North Dakota Public Radio
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North Dakota Public Radio is a service of Prairie Public Broadcasting in association with North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota and the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was launched on 1 February 1999 by bringing the radio stations of NDSU and UND under the same banner as NDPR's predecessor, Prairie Public Radio, which served the western portion of the state.
NDPR is affilliated with National Public Radio, airing programs such as All Things Considered, and it also runs Public Radio International programs including Marketplace. NDPR also runs programming from Minnesota Public Radio's American Public Media, including A Prairie Home Companion.
NDPR also has a locally produced call-in show, Hear it Now, hosted by Merrill Piepkorn.
NDPR has 7 full power stations:
- KCND 90.5 MHz Bismarck
- KDPR 89.9 MHz Dickinson
- KMPR 88.9 MHz Minot
- KPPR 89.5 MHz Williston
- KPRJ 91.5 MHz Jamestown
- KDSU 91.9 MHz Fargo
- KUND 89.3 MHz Grand Forks
NDPR also has one associated station:
- KFJM 90.7 MHz also Grand Forks
KFJM in Grand Forks is a part of the NDPR network and carries most of NDPR's programming, but originates some of its own programming as well.
NDPR can also be heard as well on 11 low-power translators in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana:
- K220FF Crosby, ND on 91.9 MHz
- K220FH Tioga, ND on 91.9 MHz
- K220FI Beach, ND on 91.9 MHz
- K220FJ Bowman, ND on 91.9 MHz
- K220FG Hettinger, ND on 91.9 MHz
- K220FD Harvey, ND on 91.9 MHz
- K218AV Devils Lake, ND on 91.5 MHz
- K208BF Crary, ND on 89.5 MHz
- K219AX Lakota, ND on 91.7 MHz
- K202BK Thief River Falls, MN on 88.3 MHz
- K220FE Plentywood, MT on 91.9 MHz
External links
- NDPR Homepage (http://www.prairiepublic.org/programs/radioprograms.html)
- KFJM Homepage (http://www.prairiepublic.org/kfjm)