Programs/Content
Minnesota’s community radio stations find unique niche for covering arts and culture
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Backing from a special tax-supported fund has allowed volunteer-powered stations to enhance their local programming.
People
Radio pioneer Larry Josephson turns to creative community for support
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“I have to ask my friends for help so I can keep on working and … producing,” says the man known as the “sage of independent producers.”
Programs/Content
Bill Littlefield, host who took ‘Only A Game’ far beyond the field, prepares to sign off
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A talented writer with a knack for getting at the human side of sports, Littlefield was always able to “capture a moment.”
Obituaries
Fans of Joe Frank remember the storyteller’s dark sonic magic
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The radio artist, who died Monday at 79, influenced many audio producers by expanding the medium’s potential as an art form.
Programs/Content
Former NPR host Neal Conan returns with serious show for public radio’s weekends
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“I needed to do something to address the moment that we’re in because I think it’s an absolutely critical time for the country,” Conan says.
People
NPR colleagues send off longtime engineer Manoli Wetherell
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A fellow engineer credits Wetherell with “creating NPR’s signature sound in thousands of mixes, often on deadline and many done live.”
Programs/Content
Columbia University acquires archival recordings of Bob Fass’s ‘Radio Unnameable’
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The reel-to-reel tapes preserve “a moment in broadcasting that might not come again — when an individual producer got to make the selections without having to get the suits to OK it.”
People
Producer Sean Cole relishes the ‘beautiful feeling’ of performing weddings
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The radio producer and poet has married 19 couples, including many friends who work in public radio.
Programs/Content
New findings in abduction case hasten release of APM Reports podcast
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The man who kidnapped 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling nearly 27 years ago appeared in court Sept. 6 to confess his guilt.