Minnesota Public Radio

NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO BROADCASTING.

SEE SCHEDULE O.MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO CONTINUED TO DELIVER IMPORTANT NEWS, ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING TO AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE IN THE REGION, THE U.S. AND THE WORLD. MPR NEWS PROVIDED THE ENTIRE STATE WITH THE BEST REGIONAL RADIO NEWS AVAILABLE AND CREATED MORE WAYS TO REPORT NEWS FROM ALL OF MINNESOTA, FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA. MPR NEWS HAS BEEN A RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION DURING THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND DELIVERS VITAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMMING TO A STATEWIDE RADIO AUDIENCE. IN 2021 MPR NEWS WON 6 FIRST PLACE AND 6 AWARDS OF MERIT FROM THE MIDWEST BROADCAST JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION, 16 AWARDS FROM THE TWIN CITIES SOCIETY FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS, AND 1 REGIONAL RTDNA MURROW FOR BEST NEWSCASTS DURING THE CIVIL UNREST FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD. IN ADDITION, MPR NEWS PARTNERS WITH SAHAN JOURNAL TO EXPAND REGIONAL REPORTING ON IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THE CURRENT ELEVATES MINNESOTA'S MUSIC SCENE BY HELPING REGIONAL ARTISTS BUILD AUDIENCES AND CONNECTING THEM TO A VIBRANT MUSIC COMMUNITY. IN 2021 THE CURRENT WON 2 WEBBY AWARDS FOR ITS PODCAST "PRINCE: SIGN O' THE TIMES AND THE JBE TRIPLE-A SUMMERFEST AWARD FOR BEST NON-COMMERCIAL STATION FOR THE 13TH YEAR IN A ROW. CLASSICAL MPR BROUGHT THE BBC PROMS AND THE FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS TO AMERICAN AUDIENCES, WHILE THE "CLASSICAL KIDS STORYTIME" FEATURE BLENDED FAMILIAR FAIRY TALES WITH FAMOUS WORKS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC TO ENGAGE YOUNG AUDIENCES. OPERATING AS AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA (APM), MPR SUPPORTS ITS NATIONAL PROGRAM PORTFOLIO, INCLUDING PERFORMANCE TODAY, MARKETPLACE, APM REPORTS AND THE SPLENDID TABLE, PRODUCING NEARLY 19,000 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING EACH YEAR. YOURCLASSICAL.ORG ENTERED ITS SEVENTH YEAR AS A WEBSITE SHOWCASING CLASSICAL MUSIC PROGRAMS, UNIQUE PROGRAMS AND RELEVANT STORIES TO PROMOTE LOVE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. MPR IS WORKING TO MAXIMIZE OUR ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICE TO MINNESOTA BY DEEPENING OUR RELATIONSHIPS IN AREAS WE ALREADY SERVE AND FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE NEW REGIONS. KEY PRIORITIES ARE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR AUDIENCES WITH INDISPENSABLE CONTENT AND TO ENSURE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO OUR PROGRAMMING AND CONTENT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF MPR NEWS, STRENGTHEN THE CLASSICAL MPR SERVICE THROUGH EFFECTIVE USE OF OUTREACH, EVENTS, LIVE BROADCASTS AND CREATIVE PROGRAMMING, AND INCREASE THE STRENGTH OF THE CURRENT AS AN IMPORTANT MPR AUDIENCE SERVICE. MPR WILL STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT, REACH AND PERFORMANCE OF OUR NATIONAL PROGRAM PORTFOLIO, SUCH AS MARKETPLACE, THE DAILY AND THE SPLENDID TABLE, WHILE ENSURING THAT OUR PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES REMAIN FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE. MPR WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND ENGAGE OUR AUDIENCES ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS. WE WILL BUILD OUR CORPORATE STRENGTH BY INCREASING OUR ASSETS AND REVENUES, AND ASSIST IN STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA SYSTEM. WE LOOK TO BE A SOURCE OF INNOVATION AND PROGRESS FOR OUR AUDIENCES, OUR INDUSTRY AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE IN THE DECADES TO COME.MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S REGIONAL SERVICE IS INTENDED TO SERVE NEWS, INFORMATION AND CULTURAL NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF MINNESOTA AND ITS BORDER COMMUNITIES. MPR OPERATES A 45-STATION RADIO NETWORK SERVING VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE STATE AND PARTS OF THE SURRONDING STATES, REACHING 1,000,000 REGIONAL LISTENERS EACH WEEK. MPR 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 MPR, UNDER THE BRAND AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA, REACH MORE THAN 19 MILLION LISTENERS NATIONWIDE EACH WEEK. A COMPLETE LIST OF STATIONS, PROGRAMS AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.MINNESOTAPUBLICRADIO.ORG AND AT WWW.AMERICANPUBLICMEDIA.ORG

SEE SCHEDULE O.MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO CONTINUED TO DELIVER IMPORTANT NEWS, ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING TO AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE IN THE REGION, THE U.S. AND THE WORLD. MPR NEWS PROVIDED THE ENTIRE STATE WITH THE BEST REGIONAL RADIO NEWS AVAILABLE AND CREATED MORE WAYS TO REPORT NEWS FROM ALL OF MINNESOTA, FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA. MPR NEWS HAS BEEN A RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION DURING THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND DELIVERS VITAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMMING TO A STATEWIDE RADIO AUDIENCE. IN 2021 MPR NEWS WON 6 FIRST PLACE AND 6 AWARDS OF MERIT FROM THE MIDWEST BROADCAST JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION, 16 AWARDS FROM THE TWIN CITIES SOCIETY FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS, AND 1 REGIONAL RTDNA MURROW FOR BEST NEWSCASTS DURING THE CIVIL UNREST FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD. IN ADDITION, MPR NEWS PARTNERS WITH SAHAN JOURNAL TO EXPAND REGIONAL REPORTING ON IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THE CURRENT ELEVATES MINNESOTA'S MUSIC SCENE BY HELPING REGIONAL ARTISTS BUILD AUDIENCES AND CONNECTING THEM TO A VIBRANT MUSIC COMMUNITY. IN 2021 THE CURRENT WON 2 WEBBY AWARDS FOR ITS PODCAST "PRINCE: SIGN O' THE TIMES AND THE JBE TRIPLE-A SUMMERFEST AWARD FOR BEST NON-COMMERCIAL STATION FOR THE 13TH YEAR IN A ROW. CLASSICAL MPR BROUGHT THE BBC PROMS AND THE FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS TO AMERICAN AUDIENCES, WHILE THE "CLASSICAL KIDS STORYTIME" FEATURE BLENDED FAMILIAR FAIRY TALES WITH FAMOUS WORKS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC TO ENGAGE YOUNG AUDIENCES. OPERATING AS AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA (APM), MPR SUPPORTS ITS NATIONAL PROGRAM PORTFOLIO, INCLUDING PERFORMANCE TODAY, MARKETPLACE, APM REPORTS AND THE SPLENDID TABLE, PRODUCING NEARLY 19,000 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING EACH YEAR. YOURCLASSICAL.ORG ENTERED ITS SEVENTH YEAR AS A WEBSITE SHOWCASING CLASSICAL MUSIC PROGRAMS, UNIQUE PROGRAMS AND RELEVANT STORIES TO PROMOTE LOVE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. MPR IS WORKING TO MAXIMIZE OUR ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICE TO MINNESOTA BY DEEPENING OUR RELATIONSHIPS IN AREAS WE ALREADY SERVE AND FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE NEW REGIONS. KEY PRIORITIES ARE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR AUDIENCES WITH INDISPENSABLE CONTENT AND TO ENSURE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO OUR PROGRAMMING AND CONTENT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF MPR NEWS, STRENGTHEN THE CLASSICAL MPR SERVICE THROUGH EFFECTIVE USE OF OUTREACH, EVENTS, LIVE BROADCASTS AND CREATIVE PROGRAMMING, AND INCREASE THE STRENGTH OF THE CURRENT AS AN IMPORTANT MPR AUDIENCE SERVICE. MPR WILL STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT, REACH AND PERFORMANCE OF OUR NATIONAL PROGRAM PORTFOLIO, SUCH AS MARKETPLACE, THE DAILY AND THE SPLENDID TABLE, WHILE ENSURING THAT OUR PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES REMAIN FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE. MPR WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND ENGAGE OUR AUDIENCES ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS. WE WILL BUILD OUR CORPORATE STRENGTH BY INCREASING OUR ASSETS AND REVENUES, AND ASSIST IN STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA SYSTEM. WE LOOK TO BE A SOURCE OF INNOVATION AND PROGRESS FOR OUR AUDIENCES, OUR INDUSTRY AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE IN THE DECADES TO COME.MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S REGIONAL SERVICE IS INTENDED TO SERVE NEWS, INFORMATION AND CULTURAL NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF MINNESOTA AND ITS BORDER COMMUNITIES. MPR OPERATES A 45-STATION RADIO NETWORK SERVING VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE STATE AND PARTS OF THE SURRONDING STATES, REACHING 1,000,000 REGIONAL LISTENERS EACH WEEK. MPR 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 MPR, UNDER THE BRAND AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA, REACH MORE THAN 19 MILLION LISTENERS NATIONWIDE EACH WEEK. A COMPLETE LIST OF STATIONS, PROGRAMS AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.MINNESOTAPUBLICRADIO.ORG AND AT WWW.AMERICANPUBLICMEDIA.ORG