An Ely radio station, made famous by Charles Kuralt, gets a new life with the Boise Forte Band of Ojibway. The Band's purchase makes it the first Minnesota tribe with its own broadcast station.
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An FCC hearing is part of a nationwide tour by the two Democrats on the commission. They were the lone dissenters on the FCC ruling last year that increased the number of media outlets that a single company could own.
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Have you ever wanted to run your own radio station? Play the songs you want? Say the things you want to say? Now you can, thanks to a radio revolution underway in Minneapolis. The Walker Art Center has organized a group of artists and free radio advocates to teach people how to run their own low wattage micro-radio stations. "Radio Re-Volt" is designed, in part, to widen access to the local airwaves and raise awareness of the growing media consolidation in America.
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Veteran National Public Radio announcer Bob Edwards, pushed in March from his "Morning Edition" post, is leaving to host a new interview program on XM Satellite Radio. The new program will begin airing on Oct. 4.
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Once the common experience for Americans, radio listening has become much more fragmented. In a lively new history of radio, a communications scholar traces the changes and impact of the medium.
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Edward R. Murrow's impact on the world of broadcast journalism didn't end with radio. After World War II he moved over to television, where he had a similarly impressive career. In his new book, "Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism," former Morning Edition Host Bob Edwards pointed out that while there was the high Murrow of "See it Now" and "Harvest of Shame," there was also the low Murrow, best embodied by his celebrity tabloid program "Person to Person." Edwards spoke about his book and Murrow's career recently at Macalester College in St. Paul.
We also have a special bonus segment featuring excerpts from Edwards' conversations with broadcasting legend Red Barber.
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A familiar baritone voice left the National Public Radio airwaves on April 30. Bob Edwards ended his twenty-five year stint hosting Morning Edition and is moving on to other things. He'll continue on at public radio as a senior correspondent, and he's also embarked on a book tour. The book, "Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism," describes how Murrow, who had no experience as a reporter, single-handedly created the modern-day newscast.
Bob Edwards' book tour made a stop at St. Paul's Macalester College in May as part of Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series. He reflected on his time at Morning Edition, on his book and on the current state of the medium Edward R. Murrow helped to define.
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Minnesota's Spanish speaking residents are often underserved by media. But that's no longer the case in rural Long Prairie, where a Spanish language radio program airs every Sunday.
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Kurt Andersen, host of the public radio program "Studio 360," speaks about the amateur spirit. Andersen spoke last spring as part of MPR's Broadcast Journalist Series.
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