AMPERS

AMPERS (Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations) 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 Independent Public Radio (IPR) between 2004 and 2012, the network helps member stations coordinate fundraising and allows them to share a certain amount of programming. A number of AMPERS' 12 members are college radio stations. The network headquarters is located at 525 Park Street, Suite 310, St. Paul, MN.

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.

**AMPERS stations**
Call (nickname)	Primary format	Frequency	Location	School or organization
KAXE	News/information/music	91.7 FM	Grand Rapids	Northern Community Radio
KBEM-FM (Jazz 88)	Jazz/Traffic	88.5 FM	Minneapolis-St. Paul	Minneapolis Public Schools
KKWE(Niijii Radio)	Eclectic	89.9 FM	White Earth Indian Reservation	White Earth Land Recovery Project
KFAI	Eclectic	90.3 FM	Minneapolis	Fresh Air, Inc.
KFAI	Eclectic	106.7 FM	St. Paul	Fresh Air, Inc.
KMOJ	Urban	89.9 FM	Minneapolis-St. Paul	Center for Communication and Development
KMSU/KMSK (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	Eclectic	89.5 FM	Winona	Winona State University
KSRQ (Pioneer 90.1)	Alternative	90.1 FM	Thief River Falls	Northland Community and Technical College
KUMD-FM	Adult Album Alternative	103.3 FM	Duluth	University of Minnesota Duluth
KUMM (U90)	College rock	89.7 FM	Morris	University of Minnesota Morris
KUOM (Radio K)	College rock	770 kHz AM	Minneapolis-St. Paul	University of Minnesota Twin Cities
KUOM (Radio K)	College rock	106.5 FM	St. Louis Park	University of Minnesota Twin Cities
KVSC	Alternative	88.1 FM	St. Cloud	St. Cloud State University
WKEK	Eclectic	89.1 FM	Gunflint Lake	Cook County Community Radio Corp.
WGPO	Eclectic	90.1 FM	Grand Portage	Cook County Community Radio Corp.
WTIP	Eclectic	90.7 FM	Grand Marais	Cook County Community Radio Corp.

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Coordinates: 44°57′26″N 93°6′15″W / 44.95722°N 93.10417°W / 44.95722; -93.10417

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