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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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In the Field is a radio series dedicated to exploring people’s lives and the contributions people make to our shared cultural legacy through work.

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: Apr 17, 2023
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15 Pieces

WTIP is taking a deeper look at who we are as a community. Part of the effort is our commitment to learn more about the history of where we live here on the North Shore—from a time long before the first towns were established and the first European settlers arrived.

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: Oct 06, 2021
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1 Piece

“Keep it Wild” is a feature created exclusively for the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service.

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: May 01, 2024
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12 Pieces

Cilla Walford is a transplant from England who now lives in Grand Marais, Minnesota “Lady and the Scamp” begins when Cilla decides to take a sabbatical from her teaching job and take her ancient dog, Sarah on a few last adventures.

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: Feb 08, 2019
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10 Pieces

Lake County Journal is a monthly program featuring the culture and voices of Lake County, Minnesota.

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: Dec 16, 2014
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2 Pieces

This project focuses on the diverse cultural and historical aspects of life in the rich outdoor setting on the North Shore. It explores the history and current methods of hunting and trapping in the region.

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: Feb 11, 2020
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12 Pieces

WTIP North Shore Community Radio’s Local Music Project is a monthly program highlighting some of the many talented musicians that live and perform around the North Shore of Lake Superior. Each half-hour program will explore the artist’s roots, musical inspiration, and influences through in-depth interviews and examples of their music.

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: Sep 14, 2012
Caption: Vicki Biggs-Anderson
54 Pieces

Vicki lives with her husband, Paul, on a nearly 100-year-old homestead in Colvill, just North of Grand Marais, Minnesota. She shares this special place with six goats, one guard llama, about two dozen laying hens, a few difficult geese and ducks, seven angora rabbits, a house cat and one yellow Lab. In this series, Vicki shares her experiences and adventures in this magnetic place.

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: May 18, 2018
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18 Pieces

Joni Peterson produces these monthly spotlights that focus on some of the many women singers, songwriters, and musicians who have roots in Minnesota.

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: Sep 21, 2021
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17 Pieces

The North Shore is home to a rich history and diverse culture. In Moments in Time, WTIP North Shore Community Radio speaks with members of the community and region about their memories from different periods of our region's past to help foster an appreciation and understanding of the community in which we find ourselves today.

  • From: WTIP
  • Updated: Oct 18, 2012

Latest Pieces

Caption: Trapper's Cabin, Credit: c. Cook County Historical Society
The eleventh segment of “Walking the Old Road: The Story of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Chippewa” pieces together first-hand accounts to exp...

Bought by KSRQ, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and WGDR


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 3
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The big October windstorm blew down trees and brought an end to drought conditions along the North Shore. Jay Andersen, with WTIP North Shore Commu...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:02
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As the fall migration comes to a close, there are still some birds winging their way through the North Country. Jay Andersen, with WTIP North Shore...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bakers and their Bread, Credit: Cook County Historical Society
In the second installment of The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps, former CCC enrollees and construction foreman recall their experiences ...

Bought by KREV-LP and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 2
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As humans are tightening up their homes for winter, animals in the woods are getting ready for snow as well. Jay Andersen, with WTIP North Shore Co...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Brook trout are a native Minnesota fish and are found particularly in the northeast. Jay Andersen, with WTIP North Shore Community Radio, talks wit...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Vicki Biggs-Anderson shares her views on life inspired by happenings on her rural Minnesota homestead where she keeps busy tending to her many anim...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Chippewa Church Burial, Credit: Courtesy of the Cook County Historical Society
The tenth segment of “Walking the Old Road: The Story of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Chippewa” pieces together first-hand accounts to explor...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KSRQ, WGDR, and WDSE


  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
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With fall in the air, a moose’s thoughts turn to mating. Jay Andersen, with WTIP North Shore Community Radio, talks with local phenologist Chel And...

Bought by KSRQ, KSRQ, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 3
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As winter approaches beavers get busy building and storing. Spiders in an attempt to distance themselves from all the young they’ve birthed, take t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1