Independent Public Radio

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Independent Public Radio (IPR) is a public radio network in Minnesota. It is the second-largest public radio organization in the state, after Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). Known as AMPERS (Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations) until 2004, the network helps member stations coordinate fundraising and allows them to share a certain amount of programming. A number of IPR's 12 members are college radio stations.

AMPERS was founded in 1972. Each station focuses on broadcasting music that is reflective of the local community significantly more than most other stations in the region. For example, KFAI offers far more public access programming than any other broadcaster in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. This is quite different from MPR, which only has two main audio streams, plus a third service on KCMP in the Twin Cities and KMSE in Rochester. KCMP had previously been operated by St. Olaf College until 2004, and was one of the most powerful stations in the AMPERS network.

IPR stations

Call (nickname)	Primary format	Frequency	Location	School or organization
KAXE [1]	News/information/music	91.7 FM	Grand Rapids
KBEM [2] (Jazz 88)	Jazz/Traffic	88.5 FM	Minneapolis-St. Paul	Minneapolis Public Schools
KFAI [3]	Eclectic	90.3 FM	Minneapolis	Fresh Air, Inc.
		106.7 FM	St. Paul
KMOJ	Urban	89.9 FM	Minneapolis-St. Paul	Center for Communication and Development
KMSU/KMSK [4] (The Maverick)	News/information/music	89.7 FM	Mankato	Minnesota State University, Mankato
		91.3 FM	Austin
		91.9 FM	Fairmont
		91.9 FM	Albert Lea
KQAL [5]	Eclectic	89.5 FM	Winona	Winona State University
KSRQ[6] (Pioneer 90.1)	Alternative	90.1 FM	Thief River Falls	Northland Community and Technical College
KUMD [7]	Adult Album Alternative	103.3 FM	Duluth	University of Minnesota Duluth
KUMM [8] (U90)	College rock	89.7 FM	Morris	University of Minnesota Morris
KUOM [9] (Radio K)	College rock	770 kHz AM	Minneapolis-St. Paul	University of Minnesota Twin Cities
		106.5 FM	St. Louis Park
KVSC [10]	Alternative	88.1 FM	St. Cloud	St. Cloud State University
WTIP [11]	Adult Album Alternative	90.7 FM	Grand Marais

[edit] External links

• Independent Public Radio