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Duluth welcomes Prairie Home Companion this Saturday
Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” broadcasts live from the symphony hall at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center this Saturday evening. The show is iconic to public radio, and this broadcast features some great local talent including Duluth’s Trampled by Turtles and the Grand Rapids High School Jazz Ensemble. (My kids could be in…
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Great Northern Radio Show to play four great northern cities in 2012
While many readers come here for political news, I hope you consider checking out my preferred 2012 endeavor: the first full season of my Great Northern Radio Show originating on 91.7 KAXE. We’ll be broadcasting live stage shows from Bemidji, Brainerd, Eveleth and Bigfork. The Great Northern Radio Show is a live music, comedy and…
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MPR: Beating the daylight-savings time system
I have the daily commentary over at Minnesota Public Radio’s site this morning. The topic is my experience with daylight-savings time (which is this weekend, by the way) dating back to my stint as an overnight disc jockey in my high school years on the Iron Range. There’s a lot that goes on for daylight-savings…
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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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A good sound man is hard to find
With my foray into live radio production this year I’ve made mention of the creative influence of A Prairie Home Companion on my work. Today I join others in mourning the loss of that show’s famed sound man Tom Keith, a longtime MPR host and personality. He died of a heart attack Sunday. A Prairie…
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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-3 Days to Great Northern Radio Show: De Elliot Bros.
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 highlighting one of…
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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…
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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…