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Good morning from Collegeville,

Tuesday was the forty-sixth birthday of Minnesota Public Radio. On January 20, 1967 at 3:37 PM, St. John’s University received a telegram from Ben F Waple, the Secretary of the Federal Communications Commission, authorizing KSJR-FM to transmit “effective radiated power of 37 kilowatts” on the 90.1 frequency. It took us a couple of days to get on the air. The first words uttered on MPR’s airwaves by Dan Rieder, was “Heed my words, Earth People. You have 10 minutes to live.” We started as Minnesota Educational Radio and in 1974 the name was changed to Minnesota Public Radio.
The telegram was chosen as one of the “10 objects that define the St. Cloud area” by a panel of judges in February.

Today, Minnesota Public Radio® (MPR) operates a 43-station radio network serving virtually all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states. Reaching nearly one million listeners each week, Minnesota Public Radio produces programming for radio, Internet and face-to-face audiences, and is home to the largest and most experienced radio newsroom in the Upper Midwest. Programs produced by Minnesota Public Radio’s parent company, American Public Media™, reach over 17 million listeners on more than 800 public radio stations nationwide each week. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be found at www.minnesotapublicradio.org.

The APHC show this week is a live broadcast from the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wisconsin. Special guests include close-harmonizers The Krause Family Band and good friends, Robin and Linda Williams. Dean McGraw sits in on guitar with the Guy’s All Star Shoe Band, plus Garrison will report the news from Lake Wobegon. Enjoy the show.

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” Johnny Cash