Great Northern Radio Show

Northern Community Radio

The big, big show from your hometown

The Great Northern Radio Show with Aaron Brown is a live radio variety show produced for Northern Community Radio. The show features music, sketches, performance and storytelling celebrating the talent and culture of northern Minnesota.

The show is now on hiatus. Our last show was Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 at the Hibbing High School auditorium in Hibbing, Minnesota. The Great Northern Radio Show will be taking a break while host Aaron Brown works on his book and a new project for Northern Community Radio. Listen for rebroadcasts and enjoy the archives here at our website.

Below you can hear our last program, “Dark Side of the Moon,” first broadcast November 9, 2019 at the Hibbing High School auditorium in Hibbing, Minnesota. To browse individual segments, click here.

Dark Side of the Moon

Blueberries and Bait

Spring Thaw

Deep in the Heart of Brainerd

Castle In the Woods

Nostalgia

Summer Nights

Bemidji Chit-Chat

Hibbing on the Move

Cure for What Ails You

No Place Like Home

Summer Cruisin’

The Language of Bemidji

Great Expectations

Untold Wonders of Duluth

Change

The Power of Tower

Grand Rapids 2016

Pequot Lakes

Laskiainen

Larson’s Barn

Bemidji State University

North Shore

Brooklyn Park

Walker

Park Rapids

Ely

Virginia

Fosston

Crosby

Grand Rapids

Bagley

Bigfork

Eveleth

Brainerd

Bemidji 2012

Hibbing Premiere

Audience Reactions

"Booms of laughter echoed and bounced from those on the stage—and off—around the Bangsberg Theater at [Bemidji State University] ..."

JOE FROEMMING
Bemidji Pioneer

"I listened on my stereo in the garage (as I repaired water damaged dry wall, but that's another story) and the show was great. ... thanks again for coming to Bagley. I think having the show here meant some people went from "Who listens to public radio?" to "I am going to support that station." It was a very good thing.

NEAL ANDERSON
Bagley High School

"[The Great Northern Radio Show] reminds me of the early days of Prairie Home Companion."

Whitney Strus
Listener Comment

Meet the host

When the other kids on the Mesabi Iron Range in Northern Minnesota were out snowmobiling, hunting or fishing, Aaron Brown was in his room watching late night talk shows and listening to the radio. It was strange behavior then, and it’s led to even stranger.

Aaron Brown writes, produces and hosts the Great Northern Radio Show. Every program is a big, big show from a small town or overlooked place, and it’s created for just one person: you, when you need it most. Through music, comedy and storytelling the Great Northern Radio Show welcomes listeners into a community. It combines sharp, witty writing with a warm, wide-eyed belief that things are going to be OK.

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