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William Hugh Kling (born April 29, 1942) is president emeritus of American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio. He is an American businessman who created Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and American Public Media. He was also a founding Board Director of National Public Radio; the founding chairman/President of Southern California Public Radio in Los Angeles; and the founding chairman and president of Public Radio International. Kling is a social media entrepreneur who built both successful non-profit public media companies and for profit companies to support those non-profits. He currently offices in the IDS Tower in Minneapolis.