THU 7:30PM & SAT 4:30PM / true community: 

KSMQ Public Television Groundbreaking Ceremony

SAT 10PM / roy orbison forever

Celebrate the life and career of a five-time Grammy Award-winner.

SUN 5PM & MON 7PM / daniel o’donnell and special guests

The Irish singer performs his best-known songs.

SUN 6:30PM / ken burns: hemingway

The life of the iconic author Ernest Hemingway.

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Construction Site of "The Broadcast Center"

Groundbreaking

GROUNDBREAKING FOR NEW KSMQ BROADCAST CENTER

KSMQ Public Television began its construction on a new multimedia broadcast facility in downtown Austin by holding a ceremonial groundbreaking event Thurs. Oct 7. In attendance were local and state business and political leaders, the Austin Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, as well as members of the public.

Speakers included KSMQ CEO Eric Olson; KSMQ Producer Annie Krenik; Elaine Hansen, President of the Austin Area Chamber of Commerce; from the KSMQ Board of Directors, Fred Bogott; from The Hormel Foundation, Chair Jeff Ettinger and Vice Chair Bonnie Rietz; Mayor of Austin, Steve King; Mayor of Rochester, Kim Norton; Senator Dave Senjem; Former Representative Jeanne Poppe; and Former Senator Dan Sparks.

Care Under Fire

Bill Strusinski, longtime friend and champion of Minnesota PBS stations, stopped by the KSMQ studio to talk about his book Care Under Fire which was recently selected as the best work of “Military Nonfiction” by the National Indie Excellence Awards. The book recounts Bill’s experiences as a medic during the Vietnam War.