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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A creative performance event that will celebrate the legacy of MN artist Bob Dylan through words and music.

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A series of radio segments about the physical/emotional/intellectual process of creating public art - tied to art in public space at KAXE’s studios - which will inspire and support local artists.

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Free concert with the Erik Koskinen band in Brainerd.

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A 2-day outdoor music festival held in downtown Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

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KAXE/KBXE's monthly journey to a chosen community or region in the listening area.

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On Live and Local, we hear performance and interviews from musicians who have swung by the KAXE/KBXE studios. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Live Event Series showcases the talents of Minnesota musicians. A local production of Northern Community Radio: KAXE - Grand Rapids and KBXE - Bemidji.

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A free outdoor concert held in downtown Bemidji.

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A free concert series at The Historic Chief Theater in Bemidji, Minnesota.

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Live concerts on KAXE


Latest Pieces

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Dig Deep is a podcast of KAXE/KBXE – with Chuck Marohn and Aaron Brown – Minnesota leaders with different perspectives digging into the way our tow...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 19:05
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Nik Nerburn is a documentary storyteller, a photographer, a blogger and a filmmaker. He's also the Greater Minnesota Outreach Associate for MNarti...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 10:46
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Today we welcomed MN author James Luger in our studios for the 1st Friday Cavalcade of the Arts. James has a new novel called "Lost in Dalat - The...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 13:19
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Carrie Dlutkowski is passionate about fiddle music - particularly the Scottich, French-Canadian and Metis styles which date back to the 17th and 18...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 11:56
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Bring Her Home: Stolen Daughters of Turtle Island is a collaborative, curated, traveling art exhibit featuring the works of 20 Indigenous artists f...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 13:27
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Steve Downing ponders about how weather professionals choose the words they use and if they might on occasion wax poetic without even intending to.

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2019
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
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We all get an extra hour today, whether we deserve it or not. I'm spending mine on Stay Human, watching the clock and winding the watch, with stori...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
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Today we were treated to a story from our friends Natasha and Nana Boozhoo and we learn the Ojibwe words Waagosh and Waabooz - the fox and the rabb...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2019
  • Length: 05:50
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Guitar great Bill Kirchen is featured on Stay Human - he's pictured here with volunteer music programmers Charlie Parson and Joan "Tunes" Downham, ...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 59:32
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What are our cultural assumptions about women’s relationship with power, influence and authority and how does this show up in the way we talk? ...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 21:50
  • Purchases: 1