November 11, 1989 - Midday’s Bob Potter talks with Bill Kling, president of Minnesota Public Radio, about the KSJN-AM call letters change to KNOW and the further development of community news coverage. Kling also answers listener questions.
May 19, 1989 - MPR’s Tom Meersman does a profile on new production by performer Garrison Keillor. The production, called “Garrison Keillor’s American Radio Company of the Air,” will include monologue, music, and comic sketches. The new two hour show will follow in the footsteps of A Prairie Home Companion.
January 18, 1987 - As part of the 20th anniversary of Minnesota Public Radio, Marilyn Heltzer talks with Bill Kling, MPR’s founder and president about organization’s beginning, important milestones, and staff hirings of Marilyn Heltzer, Michael Barone, Gary Eichten, Arthur Hoehn, Garrison Keillor, and Marvin Granger.
January 18, 1987 - As part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Minnesota Public Radio, MPR’s Gary Eichten takes a stroll through MPR News history with reflections and clips of what the first 20 years of the organization sounded like.
November 3, 1984 - Bill Kling, president of American Public Radio, discusses the status of the network and plans for the future of organization. Topics include federal government funding issues, expansion of signal into rural areas, and foreign news programming. Kling also answers listener questions.
November 5, 1983 - On this Weekend program, Bill Kling, president of Minnesota Public Radio, discusses recent changes in public broadcasting, both in Minnesota and nationally. Topics include the near bankruptcy of National Public Radio. Kling also answers listener questions.
May 28, 1983 - Bill Kling, MPR president, discusses current financial challenges of public radio. Includes various financial and programming topics. Kling also answers listener questions.
March 14, 1981 - National Public Radio President Frank Mankiewicz and Minnesota Public Radio President Bill Kling discuss public radio, funding cuts, and recessions proposed by the Reagan administration, and what the future may hold for public broadcasting on this call-in program.
October 31, 1980 - MPR’s Gary Eichten presents the last live broadcast at MPR’s Park Square Court studios in St. Paul. As a Halloween treat, he shares an audio collage of radio outtakes.
June 27, 1980 - MPR President Bill Kling, Membership Director Marilyn Heltzer, and reporter/producer Bob Potter answer live listener questions about the Minnesota Public Radio network.