January 23, 1987 - MPR’s Jim Bickal reports on Alan Page’s possible induction into Pro Football Hall of Fame. Bickal interviews both Page and his former Vikings coach, Bud Grant. Page discusses his priorities beyond football.
January 23, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend talks with Elizabeth Nelson and Roman Figueroa, two Minneosta singers preparing for Metropolitan Opera National Council District auditions.
January 24, 1987 - MPR’s Euan Kerr reports on local Twin Cities version of Burns supper and celebration of “Rabbie” Burns, poet of the Scots. The day includes music, food and celebration of the famed Scottish poet, Robert Burns.
January 31, 1987 - On this Weekend program, Catherine Watson, travel editor at Minneapolis Star and Tribune, discusses various tips on winter travel. Topics include New York City, airline fares, insurance, exchange rates, and bed & breakfasts.
January 31, 1987 - MPR’s Mark Heistad presents a profile of Minneapolis record label Red House Records. Heistad interviews label founder Bob Feldman, and folk musician Peter Ostroushko. Segment includes music clips from Red House Records studio.
February 6, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on the enduring appreciation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie books. Friend interviews Minnesota author Emilie Buchwald and three North View Elementary School students on what makes Wilder’s work fascinating.
February 7, 1987 - Philip Nusbaum talks with Luverne Wamous, a concertina player in Owatonna. Wamous shares how he started playing old-time music and performs regional tunes.
February 13, 1987 - Jan Smaby, president of Spring Hill Center, discusses public policy. Topics include AIDS, diversity, and politics. Smaby also answers listener questions. Ms. Smaby is co-host of the popular public affairs program, "Almanac" on public television. Smaby came to the job at Spring Hill last fall, after serving as director of Hennepin County's Human Service Department and as chairman of Minnesota's Sentencing Guidelines Commission. Spring Hill is a conference center just west of the Twin Cities where policy makers from many parts of the community can go to hash out ideas. It likes to place itself on the cutting edge of public policy, dealing with emerging issues, rather than ones that have been around for a while.
February 13, 1987 - MPR’s Euan Kerr reports on the 121st Minnesota Newspaper Association Convention. The event includes a typesetting competition sponsored by the Minnesota Newspaper Foundation. The organization highlights the lost art of typesetting in hopes of securing support for a functioning museum exhibit at Minnesota State Fair.
February 14, 1987 - MPR’s Mark Heistad visits the downtown store office of the Ely Echo newspaper and gets a tour from it’s editor, Bob Cary (a.k.a. “Jackpine” Bob).