Feature: SaveWCAL to file Petition for Review with Minnesota Supreme Court

This past weekend, the board of SaveWCAL met to review and discuss the recent decision by the Minnesota Court of Appeals regarding SaveWCAL's Petition To Redress Breach Of Trust.
The board has decided to file a Petition to Review with the Minnesota Supreme Court.Related Posts:Minnesota Court of Appeals issues WCAL decisionMN Court of Appeals changes venue [...]

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Augustana College (SD) turns over station to MPR

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Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota has turned over the signal of their student FM station at to Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). Augustana is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and a sister institution to St. Olaf College.
An article in the Argus Leader reported:
Augustana officials said broadcasting MPR makes better [...]

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NW Texas Public Radio buys 100K watt license for $18 million

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Yesterday, the Fort Worth Weekly reported North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc. (operators of public radio station KERA FM) announcement that it has purchased the non-commercial radio license for 91.7 FM, a 100,000 watt full-market station with broadcast coverage in the greater Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton areas of Texas. The announced purchase price is $18 [...]

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MPR news on new radio frequency

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A May 16, 2009 article in The Decorah Newspapers, titled "MPR news on new radio frequency", reports that MPR has added a third frequency in the area of Decorah, Iowa.
Minnesota Public Radio recently announced that MPR News has added a new radio frequency in the Decorah area and is broadcasting it at 96.3 FM. The [...]

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Yet another classical radio station under threat of sale to "mystery buyer" — another WCAL | WGTS | WMCU?

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SaveWCAL has become aware that the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) is apparently engaged in secret negotiations to sell their flagship classical station in St. Louis, KFUO FM. Sister station KFUO AM is apparently not for sale.
On March 8, 2009, the blog SteadfastLutherans.org, reported on a letter sent out by the LCMS regarding [...]

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Why is MPR in South Dakota?

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Recently Minnesota Public Radio has been announcing that it has added a new station in. . . South Dakota??
The MPR site shows that the organization has a couple of stations in our neighbor to the west…

KRSD 881.1 Classical in Sioux Falls (2000 watts)
KRSU 90.1 Classical in Brookings — which seems to be a repeater of [...]

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Federal judge refuses to dismiss WMCU case

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A press release issued by the Florida attorney who represents donors to former radio station WMCU, Alexander J. Alfano, reports the following:
The following is an update on the status of the federal court litigation that is currently pending in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida before Senior Judge William Hoeveler.
Two plaintiffs [...]

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MPR switches The Current to KMSE 88.7 in southeastern Minnesota

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Until December 12, 2008 Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) had been using KMSE's 88.7 FM frequency to broadcast its classical music programming to southeastern Minnesota.
Today MPR switched the classical broadcasts to 91.1 FM and is now broadcasting its "alternative" music station, The Current, on 88.7.Related Posts:Article in StarTribune: A Current fatality as MPR cancels "The Morning [...]

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Article in Current.org: Fans of two…stations claim progress…to wrest licenses from APMG/MPR

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On June 18, the national public TV and radio broadcasting publication, Current [not to be confused with Minnesota Public Radio's (MPR) The Current], published a portion of an article by editor Steve Behrens that will appear in full in its June 23 edition. The article is titled "Fans of two defunct stations claim progress in [...]

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Florida AG confirms investigation into WMCU charitable trust issues with APMG/MPR purchase

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On April 17, 2008, SaveWCAL learned that the Attorney General of the State of Florida, Bill McCollum, has commenced a charitable trust investigation into the sale of listener-supported independent radio station WMCU by its trustee, Trinity International University, to APMG/MPR.
We note the distinct difference in the Florida AG's response to the pleas of WMCU donors [...]

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Article in New York Times: The college dies, but the station remains

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A SaveWCAL supporter just sent us the link to a February 24, 2008 New York Times article by Peter Applebome, titled "Looking for Music, but Not ‘Celebration,' to Remember Castro? Put the Radio On" [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/nyregion/24towns.html]. (Readers will need to have or create a NYTimes.com ID in order to read the article.)
The article celebrates the 50th [...]

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"From the Top" — but not in Minnesota

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From the Top is a non-profit organization that encourages and celebrates the commitment of young people to music and the arts through a variety of media, including nationally broadcast television and radio shows and education programs.
The organization produces one of the nation's top-rated public radio program, hosted by Christopher O'Riley. The program, which used to [...]

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