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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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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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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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Coming Oct. 15, the Great Northern Radio Show!
Times are neither good nor bad nor normal here on the Iron Range. We seem to be going through a transition that no one fully understands. And it occurs to me that the rest of the country, even the world, might be doing the same. So I could double down on my concerned missives on…
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Latto’s radio legacy shows local programming matters
Yesterday we learned that Duluth broadcasting legend Lew Latto died unexpected at his home as he prepared to go to work hosting his talk radio program. Latto was a pioneering local broadcaster and the owner of several Duluth and Iron Range stations. Though I never met him, I worked for Latto in my first media…
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Judas was from the Iron Range
This is the film Professor David Leaver of Manchester Metropolitan University presented at Dylan Days 2011 in Hibbing, Minnesota. It explores some of Dylan’s past (including his northern Minnesota roots) and how his path intersected with one important place, the Manchester Free Trade Hall. Related posts: No related posts.
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Iron Range rocks as Dylan Days reaches its peak
Dylan Days enters its busiest day with an exciting Saturday lineup: Bobby Zimmerman Bus Tour, 10:30-2:30, pick up/drop off at Zimmy’s: the popular interpretive, interactive tour of Hibbing showing the town Dylan knew, his potential influences, along with the town today through storytelling and history. Waiting list available. Dylan Days 2011 Postal Cancellation, 2-5 p.m.,…
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Dylan Days like a rolling stone with big Friday events
Today brings the first big day of the Dylan Days weekend in Bob Dylan’s hometown of Hibbing. Dylan Days Symposium, 2-4 p.m. at Hibbing Public Library Auditorium, featuring discussion with members of Dylan’s high school band The Golden Chords, original film about Dylan and tourism featuring Manchester professor David Leaver, and the 2011 literary showcase…
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Dylan Days 2011 welcomes world travelers
Dylan Days, the grassroots arts, music and literature event in Bob Dylan’s Iron Range hometown, opens today in Hibbing, Minnesota. Here is today’s lineup: Dylan Days Welcome Reception, 5 p.m. at Zimmy’s; followed by live music from Anchorage, Alaska’s The Grunt Monkeys. Find out more about Dylan Days at the website or by following Dylan…
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Dylan Days Eve brings acoustic show in downtown Hibbing
Dylan Days in Bob Dylan’s hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, officially opens tomorrow. Nevertheless, tonight there’s a “Dylan Days Eve” show at Zimmy’s featuring acoustic Nashville performers Brittney Lee and Josh Dunne. Lee is an Iron Range native. Find out more about Dylan Days at the website or by following Dylan Days on Facebook or Twitter.…
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The night I stole an hour from time
From 1996 to 1998, the years I was in senior high school, I worked weekend overnight shifts as an easy listening DJ at 97.9 WEVE in the iron mining town of Eveleth, Minnesota. Specifically, I’d come home from school on Friday afternoon, prepare a bowl of Campbell’s soup and cheese sandwich, take a sleeping pill…
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Iron Range past, present, future subject of new radio documentary
The following is a press release from 91.7 KAXE regarding an upcoming radio documentary about the Iron Range by Milt Lee. I spoke with Milt with for this piece and am greatly looking forward to his take on the region. Iron Range Radio Documentary Debuts on 91.7 FM“Ranger in My Heart” Seeks the Region’s People,…
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Brown on the Air: COMMUNITY MEDIA!
I’ve been talking lots and lots and lots of 5B politics around here. Sorry about that. It will all be over soon. If you’re looking for a respite, tune in to “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE, the Saturday morning call-in and music show sharing the voices of northern Minnesota. The show’s topic this…