WTIP

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North Shore Community Radio began broadcasting on April 29, 1998 from a small studio in the Arrowhead Center for the Arts in Grand Marais, Minnesota. WTIP’s home is in Minnesota’s most remote county, with some of the most pristine and beautiful environment in the United States. Although Cook County is our home geographically, WTIP serves all of the North Shore of Lake Superior, and inland, from Two Harbors, Minnesota to Thunder Bay, Ontario, as well as areas of the South Shore of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Our webstream also takes our programs all over the world.
 
North Shore Community Radio broadcasts locally-produced programs from the WTIP studios as well as national and international music, news and public affairs programming.
 
WTIP is a community station. Sources of revenue include listener-members, business underwriters, grants, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other sources. However, the most important and valued source of revenue is our ever-growing group of listener-members.
 
Because WTIP serves some very remote wilderness areas of three States and one Province, our population base is small. We are supported by our listener-members, but we rely on our good friends who visit the area for expanding the membership group. Whether you are visiting for a day, a week, staying for the season or living in the WTIP listening area, we want you to become a member. You can take us home with you by ‘streaming us online through our website: www.wtip.org.
 

Series

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53 Pieces

Stories created by youth in and around Cook County Minnesota

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: Jan 11, 2016

Latest Pieces

Caption: Mr. Kitty
Sunny has lived off-grid in rural Lake County for the past 18 years and is a regular commentator on WTIP. In this edition, we'll find out what's be...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 07:08
Caption: Patsy O'Brien (left) with Dick Hensold
Two Twin Cities-based Irish musicians, guitarist Patsy O'Brien and Northumbrian smallpipes player Dick Hensvold, stop by WTIP to play music for hos...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 55:58
Caption: The Lowest Pair
Kendl Winter is one-half of the group The Lowest Pair, playing banjo and guitar. From starting off in Arkansas surrounded by both orchestral and pu...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 13:04
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Marcia Hyatt is a leadership and life coach who provides a weekly feature on WTIP's North Shore Weekend titled "The Best of Ourselves," which explo...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
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Persistence can be developed. And it is critical for you to create a life that focuses on what matters most. In this episode are some times for c...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Pushing Chain, Boyd Blomberg (l.) & Adam Moe
Pushing Chain, the award-winning duo of Boyd Blomberg (guitar & vocals) and Adam Moe (fiddle & vocals), plays Americana roots music. They stopped b...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 40:23
Caption: Paul Imholte on the hammered dulcimer
St. Cloud-based musician Paul Imholte plays a wide variety of string instruments, including hammered dulcimer, banjo, fiddle, and many more. He joi...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 41:23
Caption: Cover of Zaspalo Je Siroce
Zaspalo Je Siroce, Croatian for "an orphan has fallen asleep", is the title of the new double album from Joe Paulik, produced by Al Oikari. It's th...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Common Ground, Credit: Dick Swanson
Common Ground is a relatively new musical trio in Cook County. Featuing Drew Heinonen on guitar and vocals, Jonathan Steckelberg on bass, and Bob L...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 26:23
Caption: Chris Gillis (l.) & Gordon Thorne
Cook County musicians Gordon Thorne (guitar) and Chris Gillis (keyboard) stopped by WTIP's Studio A recently for fun chat and great tunes...old and...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 44:28