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 

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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8 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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787 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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40 Pieces

Between You & Me Podcast will produce and create content relevant to the daily life and culture of Northern Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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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


Latest Pieces

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Nemeth Art Center’s Executive Director Mark Weiler joins Area Voices to talk about the upcoming year at the Park Rapids center featuring a Youth Ar...

  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 13:12
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KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Rich Mattson & The Northerstars with the Northeast Timberland Band, the 2nd Annual Women of the Bl...

  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
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Centerstage Minnesota featuring an interview with MorningBird, an Iron Range band, playing music from their new album Echoes in the Meadow. Also hi...

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  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 01:45:32
  • Purchases: 1
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For Memorial Day weekend, Stay Human contributors think about how we remember the people we’ve lost – at wakes, in eulogies, by lighting candles, a...

  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:09
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KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features The Anishinaabe Arts & Music Fest, Brothers Burn Mountain, Charley Wagner & Debbie Center, and The...

  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 02:10
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Travis Zimmerman and his illustrator cousin, Sam Zimmerman, turned one of their grandmother's recorded stories into a book: “How the Birds Got Thei...

  • Added: May 22, 2024
  • Length: 14:05
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Centerstage Minnesota featuring an interview with Minnesota born musician Verskotzi about his new album Shiring, and highlighting Minnesota artists...

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  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:46:51
  • Purchases: 1
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“Naytahwaush: Faces, Stories, and Artists Exhibition” opens at the Gizhiigin Arts Incubator in Mahnomen on Saturday, May 18. Curator Kent Estey joi...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 16:07
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KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Mae Simpson & Erik Koskinen, Drew Peterson, Brothers Burn Mountain, Corey Medina & Brothers and Te...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 02:10
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KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Sam Miltich and Briand Morrison, Colleen "Boss Mama" Myhre and Aurora Baer, Caleigh and The Intern...

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 02:10