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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Centerstage Minnesota featuring Minnesota artists in an eclectic mix of folk, rock, blues, jazz, and world music including Chastity Brown, Dessa, T...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:50:01
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Professor Jason Fitger returns and misadventures abound in Julie Schumacher's new novel "The English Experience."

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 10:11
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A.R. Frederiksen's short stories are atmospheric with lots of thrills and chills. A.R. Frederiksen is a writer from Denmark and former exchange st...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 09:05
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Writer Barry Babcock credits the Bonga family, descendants of an African slave, as being an important part of Northern Minnesota's history.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 06:21
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Award-winning and best-selling writer Jennifer Ackerman returns with a fascinating scientific investigation into owls.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 14:04
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The Pride Support Network and Bemidji Pride Committee host Bemidji Pride Aug. 25-27. Events include live music, a family-friendly drag show, an 18+...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 12:20
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What the devil? That’s the question asked this week on Stay Human, with stories from friends and neighbors about temptation, confession and how to...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:50
  • Purchases: 1
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We’re up in the air this week on Stay Human, with stories of flight instructors, bush pilots, passengers and even unidentified aerial phenomena – g...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Tune in for Stay Human, our weekly mix of music and stories, with northern Minnesota writers, poets and storytellers. This week, our theme is “Pas...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 1
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We're on the road this week on Stay Human. Friends and neighbors hit the highways and byways, across the Yukon, along the Natchez Trace -- road-tr...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 1