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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10 Pieces

Power in the Wilderness: Dramatized episodes about Iron Range historical figure Victor Powers.

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213 Pieces

What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Hosted and produced by Tammy Bobrowsky.

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17 Pieces

Each Friday Morning we pull up a chair to one of member's kitchen table and get to know them a little better.

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8 Pieces

A series of interviews with artists that explores a community arts project addressing the aftermath of suicide.

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106 Pieces

Wordish is a writer-centered audio segment that features Minnesota artists reading original poems, short fiction and creative essays. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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21 Pieces

The next generation of youth making real, relevant radio.


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