[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 101 (Thursday, June 26, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S4166]
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 SENATE RESOLUTION 492--CONGRATULATING ``A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION'' ON 
   ITS 40 YEARS OF ENGAGING, HUMOROUS, AND QUALITY RADIO PROGRAMMING

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Franken) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 492

       Whereas, for 40 years, ``A Prairie Home Companion'' has 
     brought listeners from around the country to the fantastic 
     town of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota;
       Whereas, in 2014, ``A Prairie Home Companion'' is a 2 hour 
     radio variety program performed live that airs on Saturday 
     afternoons ;
       Whereas over 600 radio stations carry ``A Prairie Home 
     Companion'' to 4,000,000 listeners each week;
       Whereas ``A Prairie Home Companion'' was created by and is 
     hosted by a Grammy Award winner who received the award in 
     1998 for ``Lake Wobegon Days'';
       Whereas 12 people were in the audience for the first 
     broadcast of ``A Prairie Home Companion'' on July 6, 1974, at 
     the Janet Wallace Auditorium at Macalester College in Saint 
     Paul, Minnesota;
       Whereas, in 2014, ``A Prairie Home Companion'' is broadcast 
     from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a 
     historic building that is over 100 years old and was named 
     after United States citizen and author F. Scott Fitzgerald;
       Whereas ``A Prairie Home Companion'' has won a Peabody 
     Award;
       Whereas ``A Prairie Home Companion'' has broadcast from 
     Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany, Iceland, and 
     nearly every State in the United States;
       Whereas ``A Prairie Home Companion'' inspired a movie by 
     the same name, which itself won 4 international awards; and
       Whereas in Lake Wobegon all the women are strong, all the 
     men are good looking, and all the children are above average: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) congratulates--
       (A) the cast and crew of ``A Prairie Home Companion'' for 
     40 years of engaging, humorous, and quality radio 
     programming; and
       (B) Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media for 
     bringing ``A Prairie Home Companion'' into the homes of 
     millions for 40 years; and
       (2) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an 
     enrolled copy of this resolution to the creator and host of 
     ``A Prairie Home Companion''.

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