May 6, 1996 - Part 1 of 2 of a Voices of Minnesota interview with Jeno Paulucci, a Minnesota businessmen who was the founder of Chung King and other frozen food companies. He talks about his childhood, his career, and giving back to Northern Minnesota.
May 7, 1996 - Lisa Peterson, vice-president of government relations at Minnesota Trucking Association, discusses reasons organization and its members want gas tax cut.
May 8, 1996 - Midday presents a special Talk of Minnesota program to hear the views of Minnesota Public Radio listeners on the proposed cut in the federal gas tax repeal and energy conservation in general.
May 10, 1996 - Bill Kling, president of Minnesota Public Radio, and Steve Rothschild, MPR board member, discuss a Minnesota Attorney General investigation into executive compensation, other financial matters at MPR, and its affiliated for-profit companies. They express their concern on perceptions and misunderstanding of organization’s funding. Kling and Rothschild also answer listener questions.
May 23, 1996 - Rick McCormick, associate professor with Department of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies at University of Minnesota's Rick McCormick comments on German-U.S. relations.
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.
June 24, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on ‘fiber farming’ in Minnesota. Northern Minnesota farmers are trying to grow and harvest hybrid poplar trees as a new source of pulp for the paper industry and even a possible savior of Minnesota forestlands.
July 1, 1996 - Imation, a data corporation, is starting a new life as an independent company in Oakdale. MPR’s Gary Eicthen interviews Dennis Farmer, vice president for Marketing at Imation about the organization and its future.
July 3, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger visits the central Minnesota town of Crosby, which is having a comeback of sorts…from prospering former mining town to bustling “antique” town. Those windows now contain 40 antique stores. Locals are hoping the recovery expands to other businesses for community.
July 11, 1996 - On July 11, 1996, Land O'Lakes celebrated its 75th anniversary with a gala celebration at its corporate headquarters with a VERY special guest. Culinary guru Julia Childs traveled to Arden Hills to celebrate the dairy products company's big day by, among other things, milking a cow. MPR's John Rabe was on hand to record the event…and even gets a cooking tip.