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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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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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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Every First Friday, Area Voices Producer Katie Carter digs around to find out what art events are going on around the region, Today she hooked us u...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 10:58
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Ashley Kolka-Lee's passion for her small scale, intricately detailed collages that depict life in rural Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan began wit...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 12:13
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It’s the beginning of fall here in northern Minnesota, and Paddle Minnesota, producer Jim Gallagher talks with band members from the Leech Lake In...

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
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This Youth in Radio Podcast features Dom Nalan and Andy Fox interviewing Grand Rapids High School instructor Melissa Ewen about the International B...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2019
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 1
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What does the Boundary Waters mean to you? Stay Human shares canoe adventure stories from Sue Searing and Jim Rack, and a visit with a four-generat...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
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Centerstage Minnesota features Minnesota artists in an eclectic mix of folk, rock, blues, jazz, and world music. This week includes a conversation ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:41:09
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The Beltrami County Historical Society will host the second annual melodrama fundraiser Thursday, August 29th at the Beltrami County Fairgrounds. ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 07:57
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Bemidji 10th grader Charlotte Saxton took home first prize in the 15-25 year age bracket of the Bemidji Sings! competition earlier this month with ...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 09:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Centerstage Minnesota features Minnesota artists in an eclectic mix of folk, rock, blues, jazz, and world music. This week I talk with Amy and Adams.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:53:42
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Deathtrap is a dark comedy coming to the Reif Center in Grand Rapids. Auditions are tonight, tomorrow night and Saturday morning… We spoke with di...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 13:33