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.

Series

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Local stories produced by KAXE/KBXE thanks to the generous support of contributors to the 1 day local journalism fundraiser.

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19 Pieces

A highlight of live music events for the upcoming week throughout the listening area along with a live music event and interviews.

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Two live, traveling, free music and spoken work events that highlight local musicians, writers, and storytellers, and support the local music scene.

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The restoration and celebration of an extensive collection of rare vinyl recordings that showcase life and music in northern Minnesota.

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Free concerts in KAXE's amphitheater on the Mississippi River.

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58 Pieces

NorthernCheapskate.com is frugal living website and radio feature from northern Minnesota dedicated to helping people save money every day.

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88 Pieces

'Northern Voices: Celebrating Ties to Minnesota's Northland,' shares sustainable practices, traditions, and indigenous and ancestral ways of life of Northern Minnesotans.

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18 Pieces

In the Nigaane Language Program at the Bug-O-Nay- Ge-Shig School near Bena, elementary students learn to speak the language of their ancestors.

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33 Pieces

We share stories from Our History during the Morning Show

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51 Pieces

Host Jim Gallagher covers canoe culture, people, adventurers, and crafters in Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


Latest Pieces

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Today on Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo we hear a story from Natasha and Nana Boozhoo. This Ojibwe language podcast is created by Michael Lyons and supporte...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 06:14
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Today, we’re celebrating the life of master canoe builder Joe Seliga, captured in a new children’s book “Canoeman Joe”. Jim Gallagher talks with ...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 13:43
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Close to Home visited the Pumpkin Patch at Cowhorn Crossing Farm near Grand Rapids for a day of fun. Do you have your pumpkin yet?

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
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We hear about a fun and charming new children’s book, Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum, by Andrew Joyner; Bemidji community member Rucha Ambikar on growing...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:51
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The National Endowment for the Arts awards 75 Big Read programs annually across the country. The Big Read program is a shared community reading exp...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
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In 1940s Winchester, England, a woman tries to find her place in the world after great loss in the aftermath of the Great War.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:13
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Contributor Andrew Dziengel talks with movie expert Brian Raftery about his new book Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:09
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Children’s book writer and illustrator Andrew Joyner has written and illustrated over 40 children's books including The Pink Hat, and The Duck & th...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 09:39
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Rucha Ambikar is a professor of sociology at Bemidji State University. Hear our talk about books and reading, what a childhood in India filled with...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 13:51
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Centerstage Minnesota features Minnesota artists in an eclectic mix of folk, rock, blues, jazz, and world music.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:20