What anniversary is Garrison Keillor celebrating with his Prairie Home Companion?”
Humorist Garrison Keillor is returning to Lake Wobegon to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his popular “A Prairie Home Companion” radio show. Keillor has added a Fourth of July broadcast of his show from Avon, the central Minnesota town that helped inspire Lake Wobegon, his fictional hometown. Avon is on the Lake Wobegon Trail, a 46-mile hike-and-bike pathway in Stearns County, which Keillor says “is about as close to Lake Wobegon as you can get.” “A Prairie Home Companion” debuted on July 6, 1974, at Macalester College in St. Paul. The show is now heard on nearly 600 public radio stations nationwide and every week more than 4.3 million people listen to his tales about life in Lake Wobegon.
Garrison Keillor, the renowned host of the popular radio show “A Prairie Home Companion” has been recently reported of celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the show. The show which has been a huge success all through these years is regarded as one of the most liked and sought after radio show. To much surprise Keillor is not frantic or over joyed regarding the success of the show. Keillor has reportedly said that he is not “over sentimental” regarding the success and popularity of the show. He says that he prefers to remember the moments of the show when it first came on air as early as in the year 1974. Keillor, a humorist, columnist, writer and a noticeable radio personality started off his career in the year 1969 with Minnesota Educational Radio, now known as Minnesota Public Radio. He hosted “The Morning Program” in the weekday drive time slot of electric music. “A Prairie Home Companion” debuted in 1974 as an old fashioned variety show. The show opened in front of a live audience a
Humorist Garrison Keillor is returning to Lake Wobegon (WOH’-beh-gon) to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his popular “A Prairie Home Companion” radio show. Keillor has added a Fourth of July broadcast of his show from Avon (AY’-vahn), the central Minnesota town that helped inspire Lake Wobegon, his fictional hometown. Avon is on the Lake Wobegon Trail, a 46-mile hike-and-bike pathway in Stearns County, which Keillor says “is about as close to Lake Wobegon as you can get.” “A Prairie Home Companion” debuted on July 6, 1974, at Macalester College in St. Paul. The show is now heard on nearly 600 public radio stations nationwide and every week more than 4.3 million people listen to his tales about life in Lake Wobegon.
