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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Article on KAXE.org: Radio in five years

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Earlier this month, WCAL's sister station — KAXE in Grand Rapids — ran an article on their blog titled "Radio in five years".
It was a report on observations from a panel on the topic at the National Federation of Community Broadcasters conference in Portland, Oregon earlier this month.
Not only are the observations interesting, so are [...]

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Radio Interview: SaveWCAL President on KFAI Evening News

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On Monday, January 5, 2009, SaveWCAL President Ruth Sylte was interviewed regarding the status of the current Rice County District Court proceedings for the KFAI-FM Evening News.
KFAI has generously supplied SaveWCAL with a downloadable MP3 file of the five minute interview:

KFAI Interview [MP3, 5.1 MB, 5 minutes]

Take a listen!
As with all media that cover our [...]

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Article in Twin City Daily Planet: Signal Interference…definition of "Corporate Media"

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On June 10, the Twin Cities Daily Planet had an article by Rich Broderick, titled "Signal Interference: Tuning into the definition of 'Corporate Media' ".
In the article, Broderick considers Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) as a "corporate" rather than "independent" media entity:
…By the same token, MPR, though a non-profit organization, clearly fits the definition of "corporate [...]

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Radio Interview: SaveWCAL President on KFAI Evening News

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SaveWCAL President Ruth Sylte was interviewed on the KFAI FM Evening News at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
The broadcast is available on the on the KFAI web site archives. Depending on your computer's configuration, you may need the free Real Media Player to hear the broadcast. The Real Media audio stream of [...]

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Press Release: A very good day for public radio, college charitable trusts and their donors!

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12 March 2008
Contact:
SaveWCAL@hotmail.com
http://SaveWCAL.net
SaveWCAL Wins a Victory for Public Radio Supporters and WCAL Donors
Northfield, Minn.—A Special Master report submitted on March 7, 2008 to the Rice County District Court (Minn.) is an important victory for supporters of and donors to public radio station WCAL and St. Olaf College, according to Ruth Sylte, the president of SaveWCAL, [...]

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August 1, 2007: KAXE reports interference from MPR HD signal

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KAXE-FM Northern Community Radio was founded as the original "Minnesota public radio" by three St. Olaf graduates:  Rich McClear '68, Dale Constantine '67, and Dave Molvik '70 – all of whom had worked at WCAL. The following email sent out to KAXE listeners by KAXE-FM engineer Dan Houg, was sent to us by a SaveWCAL [...]

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2004 SaveWCAL Petition "Key Supporters"

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In the fall of 2004, the following list respected individuals allowed themselves to be publicly named as Key Supporters of the SaveWCAL Petition.
We know of many other prominent individuals and organizations who supported our efforts, but were not willing, for various reasons (including fear) to allow their names to be used.
Therefore, SaveWCAL deeply appreciate the [...]

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Commentary: Lessons from South Dakota Public Broadcasting

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Comments presented at the FCC Forum on December 9, 2004:
My name is Ruth Sylte and, as President of SaveWCAL, I represent at least 5,400 of the 100,000 listeners of an NPR station (WCAL) who were recently deprived of their choice in public radio.
I have listened to public radio my entire life, including during my childhood [...]

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Article in University Chronicle: Radio stations raise funds for independence

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On December 2, 2004 the University Chronicle published an article by Ashley Preste titled "Radio stations raise funds for independence".

Radio stations raise funds for independence
by Ashley Preste
Supporters of Independent Public Radio (IPR), which is the second largest public radio network in Minnesota and one of the largest in the United States, had the opportunity to [...]

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Article in MSCN Tattler: Sale of WCAL

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On August 20, 2004, the following article appeared in The Main Street Communications Network Tattler:
Last week, it was announced suburban WCAL/Northfield, St. Olaf College's 82-year-old classical station will be sold for an estimated $10.5 million to Minnesota Public Radio, which owns rival station KSJN (which had been Emmis' WLOL-FM, until Jeff Smulyan sold the then-T40 [...]

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Articles in City Pages: Radio, Radio & MPR: Money Public Radio

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On February 20, 2002, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul City Pages publishes a report on the state of radio — commercial and non-profit — in Minnesota called "Radio, Radio". [PDF, 15 pages] [http://www.citypages.com/2002-02-20/news/radio-radio/5]
Among the interesting articles contained therein is one by Rob Levine titled "MPR: Money Public Radio." [PDF, 3 pages] [http://www.citypages.com/2002-02-20/news/radio-radio/5]
A number of people respond to [...]

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