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Lake Wobegon Comes to Downtown LA

LOS ANGELES-Minnesota Public Radio, host to the popular Prairie Home Companion show that satirizes life in the mythical town of Lake Wobegon, signs a 10-year lease for $3.5 million in the CBD's Figueroa Courtyard office complex.

By David W. Myers | Updated on December 21, 2000

LOS ANGELES-One of the best-known affiliates of National Public Radio has signed a 10-year office lease valued for $3.5 million in Downtown’s Figueroa Courtyard.

Minnesota Public Radio, which for years has broadcast the folksy and highly popular “Prairie Home Companion” show hosted by Garrison Keillor, will take 16,397 sf of space at 261 Figueroa St. The show, which reaches millions of listeners across the country every weekend, satirizes life in the fictional town of Lake Wobegon.

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