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Christmas on the Air!
Saturday morning brings a special Christmas Eve morning episode of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. The call-in and music show will take calls, requests and stories about your favorite (or least favorite) Christmas music. Guest host Grant Frashier helms the program, which features the people of northern Minnesota, including a few regular essayists…
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Brown on the Air: ICE!
I talked about ice earlier this week. Should be an interesting holiday week with 45 degree temps forecast for Sunday. You can enjoy what might be the denouement of the historically good ice conditions in northern Minnesota this Saturday with 91.7 KAXE’s “Between You and Me.” The call-in and music program will be detailing the…
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Ice skating to school in northern Minnesota
I’ve already mentioned how unusual the weather conditions have been in northern Minnesota this winter, cold but no snow. The result has been some of the most amazing ice conditions on our lakes most have seen in many years. Thick, smooth, clear ice. Take a few minutes and enjoy this fine amateur film by a…
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Brown on the Air: TEACHERS!
91.7 KAXE’s Saturday morning call-in and music show “Between You and Me” this week inquires into the topic of inspiring teachers. Specifically, guest host Linda Johnson will be inviting you to share stories about your most inspirational teachers on the radio. My regular contribution explores notions about educational inspiration I had before I became a…
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Brown on the Air: IMPORTANT THINGS
I’m back on Between You and Me this Saturday morning 10 to noon on 91.7 KAXE. The call-in and music program will be exploring the topic of “Important Things,” or “Things You Wouldn’t Downsize,” or something like that. The title is hard for me to remember. I started writing a thing about “Things” and then…
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Brown on the Air: JOKES!
This week’s edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE brings the semi-annual “jokes” show, with guest hosts Michael Goldberg, Gail Otteson and Frieda Hall. My weekly contribution explores a favorite of mine: puns. What I’ve produced is a 2 minute, nine second barrage of puns invoking topical news stories, sports and culture. It’s…
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Brown on the Air: GOOD IDEA!
This Saturday morning’s “Between You and Me” on KAXE features a guest and a prompt: “Tell Me Your Good Idea.”Author Steven Johnson will be discussing his book “The Innovator’s Cookbook” with host Heidi Holtan, along with your calls and contributions from a cadre of commentators. My essay shares how good ideas so often follow a…
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Brown on the Air: MOVIES!
This Saturday morning’s “Between You and Me” program on 91.7 KAXE explores the topic of movies with music, commentary and your calls. Guest hosts “Mom of Pop Culture” Julie Crabb and retired film professor Jack Nachbar will guide the discussion. My regular contribution explores what is still my favorite movie, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”…
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Great Northern Radio Show moves up the shore
If I failed to mention it before, the Great Northern Radio Show has been picked up by 91.7 KAXE for a 2012 season. If you missed our October 2011 debut in Hibbing you can still hear the program online (Hour 1 and Hour 2). We’ve been trying to build an audience for the show on…
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Keep northern Minnesota radio lively & local
Today is the final day of the KAXE-Northern Community Radio fall fundraiser. KAXE is an independent public radio station that pays its own way for a programming mix that includes a little bit of NPR news and a lot of locally-produced, locally-generated content and music. This year KAXE and I produced the Great Northern Radio…
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Great Northern Radio Show off to successful start
Thanks to everyone who made the Great Northern Radio Show a big success on Saturday night. We broadcast live from the HCC Theater on 91.7 FM KAXE. The show now enters its second life in rebroadcasts and a podcast. The first rebroadcast of the Great Northern Radio Show on 91.7 KAXE will be Thursday from…
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Great Northern Radio Show is live at 5 on 91.7 FM, KAXE.org
The Great Northern Radio Show debuts at 5 p.m. today on 91.7 KAXE in northern Minnesota, streaming live all over the world at www.kaxe.org. If you wish to attend our live show at the HCC Theater please arrive by 4:30 for free seating. Though there is no cost, we ask that if you are able…
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T-1 Day to Great Northern Radio Show: Bringin’ it All Back Home
Each day this week I’ve been sharing a story about the Great Northern Radio Show, an original live radio variety show debuting 5-7 p.m. Saturday on 91.7 KAXE from the stage of the Hibbing Community College Theater. You can follow the show on Facebook or find out more at KAXE.org. Today we are one day…
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T-2 Days to Great Northern Radio Show: The Players
Each day this week I’ll be sharing a story about the Great Northern Radio Show, an original live radio variety show debuting 5-7 p.m. Saturday on 91.7 KAXE from the stage of the Hibbing Community College Theater. You can follow the show on Facebook or find out more at KAXE.org. Today I’d like to introduce…
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T-4 Days to Great Northern Radio Show: Iris Kolodji sings Dylan town blues
Each day this week I’ll be sharing a story about the Great Northern Radio Show, an original live radio variety show debuting 5-7 p.m. Saturday on 91.7 KAXE from the stage of the HCC Theater in Hibbing. You can follow the show on Facebook or find out more at KAXE.org. Today I’m sharing the official…