Minnesota Public Radio was founded in 1967 by Bill Kling and Colman Barry, president of St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. After the first station, KSJR 90.1-FM, went on the air, Kling began building a statewide network. Here's a sampling of some early recordings found in the MPR Archive.
March 11, 1977 - A news feature of British economist E. F. Schumacher, author of the book "Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered." Schumacher talks about need for change in agriculture and energy practices.
March 28, 1979 - A news feature on John J. Koblas' book, "A Guide to F Scott Fitzgerald's St Paul: A Traveler's Companion to His Homes & Haunts."
February 12, 1980 - A Prairie Home Morning Show February 12, 1980