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 Lambert To The Slaughter: MPR Uber Alles

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On 19 June 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul Magazine columnist and blogger Brian Lambert published a blog entry titled "MPR Uber Alles" about MPR's recent purchase agreement signed with Horizon Christian Fellowship for the purchase of at least eleven translator stations, including two that are not in Minnesota.
Lambert's blog entry includes reports a conversation with MPR [...]

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In which SaveWCAL deconstructs St. Olaf's recent press release…

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On June 13, St. Olaf College posted an entry on their News web site, titled "Rice County judge rules on St. Olaf petition regarding WCAL endowment-like funds".
We note that St. Olaf carefully refers to the WCAL "endowment-like funds" in the headline and first paragraph. Despite the fact that the court Order determined that there is [...]

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June 14, 2008: SaveWCAL refutes AG's statements to press — with AG's own words to the Court

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On June 15, a Minnesota Attorney General spokesperson made statements to the Saint Paul Pioneer Press that directly contradict the official position of the Attorney General regarding the WCAL charitable trust as expressed to the Rice County District Court. SaveWCAL immediately sent the AG the following letter:
June 15, 2008
Hon. Lori R. Swanson
Minnesota Attorney General
102 State [...]

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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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Article in Minnesota Monitor: 'Screwed' again: Piper Jaffray fined for violating ban after improper T-Paw donations

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On May 16, 2008 the Minnesota Monitor (now the Minnesota Independent) published a story by Chris Stellar titled " 'Screwed' again: Piper Jaffray fined for violating ban after improper T-Paw donations" reporting that Addison Piper, then chair of Piper Jaffray, Minnesota's top municipal bond underwriter, as well as a St. Olaf College Regent and a [...]

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Where are WCAL's 2004 employees now?

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SaveWCAL has had a number of requests asking about former WCAL employees. In this posting, we report on the whereabouts of former WCAL employees of which we are aware. There were approximately two dozen WCAL non-student employees at the time of the sale of WCAL assets in 2004.
So where are they now? We have not [...]

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Article on MSPM: How About A Little "Public" in Minnesota Public Radio?

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On January 7, 2007, reporter and media critic Brian Lambert ran an entry on his Minneapolis-Saint Paul Magazine blog, Lambert to the Slaughter, titled "How about a Little 'Public' in Minnesota Public Radio?"
The blog entry was written in response to Minnesota Public Radio's (MPR) apparent decision to "decline" $12,000 in sponsorship money from a local [...]

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July 18, 2007: Déjà vu… APMG/MPR tries a "WCAL" with WGTS

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On July 18, 2007, it became public that WGTS-FM 91.9, a 50-year non-profit listener supported independent radio station service of Columbia Union College, a small, religiously-affiliated liberal arts college in Takoma Park, Maryland (just outside Washington, DC), may be sold for at least $20-25 million to American Public Media Group (APMG), the parent company of [...]

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June 15, 2007: SaveWCAL response to St. Olaf Alumni Board member Brent Mueller '69 letter in StarTribune

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On July 10, 2007, the Minneapolis StarTribune published a Letter to the Editor from St. Olaf College Alumni Board member Brent W. Mueller '69.
SaveWCAL respectfully disagrees with Mueller's contentions and strongly encourages St. Olaf College leaders to carefully check their information for accuracy before publicly committing themselves to positions that may eventually prove problematic and/or [...]

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Letters to the Editor: Follow the money, etc.

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On June 27, 2007, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul City Pages published a number of letters in response to Jonathan Kaminsky's article titled "WCAL: A trust betrayed" (See entry for June 13, 2007).
Among the comments published:
As a former member of WCAL, I greatly appreciate the continued effort of [SaveWCAL] and publications like City Pages. In an era [...]

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October 18, 2005: Saint Paul Port Authority issues bonds to MPR

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From the Minnesota Public Radio 2005 Audit Report [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/about/mpr/finance/mpr_audit_2005.pdf] [PDF, 24 pages]
The Port Authority of the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, issued Variable Rate Demand Revenue Bonds—Series 2005-7 ("Series 2005-7 Bonds") for $11,500,000 to refinance the purchase of two noncommercial educational radio broadcast stations, WCAL (FM), Northfield, Minnesota, and KMSE (FM), Rochester, Minnesota. This transaction [...]

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