KPPP-LP 88.1 Community Radio - Fargo-Moorhead

Our Mission is Media Justice. We organize the community to impart media, rather than being consumers of media through training, access to equipment and opportunities to develop media through Independent news sources, Social Networks and the web.

KPPP-LP radio began broadcasting in 2014 to engage the community in producing local, grassroots independent news. We provided media justice training to help people take control of media narratives of their own stories and media. We also analyzed if movement leaders representing those most affected were being co-opted and hijacked by the status quo. In 2016, we began extensive coverage of the #NoDAPL protest encampment at Standing Rock in ND. Our radio station provided grassroots news coverage and analysis of this historical protest movement. We were successful in producing media like no other platform that led us to a new model of organizing new to our community. We countered the status quo media, provided prisoner and legal support and exposed injustices taking place. Since then, we have continued to involve local communities in media production, providing access for protests, and organizing strategies on issues affecting communities of color.

Many have taken the community microphone to address issues and build community power. Currently we are focused on Antiracism CRT Radio. Voter Engagement and developing a Pro-Palestinian voice on the radio airwaves. Our organization encourages community participation helping community members develop original radio programming, media experience, training in computer skills, journalism and community organizing. 

Our community supports Islamic, Native and Latino communitiy perspectives in media.  Access to KPPP-LP radio brings communities together resulting in organizing strategies to change public opinion, address change in policies and empower the ability to have a dominant voice in the media narrative. When marginalized voices take stories to the media they have to choose between the lesser of two evils. Mostly white, male dominated media has misrepresented narratives of marginalized folks. KPPP-LP radio gives people a real alternative. Our station is led by PoC and has changed the local media landscape leading by example. 

Our modus operandi is: 

1) providing media messaging training to PoC and marginalized persons 

2) ensure control over narratives in media for PoC and marginalized voices and 

3) leading the mainstream media to challenge bias and be more representative of our community.