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June 29 hot date for NoMinn music (make the right choice)
So, everybody’s favorite northern Minnesota band Trampled By Turtles will be co-headlining at Bayfront Festival Park on June 29 with Atmosphere, a popular sort of lyric hip-hop group that hipsters seem to like. This is a pretty big deal for a certain sort of demographic, a demographic that includes myself. Here’s the problem. On June…
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Radio for the People
Lakeland Public Television closed their season of their arts and culture program “Common Grounds” with a profile of Northern Community Radio and my Great Northern Radio Show. This is a wonderful representation of the station for which I am so proud to write and produce material. You can watch the whole episode right here: Related…
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Hear the Great Northern Radio Show Bagley podcast!
If you’ve been waiting for the podcast of our March 9, 2013 edition of the Great Northern Radio Show, recorded from our live broadcast at the Bagley High School auditorium, well, today is a big day for you. You can now hear the full, remastered version of that show. This show went through some early…
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Another chance to hear Great Northern Radio Show
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank were among the highlights,performing from their new album “Number One Contender.” Last Saturday night, my Great Northern Radio Show broadcast live from Bagley High School on Northern Community Radio. The Great Northern will be rebroadcast this Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to noon on 91.7 KAXE (Grand Rapids/Iron Range),…
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Great Northern Radio Show airs live in Bagley at 5
Today is the big day! The Great Northern Radio Show broadcasts live from Bagley, Minnesota tonight from 5-7 p.m. on Northern Community Radio. You can listen at 91.7 KAXE (Grand Rapids/Iron Range/Aitkin), 90.5 KBXE (Bemidji/Bagley/Walker), and translators 89.9 (Brainerd/Baxter) and 103.9 (Ely). We’re streaming live all over the world at www.kaxe.org. We still have some…
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Bagley Bound for the Great Northern Radio Show
Bagley, MN. Photo taken approx. 1902-1905 (Clearwater Co. Historical Society) I’m in Bagley today preparing for our next live broadcast of the Great Northern Radio Show, Saturday night at 5 from the Bagley High School auditorium stage. I’ve been hyping our great lineup all week, including the Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, Mary Bue, Sonny…
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Great Northern Radio Show preview: Meet the Players!
It’s coming! The spring edition of my Great Northern Radio Show hits the stage of the Bagley High School auditorium and airwaves of Northern Community Radio this upcoming Saturday, March 9. The show airs from 5-7 p.m. and free tickets are still available by calling KAXE at 800-662-5799. Find out more about the show and…
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Great Northern Radio Show preview: Sonny Johnson
It’s coming! The spring edition of my Great Northern Radio Show hits the stage of the Bagley High School auditorium and airwaves of Northern Community Radio this upcoming Saturday, March 9. The show airs from 5-7 p.m. and free tickets are still available by calling KAXE at 800-662-5799. Find out more about the show and…
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Great Northern Radio Show preview: Mary Bue
It’s coming! The spring edition of my Great Northern Radio Show hits the stage of the Bagley High School auditorium and airwaves of Northern Community Radio this upcoming Saturday, March 9. The show airs from 5-7 p.m. and free tickets are still available by calling KAXE at 800-662-5799. Find out more about the show and…
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Great Northern Radio Show preview: Hobo Nephews
It’s coming! The spring edition of my Great Northern Radio Show hits the stage of the Bagley High School auditorium and airwaves of Northern Community Radio this upcoming Saturday, March 9. The show airs from 5-7 p.m. and free tickets are still available by calling KAXE at 800-662-5799. Find out more about the show and…
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Breaking the mold of northern Minnesota media
This morning Northern Community Radio begins its winter/spring fundraiser. As many of you know, KAXE, KBXE, and Northern Community Internet comprise a truly unique independent public media network, one that has supported me and my writing for many years. I don’t ask for donations here at my blog, but if you are a loyal reader…
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Hobo Nephews, Mary Bue headline Bagley ‘Great Northern’
I’m writing now for the Saturday, March 9 edition of the Great Northern Radio Show on Northern Community Radio, broadcasting live at the Bagley High School auditorium in beautiful Bagley, Minnesota. Reserve your free tickets now! We just found out we’re up against a big men’s hockey game between the University of Minnesota Gophers and…
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Richard III found under parking lot; Paul Harvey found on Super Bowl
Behold, a feast of links I don’t entirely know what to do with. The bones of Richard III, one of the shortest-lived English monarchs and the last to die on the battlefield, were found in a shallow grave below a parking lot in England. The story and photos will give you something to think about.…
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Upon the fall of ‘this magnificant creation’
My friend and Great Northern Radio Show writing collaborator Matt Nelson has penned a marvelous essay about the 10 year anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle disaster. He was 13 then, and experienced the event through adolescent eyes and ideals. Having matured into a remarkable writer and journalist today, he’s put those thoughts into a…
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Iris Kolodji and friends to play two shows on the Range
One of the side benefits of hosting the Great Northern Radio Show on Northern Community Radio is meeting some of the best musicians in Minnesota. We highlight original music that tells the story of this place. We also provide an outlet for young, up-and-coming artists. It’d be an honor to know that one of them…