Can America move forward? Can we “heal” without honesty? The Counter Stories crew share their reactions to the events that unfolded in the US Cap...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 27:54
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Can America move forward? Can we “heal” without honesty? The Counter Stories crew share their reactions to the events that unfolded in the US Cap...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 58:04
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This week we revisit an earlier Native Lights episode which highlights Kwe Pack, a spectacular group of Native women supporting each other to run l...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Coming up... COVID 19 Vaccine rollout in MN is underway. And Indian Country responds to the attack on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC on...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KSRQ, KVSC, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
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This week we kick off a special series of vaccine conversations, starting with Antony Stately (Ojibwe and Oneida). Dr. Antony Stately has a Ph.D. i...

Bought by KVSC and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
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This week we are happy to revisit our conversation with Lakota doula Takayla Lightfield (Mnicoujou Lakota, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dako...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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It’s the “Best of Native Lights” as we revisit a wonderful conversation with Respected Anishinaabe elder and well-known physician, Dr. Arne Vainio ...

Bought by KVSC and WGZS


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dawn Goodwin prays in the path of the Line 3 oil pipeline., Credit: Dawn Goodwin
In early December - after years of resistance from many tribes and Native communities - Enbridge Energy company began construction on the new Line ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WGZS, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, WDSE and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Over the years, Ojibwe sayings have turned up in very public forums, like on the 2019 presidential campaign trail with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar a...

Bought by KVSC, WDSE, WTIP, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 15