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Bill Kling vs. KFAI: The paper trail

Did MPR's lawyers try to sabotage KFAI's funding in the 1970s?​In 1973, a group of Minneapolis residents had an idea for a 10-watt radio station. Instead of hiring experienced radio personalities to read news or play classical music, they would open up the airwaves to other community members ... More >>

Bill Kling: The City Pages Q & A

Kling built MPR from a small station in Collegeville, Minnesota.​Bill Kling has come a long way since he started what is now Minnesota Public Radio 45 years ago. He's now the outgoing CEO of one of the most financially sustainable and commercially successful radio empires in the country -- whi ... More >>

Bill Kling conquered Minnesota radio, but can he save NPR?

Republicans suggest government can't afford nonprofit radio

Fox 9 fined by FCC for passing off General Motors PR as "news"

Not necessarily the news.​The FCC has fined KMSP/Fox 9 $4,000 for failing to tell viewers that it passed off public relations video as "news" in 2006. The fake news segment -- a video news release, or VNR -- talked about consumer demand for convertibles in the summer. That sounds plausible en ... More >>

Al Franken rips into FCC approval of Comcast-NBC merger

Al Franken loses the Comcast-NBC merger fight.​The Comcast-NBC Universal merger got an official green light today from the Federal Communications Commission, paving the way on a 4-1 vote for another major consolidation in the telecom industry. It's a merger that Al Franken has battled from th ... More >>

AG Lori Swanson sues Cheap2Dial for ripping off Minnesotans

Photo by samantha celeraThose phone bills are complicated.​Bargain long-distance phone carrier Cheap2Dial may soon be facing a heavy bill of its own: Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing the Pennsylvania company for charging Minnesota customers extra fees without their knowledge. The compan ... More >>

Al Franken: Net neutrality rules permit political censorship [UPDATE]

Franken: Keep it neutral.​The compromise net neutrality rules just adopted by the FCC would prohibit broadband providers like Comcast and Qwest from blocking user access to websites and applications. But the measure won't do the same thing for wireless companies, and Al Franken smells censor ... More >>

U of M president skirted the details on Troubled Waters fiasco

"Troubled Waters" e-mails detail the story behind the public fiasco.​In response to Minnesota Data Practice Act requests, the University of Minnesota unloaded a deluge of e-mails on reporters over the weekend related to the college's decision to cancel the "Troubled Waters" documentary last mo ... More >>

I Wanna F*&% All Night, and F*&% Every Day

Radio maven and metal monger Earl Root, bringing you the f-word since 1987.