Photograph of Lydia and Jacob Wiebe

Lydia and Jacob Wiebe

Lydia and Jacob Wiebe, Carson Male Chorus director, 1956. Used with the permission of Glenn Wiebe.

Photograph of the Carson Male Chorus, 1952

Carson Male Chorus

Carson Male Chorus, 1952. Pictured are (back row) John Wiens, Pete Ewert, Frank Rempel, John Friesen, Henry Rempel, unidentified, Abe Hooge, P. W. Balzer, Abe Dick, Al Friesen, Clarence Winters. Middle Row: Menno Wiebe, Ted Lepp, Henry Ewert, Harry Rempel, Waldo Wiens, Albert Wiens, Duke Wiens, Harold Wiens, Isaac Wiens, Sam Dick, Ben Friesen; and front row: Anton Dick, Merv Gardner, William Neufeld, and Jacob D. Wiebe (director). Used with the permission of Glenn Wiebe.

Photograph of Jacob Wiebe

Jacob Wiebe

Jacob Wiebe with broadcast tape on his way to radio station KWOA in Worthington, ca. late 1940s. Used with the permission of Glenn Wiebe.

Photograph of the Carson Male Chorus, 1949

Carson Male Chorus

Carson Male Chorus, 1949. Pictured are (back row) John Friesen, Frank Rempel, Pete Ewert, unidentified, Dave Schultz, Abe Hooge, unidentified, Clarence Winters, unidentified, Jacob Bartsch, and Jacob D. Wiebe; and (front row) William Neufeld, Harry Wiens, Ben Friesen, unidentified, Menno Wiebe, [Duke?] Wiens, Ted Lepp, Anton Dick, Albert Weins, Abe Ewert, Harold Wiens, unidentified, and Abe Dick. Used with the permission of Glenn Wiebe.
Source: Collection of Glenn Wiebe

Photograph of the Carson Choir at Mountain Lake Tabernacle, ca. 1930. Jacob Wiebe stands in the second row to the left of the lectern. Used with the permission of Glenn Wiebe.

Carson Choir

The Carson Choir at Mountain Lake Tabernacle, ca. 1930. Jacob Wiebe stands in the second row to the left of the lectern. Used with the permission of Glenn Wiebe.

Photograph of the Carson Male Chorus

Carson Male Chorus

Carson Men’s Chorus, 1930. Pictured are, in the back row, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Nick Weins, unidentified, Abe Dick, Abe Hooge, unidentified; in the middle row, Anton Dick, Abe Ewert, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Jacob Bartsch, unidentified, Ben Friesen, and unidentified; and in the front row, Henry Wiebe, unidentified, Ben B. Klassen, Jacob D. Wiebe, unidentified, Menno Wiebe, unidentified. Used with the permission of Glenn Wiebe.

Photograph of the Wiebe Quartet

Wiebe Quartet

The Wiebe Quartet, ca 1920s. Pictured are (left to right): Ben Friesen, Frank Woyke, Pete Ewert (seated), and Jacob D. Wiebe. Used with the permission of Glenn Wiebe.

Prairie Home Companion

Host Garrison Keillor pushed the boundaries of radio in the 1970s to develop A Prairie Home Companion, National Public Radio’s Saturday-night staple. The variety show’s features included Keillor’s Lake Wobegon monologue, fictional sponsors, music, and dramas.

Sound effects artist Fred Newman creates sound with his mouth and other everyday objects during a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion from Macalester College in St. Paul, July 2015. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Jonathunder.

Fred Newman

Sound effects artist Fred Newman creates sound during a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion from Macalester College in St. Paul, July 2015. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Jonathunder.

Prairie Home Companion host Chris Thile reads audience greetings during a broadcast at the Fitzgerald Theater in January 2016. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Jonathunder.

Chris Thile

Prairie Home Companion host Chris Thile reads audience members' greetings during a broadcast at the Fitzgerald Theater in January 2016. Thile hosted the show after Garrison Keillor's departure. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Jonathunder.

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