A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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August 4, 1979 - In this documentary, Craig Oliver, of public station WAMU in Washington, traveled to Minnesota as part of a national examination of the D.C. congressional representation question, with three-quarters of a million residents of the district having no voting representatives in the U.S. House or Senate. The Minnesota legislature is one of six state legislatures in the country which have voiced approval of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, designed to give the District of Columbia full congressional representation. 38 states must agree to ratify, within seven years, if the proposed amendment is to take effect. Program presents various reports and interviews from opponents and supporters of amendment.
August 8, 1979 - KCCM reporters Brigid Shea and John Ydstie present a sound portrait on the National High School Rodeo finals in West Fargo, North Dakota. The report includes various interviews and highlights of the week-long competition with some of the best young cowboys and cowgirls in the world.
August 8, 1979 - Michael Fedo, author, talks with Claudia Hampsten, about his new book "They Was Just Niggers" about the the Duluth lynching of three black men in 1920.
August 9, 1979 - Brian Jennings, Rand Corp and author of the book "International Terrorism; a New Mode of Conflict" speaks on the subject at an Iowa State University symposium on "Humankind in the 1980s."
August 11, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, C. Donald Peterson, Minnesota State Supreme Court justice; John Finnegan, executive editor at St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch; and Marshall Tannick, Minneapolis attorney and former journalist, discuss a number of 1979 court decisions affecting first amendment press rights including freedom of the press, the right to privacy, and the people's right to know.
August 13, 1979 - Bill Angell, extension housing specialist at University of Minnesota; and Richard Sweere, vice president of construction for Stuart Construction Company in Minneapolis, discuss the availability of mortgage money, the cost of housing, and some guidelines for rehabilitation of the home. Angell and Sweere also answer listener questions.
August 13, 1979 - Midday presents “The Way to 8-A,” a documentary sound portrait on the involuntary commitment to Hennepin County General Hospital's Ward 8-A, a psychiatric ward. Program looks at the people being committed, those doing the committing, the staff, and the entire process of involuntary commitment.
August 17, 1979 - Professor Robert McKinnell, of the Department of Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Minnesota, talks with MPR’s science reporter Rich Dietman about the controversy and research concerning cloning.
August 18, 1979 - Highlights of President Jimmy Carter's Citizens Energy briefing held at the Landmark Center in Saint Paul prior to his departure on a week-long trip down the Mississippi River to St. Louis on the sternwheeler riverboat the Delta Queen.
August 23, 1979 - Dick Gregory speaking before a youth session of the NAACP