In 1974, MPR began live broadcasting of Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion", one of the best-known programs on public radio, from the Park Square Theatre in Saint Paul. In the early days of the program, members of the production staff were said to have to work hard to fill the theatre seats, sometimes bringing in radio station staff and urging passersby to come into the theatre from the street outside. In 1980, MPR originated the Peabody Award-winning show, "Saint Paul Sunday", which went national via syndication in 1981.