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  • Prohibition began in 1920, banning all sales of alcoholic beverages, as defined by the Volstead Act. The quiet Northwood’s of Wisconsin became a haven for big city black market liquor production and smuggling.
  • In this episode, WXPR founder Peter Nordgren share the final steps it took to get WXPR 91.7 on the air, also known as what Mary Kay did to save the station.
  • In this episode, WXPR founder Peter Nordgren tells us about the support from the community that helped establish WXPR.
  • In the weeks leading up to Christmas 1944, Americans were tuned into newspaper headlines about a German offensive in the Ardenne forest of Belgium between Germany and France. One young soldier from Pelican Lake, would earn a bronze star in what became known as the Battle of the Bulge.
  • In this episode, WXPR founder Peter Nordgren tells us about the some of the many people that worked together to make WXPR possible.
  • In this episode, WXPR founder Peter Nordgren shares how the greater Rhinelander area was chosen for the home of WXPR.
  • In this episode, WXPR founder Peter Nordgren talks about some of the radio stations that inspired the idea of WXPR.
  • At the end of the famous book, Tarzan of the apes swoops in to rescue his beloved Jane Porter in the Northern Forests of Wisconsin. This part in the closing chapters of the book never made it into the dozen film adaptations produced over the decades, which is why most Northwoods folk aren’t quite familiar with that part of the adventure.
  • The Northwoods has seen its fair share of extreme weather, from blizzards to tornados, but one storm on Independence Day in 1977 swept across the region with such ferocity, it is still remembered vividly today.
  • The Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport has been fielding planes at its current location just west of Rhinelander since the early 40s. But Rhinelander’s aeronautical history goes all the way back to a flight that occurred in 1912.