A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
Click here for specific content for Midday, and All Things Considered.
November 11, 1977 - Isabel Letelier, wife of slain Chilean economist Orlando Letelier, speaking in Minneapolis at a meeting sponsored by Minnesota Clergy and Laity Concerned and the United Church of Christ. Isabel speaks of her husband and conditions in Chile. Orlando Letelier was an economist in Chile during Allende regime, and was assassinated September 26th, when a bomb attached to his car exploded on a Washington, D.C. street. An associate of Letelier's, Ronni Moffitt, was also killed as the two drove to work at the Institute for Policy Studies.
November 11, 1977 - Shawn Kenny, an Irishman and a member of the Chile-Ireland Solidarity Committee, speaking in Minneapolis at a meeting sponsored by Minnesota Clergy and Laity Concerned and the United Church of Christ.
November 12, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, Dorothy Hozza of the Minnesota Energy Agency; and Barb Weinschenker of the Center for Local Self-Reliance in Minneapolis, discuss financial incentives for home energy conservation.
November 14, 1977 - Capturing Minnesota history on tape is the subject of talks by Arthur L. Finnell, Assistant Director of the Southwest Minnesota Historical Center in Marshall; Kenneth Smemo, Director of the Northwest Minnesota Historical Center in Moorhead; and Ramedo J. Saucedo, Project Director of the Mexican-American History Project at the Minnesota Historical Society's annual convention. In 1975 the Minnesota Historical Society began a two-year Mexican-American History Project under the direction of Ramedo J. Saucedo to collect the historical resources of this ethnic group: personal papers, records of organizations, photographs, articles and other material, including 74 oral history interviews with people living throughout the state.
November 14, 1977 - Minnesota Public Radio presents reporter/producer Greg Barron’s “The Prairie Was Quiet,” a sound portrait of the American Prairie. MPR’s Dan Olson narrates the documentary as it recounts million year history of the prairie.
November 16, 1977 - Broadcaster and writer Eric Sevareid bids goodbye to the National Press Club on the eve of his retirement.
November 17, 1977 - MPR reporters Claudia Hampston, Kate Williams, and Janet Carter preview the concerns and issues that Minnesota representatives will take to the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas.
November 22, 1977 - Former CBS reporter Daniel Schorr lectures on his coverage of Watergate and CIA activities which eventually cost him his job.
November 22, 1977 - Harrison Salisbury is a nationally known author, editor and critic. Born in Minneapolis, attended the University of Minnesota and has been associated with The New York Times since 1949. At the time of this speech he was involved in writing scripts for an upcoming television on World War II's Eastern Front. This speech is before the Minnesota Press Club, and he talks about recent controversial changes at The New York Times and changing competition among New York newspapers. He also talks about China.
November 26, 1977 - MPR’s Bob Potter presents “The Role of the Courts in a Changing Society: A Look at Conciliation Court,” a documentary that examines Minnesota's lower courts, including the first taped excerpts ever broadcast from local conciliation and municipal court in Minnesota.