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.
April 23, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on Patient A, a play by Minneapolis playwright Lee Blessing. The work is about AIDS victim Kimberly Bergalis.
April 27, 1993 - A month into the 1993 Major League Baseball season, the Twins are suffering a poor bull pen performance, resulting in a run of game losses. MPR’s Robin Gehl breaks down what has…and what hasn’t been working for the team.
May 3, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter profiles the Coleraine mine pits, which some locals consider to be a rare sight of beauty. The inactive iron ore mine pits with man-made bluffs has begun to be retaken by nature and fill with water. Some now see commercial, residential, and recreational opportunities.
May 3, 1993 - MPR’s John Biewen profiles Minneosta poet Bill Holm after his heart attack. Holm talks about his health, his time in China, writing, and disdain for strict nutrition.
May 12, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on the presence of smelt in the Lake of the Woods, and research taking place to counter any harmful effects the invasive species may pose.
May 31, 1993 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele talks with American novelist Jim Lewis about Sister, his first novel. The book looks at experiences between young girls and troubled boys.
June 7, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter reports on a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion at Iron World (later known as Minnesota Discovery Center) in Chisholm, Minnesota. Winter talks with a few individuals as they reflect on their time with CCC. Many of the members of the corps had been workers from the Iron Range.
June 8, 1993 - Fort Worth journalist Dan Reed details various aspects of the airline industry and deregulation. Reed is author of American Eagle: The Ascent of Bob Crandall and American Airlines.
June 10, 1993 - MPR’s Bob Potter talks with American journalist and author Larry Millett about the changes in Minneapolis skyline, efforts on preservation, and his book, Lost Twin Cities. Millett has been honored for the published work by International Architecture Book Award.
June 11, 1993 - A Morning Edition interview with producer Lindsay Law about the work and presentation of the American anthology television series American Playhouse.