Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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Northern Community Radio is an independent, nonprofit organization that operates a unique community-based public radio station, KAXE and KBXE. NCR serves most of north central, northeastern and northwestern Minnesota with a 100,000-watt signal originating in Grand Rapids at 91.7 FM and a 50,000-watt signal in Bemidji at 90.5 FM. Northern Community Radio also operates translators in Brainerd at 89.9 FM and in Ely at 103.9 FM

Northern Community Radio is a different kind of radio. When you tune in NCR you hear northern Minnesota...its people, environment, communities, attitude. These are the "stars" of NCR programs. NCR is a place where people gather to dance to good music or to find out about the flowers in the ditches and the birds at their feeders. It's a place to learn about the world, laugh, meet good neighbors, and share ideas.

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10 Pieces

Local independent producer David McDonald recently returned to Grand Rapids, Minnesota after serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco from 2012 to 2014. During his service, he interviewed over 40 fellow Peace Corps Volunteers as well as recorded a fascinating variety of audio from all over Morocco.

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252 Pieces

Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice. As of July 1, 2015, Acoustic Stories will continue as Arts Review.

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1 Piece

Each week host Bobbie Kleffman talks with people who have a passion for horses.

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3 Pieces

A live style and fashion show produced by and including Anishinaabe and BIPOC designers and models and radio interviews with artists who participated.

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728 Pieces

Area Voices explores the arts, culture, and history of Northern Minnesota. Through in-depth interviews, hosts of Northern Community Radio's Morning Show connect listeners to the area's unique cultural heritage and the experience of life in northern Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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41 Pieces

Reviews from a wide variety of arts venues and events around Minnesota.

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61 Pieces

Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice about topics related to Minnesota arts culture and history. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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5 Pieces

The annual Bemijigamaag Powwow brings together natives and non-natives to celebrate the tradition of the powwow and community. Presented by Ampers and supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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148 Pieces

Between You and Me is our weekly get together, a mix of music and conversation. Including commentaries from regular contributors like Aaron Brown, Guido and The Last Word

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Segments that explore the meaning and lasting impact of Dylan’s work on the Minnesota music and literary scenes through the eyes of one or more other working musicians or writers. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


Latest Pieces

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Today, the Ojibwe words of the day are Sunset - "Bangishimo" and Sunrise - "Mooka'am". Nanaboozhoo recites a prayer in Ojibwe and Natasha translat...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:04
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This week on What We're Reading, Grand Rapids Area Library children's librarian Tracy Kampa shared two new picture books on tough topics for kids a...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 09:41
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Centerstage Minnesota featuring an interview with folk singer Drew Peterson and later a conversation with Haley about her latest album Hunca Munca...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:53:52
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A series of 14 large-scale portraits, Heidi Brueckner's life-sized works are composites in oils of surrealism and realism and have a collage-like f...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 11:31
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Today, the Ojibwe word of the day is “Mino Gigizheb” — good morning! Natasha has a good morning spending it outside and teaching us the proper way ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: :58
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In Katherine May's new book Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, she shares stories of her post-pandemic struggles and how she sought w...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 09:39
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Centerstage Minnesota featuring Minnesota artists in an eclectic mix of folk, rock, blues, jazz, and world music including Trampled by Turtles, Bro...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 01:49:21
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It’s Plan B this week on Stay Human – stories from friends and neighbors about dealing with the unexpected, out in the wilderness or up in an airpl...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Retired teacher William Tecku has been writing poetry on scrolls for the past 50 years, melding contemporary content with an antique medium. In th...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 11:23
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The watermark art center’s Miikinaan gallery is currently hosting a collaborative show that spans generations and modalities while making statemen...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 12:58