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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Letter: Be accountable, St. Olaf Alumni Board

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On July 10, 2007, the Minneapolis StarTribune published a Letter to the Editor, "Best for St. Olaf" from St. Olaf College Alumni Board member Brent W. Mueller '69.
On July 18, 2007, Phil Voxland '66 sent a letter to the St. Olaf Alumni Board responding to Mueller's letter. Voxland holds no leadership positions with SaveWCAL at [...]

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February 27, 2005: Minneapolis Trombone Choir premieres "Homage to WCAL"

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On February 27, 2005, the Minneapolis Trombone Choir premiered the composition "Homage to WCAL", written by Minnesota composer Don Singley at their annual concert.Related Posts:Letter: Response to "Public Pop Radio Comes To Town"Letter: 54 Minnesota composers write to FCCLetter: Be accountable, St. Olaf Alumni BoardMay 25, 2007: St. Olaf College Original/Amended Petition Court Hearing Session [...]

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Letter: Response to "Public Pop Radio Comes To Town"

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Published on February 2, 2005 in the University of Minnesota's Minnesota Daily:
[http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2005/02/02/63038]

Long live independent radio
In celebrating the debut of Minnesota Public Radio's KCMP-FM in the Jan. 26 column "Public pop radio comes to the town," Adri Mehra inadequately described the local radio universe.
I am excited that KCMP is pumping out "anti-format," alternative rock and providing [...]

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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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Letter: 54 Minnesota composers write to FCC

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September 30, 2004
Office of the Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
9300 East Hampton Drive
Capitol Heights, MD 20743
Re: Proposed Assignment of WCAL-FM (Facility ID: 62162) MN BALED-20040830ABM
and KMSE-FM (Facility ID: 83876) MN BALED-20040830ABL
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing on behalf of fifty-four (54) Minnesota-based composers who are deeply saddened by the proposed sale of WCAL 89.3 FM. We, [...]

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Letter: Conductor of National Lutheran Choir

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To the St. Olaf College Administration and Regents:
The loss of WCAL is a tremendous tragedy for Minnesota communities: especially regarding choral and church music. Our area (the choral envy of most parts of the country) is quite unusual in its HUGE support of so many very fine choirs, many of which reach national recognition status [...]

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Letter: I learned more at WCAL…

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I learned much more by creating a program from scratch at WCAL than I could have learned by filing CDs at NPR in Washington.

September 21, 2004
Christopher M. Thomforde
Office of [...]

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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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Article in StarTribune: St. Olaf radio station sold to MPR

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Most WCAL listeners in the Twin Cities area first learned of the sale of WCAL assets through an August 11, 2004 article in the Minneapolis StarTribune. The article is no longer posted on the StarTribune web site, so SaveWCAL provides the text here:
[http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4921343.html]
St. Olaf Radio Station Sold To MPR

by Deborah Caulfield Rybak
Star Tribune
August 11, 2004
Last [...]

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August 9, 2004: St. Olaf announces sale to WCAL Board

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On August 9, 2004, the WCAL Board met for a regularly scheduled business meeting, with no awareness by most of those present that the entire meeting was meaningless.
At that time, the WCAL Board is believed to have included:

Board President John Sandbo of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Board Vice President Phillip Gainsley of Minneapolis, Minnesota (Attorney-at-Law)
Dixon Bond of Northfield, [...]

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1924: WCAL reputation grows

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From WCAL: Items of Historical Significance from the St. Olaf College archives by Rev. Dr. Martin Hegland '04, A.B., A.M., C.T., Ph. D.  Hegland was a professor in and, later, chair of the St. Olaf Religion Department. He was the Director of WCAL for a number of years.
A feature that for many years loomed large [...]

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