As a decades long staple to the listening audience, Morning Edition combines a host program in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, bringing news from overnight and information throughout the state and world. Programming includes reports and interviews.
November 28, 1990 - MPR’s Loren Omoto interviews Ingrid Erickson, of St. Paul’s Hungry Mind bookstore and member of Midwest Booksellers for Social Responsibility. Erickson shares concerns over potential cuts to government funding to literary arts programs and small business.
December 13, 1990 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews Philp Furia, professor of English at University of Minnesota, about his book, The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists.
December 18, 1990 - MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews Winthrop resident Martha Wilhelmina Peterson on her 100th birthday. Peterson is featured in the book The Pie Lady of Winthrop and Other Minnesota Tales by Peg Meier and Dave Wood.
December 22, 1990 - MPR’s Paul Schroeder hosts a group discussion on the ArtStart radio drama "The Year 2025." The young creators and adult educators talk about play and thematic concerns regarding the environment that it centers around.
December 22, 1990 - An MPR broadcast of "The Year 2025," a 1990 drama presentation written and performed by children at ArtStart, a private local non-profit organization that involves children in arts and cultural activities.
December 26, 1990 - Mainstreet Radio’s John Biewen profiles Icelandic North Dakota poet Kristjan Niels Julius. Segment includes interviews about the poet and readings of his work.
January 21, 1991 - MPR’s Chris Julin looks at Collaborative Minnesota Partnerships to Advance Student Success (COMPASS), a state program that brings together residence artist and students in developing writing.
February 21, 1991 - Morning Edition’s Loren Omoto gets a phone interview “describer” of the new spring training home for the Minnesota Twins. Located in Fort Myers, the Hammond Stadium at the Lee County Sports Center offers a very intimate experience to fans watching games.
April 4, 1991 - MPR’s Carol Shotzko reports on a storytelling festival being held in Austin, Minnesota. The event was begun by Michael Carter, a local farmer who founded the Austin Storytelling Festival during a bleak period in the town's history…the Hormel meat Packer strike of 1985-86.
April 8, 1991 - MPR’s Bill Wareham gets sports writer appraisals of what the1991 MLB season may hold for the Minnesota Twins. The consensus is things look much better, both in roster and atmosphere from the year prior.