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Wall Street Journal notes spat over deal that created The Current

Norm Coleman wasn’t the only one whose Minnesota court appeal this week got noticed in the national press. Thursday’s Wall Street Journal highlighted SaveWCAL’s legal effort to up-end the 2004 radio-station sale by St. Olaf College that created Minnesota Public Radio’s The Current. Static between St. Olaf and its alumni provided some crackle to a [...]


WCAL-FM advocates ask court to void deal that begat MPR’s The Current

CORRECTED AND UPDATED  Advocates for the former WCAL-FM public radio station have filed a petition (pdf) asking the Rice County District Court Sept. 25 to declare the station’s $10.5 million sale to Minnesota Public Radio void.
SaveWCAL wants the court to return the money to WCAL’s charitable trust, along with the fund’s $3 million endowment and the [...]