Contact Mark at (218) 683-8587 for more information.

We’re looking for volunteers to host during our daytime music mix. Time slots for specialty programs are available evenings and weekends.

Polka fans are invited to DJ on our Pioneer PolkaCast!

Love oldies music? We’re also looking for volunteer hosts on our streaming HD Radio station, Neon 90.

FEBRUARY
• 1st – David Johnson Vintage SnoCat Spectacular 9am – 4pm @ Roseau Event Center (Former Eagles Building)

• 8th – Zippel Bay State Park (Baudette) Candlelight Ski & Snowshoe Event 4pm – 8pm

• 8th – 53rd Annual Strathcona Ice Oval Races 11am Strathcona Race Track

• 15th – Sweet Sixteen Snowmobile Show Registration 9am, Show 10am – 2pm. Lunch, Trail Ride, Games. Main Street, Greenbush

• 15th – Springsteel & Warroad Chamber Fish Derby Noon – 3pm

• 21st – Thief River Falls Concert Association – Terry Barber Trio LHS Auditorium, Thief River Falls

• The University of Minnesota Crookston will host a public “Snow Sculpting” on Saturday, January 25 at 10:00 am, featuring lead sculptors Trey Everett and Gary Stegman.  Faculty, staff as well as the entire Crookston Community are welcome to assist, at Parking Lot G, near the Kiehle Building. 

• UMC presents a live comedy show featuring Feraz Ozel on Wednesday February 5^th at 7:00 pm in Kiehle Auditorium on campus.  The event is open to the public.

• On Sunday, January 26^th the University of North Dakota Honor Band, Women’s Honor Choir, Mixed Honor Choir, and Honor Strings Ensemble will present their concert at 1:30 p.m. in the Chester Fritz Auditorium on the UND campus.

• Bemidji State University’s 5th Annual JazzFest will be held on Friday, February 7th at 7:30 pm.  The annual JazzFest consists of high school jazz bands from across the region and will feature Tim Aucoin, a nationally recognized music educator and bassist, and Kenni Holmen, one of the most active recording and touring musicians from the Twin Cities.  All the festival’s daytime events are free and open to the public. The evening concerts begin at 7:30 p.m.

• Bemidji’s Sanford Center will host the Bemidji Community Theater’s performance of “Murder Ahoy” – an interactive Mystery Dinner Theater – in the Sanford ballrooms on Thursday, February 20^th at 5:30, or Friday, February 21^st at 6:30

• The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council is hosting a Winter Fantasy Art Show in conjunction with Ice Fest 2020 in Thief River Falls. The show will be exhibited on January 12 from 11 am to 2 pm in the lobby of the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls. The exhibit will then move to the gallery at Northland Community and Technical College through February.

• The next live performance of the “Sunday in the Galleries” music series at the Museum of Art in Grand Forks is Sunday, January 19th at 2:00pm.  The Italian Saxophone Quartet will be featured.  Tickets are available at the door or by contacting the North Dakota Museum of Art at 701-777-4195.  The Museum of Art is located at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.

• The 46^th Annual “Ag-a-Rama” will be held at the University of Minnesota in Crookston on Saturday, January 25^th with contests in agronomy, animal science, horticulture, agricultural business, and natural resources.

• A “Community Variety Show” will be held in Bagley, MN High School auditorium on Sunday, January 12th from 3 until 5 pm.  The show will have a variety of musical acts, dancers, and a splash of comedy.
  
  

In 1972, the news that a professional film crew would put Thief River Falls, Minnesota, some of its residents, and its chief export – the Arctic Cat Snowmobile – on the big screen, captured the imagination of the town. In the weeks leading up to the premiere, the TRF Times printed articles and photos of the movie’s stars, including Lance Hendrickson, who would later star in the “Terminator” films. The movie’s theme song, written by Dale Menten of the Twin Cities, was heard often on KTRF-AM. “It Ain’t Easy” was reported at the time to be the first feature film made completely in Minnesota. Aspiring filmmaker Maury Hurley wrote and directed the film. He would go on to write screenplays for “Miami Vice” and “Star Trek The Next Generation.” Pioneer 90.1’s production of “Premiere ’72” was made possible by the MN Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.