A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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December 19, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, writer Lawrence Sutton reviews A Coat of Varnish by C. P. Snow.
December 21, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Minnesota author Patricia Weaver Francisco reviews The Kryptonite Kid by Joseph Torchia.
December 22, 1979 - On this Weekend program, a retrospective look at retiring Minneapolis City Council president Lou DeMars, who chose not to run for re-election in 1979.
December 22, 1979 - MPR’s Rich Dietman talks with MPR producer Nick Nash on the upcoming live U.S. stereo broadcast of “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” by King's College, Cambridge.
December 22, 1979 - MPR’s Rich Dietman presents a sound print of what Christmas is in other countries. Segments include music and discussion with Willa Ramos (Mexico), Theodora Geokazus (Greece), Maria Moran (Philippines), and Florence Hart (Scotland). The group share the different traditions and celebrations.
December 26, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, B. J. Duffy, president of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Minnesota, reviews Credit Where Credit Is Due: A Legal Guide to Your Credit Rights and How to Assert Them by Glen Walker.
December 29, 1979 - Midday presents the documentary “Trampled Grass.” MPR’s Greg Barron accompanied a team of medical doctors and nurses from Minnesota as they worked in Cambodian refugee camps along Thailand's border with Kampuchea, the Khmer Rouge-controlled state that controlled Cambodia from 1975 until 1979.
January 4, 1980 - Donald Anderson, director of the Mid-American Solar Energy Complex, speaking at a conference on alternative energy and energy conservation held in Mankato, and sponsored by the Region Nine Development Commission. Donald Anderson is a former professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota and helped develop solar energy products at the Sheldahl Company in Northfield. Mid-American Solar Energy Complex is a 12 state Midwestern group which is working on the technical, financial, and political aspects of solar energy.
January 4, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, Dorothy Lulligrin, Republican National Committee woman of Minnesota, reviews Annals of an Abiding Liberal by John Kenneth Galbraith.
January 5, 1980 - Nancy Fushan interviews magician Harry Blackstone, who will be performing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Blackstone shares details of his traveling performance.