Legacy Reporting 2023

KSMQ | AUSTIN OFF 90 Start of Season April 3, 20322 13 Episodes DESCRIPTION: Weekly magazine series that's essentially an educational travelog featuring a variety of stories about art, history, and culture in Minnesota. IMPACT: Off 90 captures authentic expressions of the creative process to promote a deeper understanding of the arts and strives to cultivate new audiences. The series promotes unsung places of interest in and around southeastern Minnesota. Since its premiere in 2010, Off 90 has featured thousands of artists, organizations, and experts in hundreds of videos curating contemporary arts, local history, and stories of cultural significance for generations to come. Episodes of Off 90 are presented on both the main KSMQ channel and The Minnesota Channel and are also shared online. Off 90 is KSMQ’s most watched program.

Musician “Steven Schmidt” performs in an episode of Off 90. DISTRIBUTION: Off 90 is broadcast on our main channel (15.1) and the MN Channel (15.4). Off 90 is also shared on the KSMQ Facebook page, the KSMQ YouTube channel, and the KSMQ website(ksmq.org) ● Off 90 1301 In this week's "Off 90" we ride with the YarnMobile in Austin; we learn about musician Steven Schmidt's tenure with Rochester Civic Music; we attend the Old Town Indigenous Art Festival in Mankato; we visit a truck museum in Rochester; and with go back to class at the long-gone Mankato Commercial College. ● Off 90 1302 In this episode of "Off 90," we visit a potter in Rochester, work on a home with Habitat for Humanity in Winona, go shopping at Rochester's oldest grocery store, play tabletop games in Austin at Austi-Con, and learn about a 1965 flood in Mankato. ● Off 90 1303 We visit the Hermann Monument in New Ulm; we make glass mosaics with Austin artist Deb D'Souza; we sit in as Mackenzie Roberts of Dodge Center teaches piano; we socialize outside in the winter in Rochester; and we go cross country skiing at Quarry Hill Nature Center.

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LEGACY REPORTING: JULY 1, 2021 – JUNE 30, 2022

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