MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
June 12, 1996 - MPR’s John Rabe talks with composer Philip Blackburn about Harry Partch, an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments.
June 12, 1996 -
June 12, 1996 -
June 13, 1996 - MPR’s Stephen Smith reports on the ongoing battle against honeybee colony loss in the U.S. and the impact to honey business and the greater food supply. Smith interviews Minnesota beekeeper and an entomologist.
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June 14, 1996 -
June 17, 1996 - As U.S. farmers are getting older and the high price of starting an agricultural operation increases, Mainstreet Radio’s Mark Steil reports on a Minnesota program based in Granite Falls that is making efforts to get young farmers in the business. The hope is that by matching beginning farmers with established farmers, farm ownership can gradually be transferred to a new generation.
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June 20, 1996 - When you listen to news reports on the radio or television, or read the local paper, what do you expect? What IS the news of the day? Jim Baden, editor of the Mille Lacs Messenger, thinks the news he puts on the front page of the Messenger IS different from other places - further more, he thinks it SHOULD be.
June 21, 1996 - A Saint Cloud theatre company is dedicating its entire next season to the works of Minnesota playwrights and composers, an idea that could prove risky if theatregoers are reluctant to try new or unknown plays, some never before performed. But the New Tradition Theatre Company has a ten-year history of tackling innovative projects. The theatre has survived leaking roofs, several moves, box-office bombs, and the departure of its two founders, somehow always managing to pay its talent as the only professional theatre in outstate Minnesota.