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Understanding America After 9/11: MPR Broadcast Schedule
From Sept. 3 through Sept. 10, 2002, MPR broadcasts selected reports from "Understanding America After 9/11," a nationwide public radio collaboration. MPR's schedule of broadcasts includes links to the producers of the collaboration material. (09/02)

MPR Goes to the Fair (2002)
Read the countless submissions from this year's State Fair Limerick Contest, and take Mark Seely's weather quiz. (08/02)

RadioExtra
Katherine Lanpher and Kai Ryssdal hosted a week of experimental public radio programming Aug. 12-16, 2002. Guests include Lizz Winstead, Jesse Ventura, Jessica Seigel, and Michael Moore. Listen to the shows on the Web. (08/02)

From One Athlete to Another
The Savvy Traveler's Diana Nyad interviewed three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond for MPR's Broadcast Journalist Series at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. (06/02)

Good Tidings 2001
Submit an original holiday greeting, toast, or seasonal message to until Dec. 12, and you'll be eligible to win prizes. (11/01)

MPR Goes to the Fair
Join in the fun with a crossword puzzle, a weather quiz, and a concert of kitchen-made instruments. (08/01)

MPR.org gets a facelift
Welcome to MPR's new home page—our first complete overhaul in five years! (06/01)

Good Tidings 2000
Get in the spirit of the season—submit your original holiday greeting, toast, or seasonal message today! (11/00)

MPR Position on Low-Power FM
MPR has concerns over the largely untested change in radio-signal interference standards, and believes that its reading service for the blind could be compromised.(11/00)

MPR at the 2000 State Fair
Review the Minnesota Scrapbook, take the Weather Quiz, listen to the Songs of the State and Fair, and more. (8/00)

MPR Acquires Marketplace Productions
Minnesota Public Radio announces the acquisition of Marketplace Productions, which produces the public-radio programs Marketplace, Marketplace Morning Report, and The Savvy Traveler. (4/00)

Good Tidings 1999
Read this year's winners - haikus, toasts, blessings, and more - from the 1999 Good Tidings Competition. You can also read winning entries from previous years. (12/99)

MPR at the 1999 State Fair
Listen to Garrison Keillor's quiz show from the Fair, read all the entries from our Bumper Sticker Contest, view a State Fair slide show, and more. (9/99)

Good Tidings 1998
New and improved Good Tidings, with more entries, and festive imagery! (12/98)

MPR Employee Holiday Caberet
Minnesota Public Radio employees performed for one another - and for you - in their 1998 holiday talent show in the St. Paul Headquarters. (12/98)

The Medical Technology Leadership Forum
What is the interface between science and the public, and how do leaders in the media see their role in communicating medical advances? (10/98)

1998 Rural Minnesota Pulse Survey
Find out what residents outside the seven-county metropolitan area thought was of critical importance - issues ranging from racial tension to worker training. (9/98)

Diplomacy Under Fire
National Public Radio's Diplomatic Correspondent Tom Gjelten as he discusses current threats to world peace, about the state of diplomacy, and stories from abroad in this informal interview with MPR writer Bryce Eberhart. (7/98)

Just Off the Highway to Rochester, Minnesota
"A Prairie Home Companion" host Garrison Keillor and area students dedicated a bronze plaque outside of Rochester, MN: hear Keillor recite "A Blessing" by poet James Wright. (5/98)

Families Talk, Families Listen
In this MPR Civic Journalism Initiative, families relate what makes them strong and learn how we can all work together to build on those strengths. (10/97)

MPR Broadcasters Recall Summer Camp
From getting bitten by a horse to winning the Green Weenie Award, MPR broadcasters have some great stories to tell. (7/97)

Legislative Threat to MPR
News reports and official response from MPR when Minnesota lawmakers proposed eliminating $800,000 in funding if KSJN 99.5 FM not sold. (4/97)

Spring Fever Remedy!
MPR brings you beautiful music from the boreal forests - bird songs are from dawn choruses captured by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (4/97)

MPR and Me
Minnesota Public Radio listeners share their memories of MPR programming on our 30th anniversary. (1/97)

F. Scott Fitzgerald's 100th Birthday
All sorts of information about the life and times of F. Scott, including a tour of St. Paul with Garrison Keillor, and the F. Scott crossword puzzle. (9/96).

 

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