The Current today announced the launch of a new hip-hop and R&B show. The Message, hosted by Sanni Brown and Sean McPherson, will air Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. beginning October 10.
Roth will serve as MPR News’ first reporter dedicated to covering mental health.
Long-time Twin Cities news anchor and reporter Angela Davis will join MPR News as host of its 11 a.m. program, focusing on important issues facing Minnesotans and the state. She will start this new position in early November.
Minnesota Public Radio today announced its 2018 State Fair booth activities and MPR Day lineup.
Michael Barone, host and senior executive producer of Pipedreams, will celebrate his 50th anniversary of employment at Minnesota Public Radio on August 20. Barone has been a constant behind the microphone of the organ music program, which itself is approaching a 35th anniversary as a national program.
Beginning August 13, The Current will launch a new podcast delivering the day’s music news headlines. Aptly named, The Current Music News will bring The Current’s music fans a daily dose of essential updates for all genres.
The Water Main and national call-in program Flyover from MPR News are partnering for one week this month to create a special edition focusing on one of the country’s most important bodies of water, the Mississippi River.
Minnesota Public Radio News announced this week that its latest podcast, Rivers of Oil, will focus on oil pipelines, through the lens of the Line 3 pipeline project in Minnesota. The trailer is now available, and the first of five episodes will publish Tuesday, June 19.
Coinciding with National Mental Health Month, American Public Media will launch the APM Mental Health Initiative – Call to Mind – in May. Call to Mind is a new five-year initiative created with the intent to inform and mobilize new conversations about mental health.
MPR News has received a George Foster Peabody Award for its in-depth reporting captured in the podcast, 74 Seconds. The award is the highest honor in broadcast media and is the fourth Peabody Award for MPR News and the tenth for American Public Media Group.