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T-5 Days to Great Northern Radio Show: The Nelson boys
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’d like to introduce…
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Brown on the Air: MAKING MUSIC!
This week’s Saturday-morning edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE talks about making music. The show features a wide ranging approach to the topic with music, calls and commentary, including my usual short essay. We’ll be kicking off a week of residency by the Minnesota Orchestra in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. I talk about…
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Great Northern Radio Show featured in today’s DNT
Christa Lawler of the Duluth News Tribune wrote a story in today’s Duluth News Tribune about the Great Northern Radio Show, set to debut Saturday, Oct. 15 on the Hibbing Community College theater stage. Take a right at Lake Wobegon and head north to the Iron Range — to a place where things are just…
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COLUMN: A Great Northern radio dream come true
This is my Sunday column for the Oct. 2, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A Great Northern radio dream come trueBy Aaron J. Brown We all have dreams of one kind or another. A lot of people grow up dreaming of playing pro ball or singing in front of an adoring concert crowd.…
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Brown on the Air: PERFECT DAY!
Tune in 10-noon this Saturday morning for the 91.7 KAXE call-in and music program “Between You and Me.” I’ll be offering up a new commentary along this episode’s theme of “My Perfect Day.” This is actually an impromptu speech prompt I give my public speaking students, so it surprised me that the answer was as…
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Great Northern Radio Show set for live debut Oct. 15
I’m pleased to announce… KAXE’s Great Northern Radio Show set for live radio debut Oct. 15Public radio variety program highlights northern Minnesota talent, culture HIBBING, Minn. (Sept. 28, 2011) — Old time radio and new media combine on an Iron Range stage for the live broadcast premiere of 91.7 KAXE’s Great Northern Radio Show Saturday,…
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Brown on the Air: COMIC BOOKS!
Saturday morning on 91.7 KAXE’s “Between You and Me” we’re talking comic books. I’ve contributed an original essay exploring a favorite cartoon and comic of mine from the late ’80s and early ’90s, a strange time for us as a people and me particularly. “Between You and Me” is a weekly music and call-in show…
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Brown on the Air: INSOMNIA!
This week on 91.7 KAXE’s Saturday morning call-in and music show “Between You and Me,” guest hosts Gail Otteson and Michael Goldberg explore the program’s rotating topic of “Insomnia.” I’ll be on with my regular weekly commentary, an exploration of sleep and lack thereof as a parent of young children. It’s funny and cute, of…
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Brown on the Air: ETHNICITY!
My essay for this week’s 91.7 KAXE edition of “Between You and Me” is about “my people.” The show’s topic is ethnicity. Guest host Linda Johnson will be taking stories from you, the listener, and playing great music. I’ll have some amusing observations about my strange blend of Iron Range nationalities. You can hear “Between…
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Autumn brings change, offline and on
Yesterday delivered a beautiful Labor Day in northern Minnesota. Forecasters predict a sunny, temperate early Fall week ahead. Today I waited with our oldest son as the bus came to take him to first grade. He’s first on the route out here in the woods. I saw him pause at the first seat where he…
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Brown on the Air: RESORTING TO THIS!
I’ll be on the air with a new essay on 91.7 KAXE‘s Saturday morning program “Between You and Me,” this time joining the show’s theme of northern Minnesota resorts as they close up the summer season. My diatribe veers deeply into the fleeting nature of life, the aging process, the coming winter and, of course,…
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Brown on the Air: ASK A STAG is BACK!
The topic for this Saturday morning’s edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE is “advice.” What’s the best advice you’ve ever gotten? What’s your philosophy about giving advice? Have you ever written to an advice columnist? My contribution will be a reprisal of one of my favorite “Between You and Me” bits, an…
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Brown on the Air: RADIO POTLUCK!
I’ll be on 91.7 KAXE – Northern Community Radio’s “Between You and Me” Saturday morning at 10 a.m. This is the call-in and music program highlighting the voices, stories and condition of the people of northern Minnesota. Contributors like me were asked to “bring something to the potluck” in honor of Saturday evening’s Green Cheese…
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Brown on the Air: ROAD TRIPS!
91.7 KAXE‘s “Between You and Me” this Saturday morning explores the topic of road trips. I’ll be joining the discussion with a personal story about how road trips have both augmented and derailed my love life. Good times. “Between You and Me, a call-in and music program, highlights the voices of northern Minnesota and runs…
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Brown on the Air: YOUTH SPORTS!
This week on “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE, guest host Julie Crabb engages the people of northern Minnesota in a conversation on youth sports. I join the program with a short commentary on my time as a sacrifice-only, middle relief right fielder in youth baseball. I think you’ll enjoy it. “Between You and…