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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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Forum, straw poll in Hibbing could shape MN-8 race
This past Saturday in Hibbing, Minn., as I was hosting a little radio show on one side of Highway 169 the 8th District DFL was holding a central committee meeting, fundraising dinner and the first scheduled Congressional Candidate forum across the street at the Park Hotel. Four candidates are vying for the DFL nomination to…
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COLUMN: Detroit state of mind
This is my Sunday column for the Oct. 16, 2011 Hibbing Daily Tribune. I wrote it before the Tigers lost to the Texas Rangers yesterday, but what can you do? Detroit state of mindBy Aaron J. Brown With the dismal conclusion to the Minnesota Twins baseball season, coupled with the dismal beginning of the Minnesota…
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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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Silicon Energy opens Range facility
The company Silicon Energy opens its doors at its new Mountain Iron location this morning at 10 a.m. for an open house. The company produces a new, durable sort of commercial and residential solar panels. Though Silicon Energy is a smaller company it’s exciting to see such production on the Iron Range. 10 a.m. to…
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Fanning kicks off campaign, joining Clark, Anderson and Nolan in DFL MN-8 race
On Sunday, Daniel Fanning kicked off his DFL campaign for Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He joins Tarryl Clark, Jeff Anderson and Rick Nolan in the race to challenge U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8) as the first DFL nominee in MN-8 not named Jim Oberstar since 1974. Last week Fanning, an…
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COLUMN: Blazing new trails for Northern Minnesota’s future
This is my Sunday column for the Oct. 9, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Blazing new trails for Northern Minnesota’s futureBy Aaron J. Brown When I was a kid, maybe 11 or so, my mom showed me a picture from a Minnesota history book she was reading. The image showed the thin, rough…
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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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Go west, young miner!
Today’s Duluth News Tribune explains a proposed new taconite plant between Coleraine and Grand Rapids. That’s right, I said Grand Rapids, the historic non-mining western edge of the Iron Range. Magnetation, a scram mining operation that’s worked along the western Mesabi iron formation, mostly near Keewatin and now Taconite, Minn., is looking ahead to its…
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NY Times highlights Range air service debate
The plight of the Range Regional Airport and the federal Essential Air Service program made the New York Times today. The Times featured an interview with Hibbing Mayor Rick Cannata and City Councilor Patty Shafer. The region’s U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8) is a central player in a budget cut process that could limit flights…