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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10 Pieces

Local independent producer David McDonald recently returned to Grand Rapids, Minnesota after serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco from 2012 to 2014. During his service, he interviewed over 40 fellow Peace Corps Volunteers as well as recorded a fascinating variety of audio from all over Morocco.

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252 Pieces

Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice. As of July 1, 2015, Acoustic Stories will continue as Arts Review.

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1 Piece

Each week host Bobbie Kleffman talks with people who have a passion for horses.

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8 Pieces

A live style and fashion show produced by and including Anishinaabe and BIPOC designers and models and radio interviews with artists who participated.

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789 Pieces

Area Voices explores the arts, culture, and history of Northern Minnesota. Through in-depth interviews, hosts of Northern Community Radio's Morning Show connect listeners to the area's unique cultural heritage and the experience of life in northern Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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41 Pieces

Reviews from a wide variety of arts venues and events around Minnesota.

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61 Pieces

Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice about topics related to Minnesota arts culture and history. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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5 Pieces

The annual Bemijigamaag Powwow brings together natives and non-natives to celebrate the tradition of the powwow and community. Presented by Ampers and supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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40 Pieces

Between You & Me Podcast will produce and create content relevant to the daily life and culture of Northern Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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148 Pieces

Between You and Me is our weekly get together, a mix of music and conversation. Including commentaries from regular contributors like Aaron Brown, Guido and The Last Word


Latest Pieces

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Anton Treuer helped get the grassroots Truth and Reconciliation group up and running in Bemidji. The group meets regularly to talk about race and t...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WGZS


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 3
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Filmmaking isn't necessarily what Minnesota's Iron Range is known for, but Ironbound Studios hopes to change that. The studios opened their doors e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 15:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Annie Humphrey was born in Northern Minnesota on the Leech Lake Reservation. She grew up making Northern Minnesota a more musical place. Annie is a...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 18:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing visits the Artists In Residence room at Old Central School in Grand Rapids, and reviews the magical-realism Native flora and fauna wo...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 04:14
Caption: Jessica Ross
Jessica Ross has been painting the town of Fisher, Minnesota for years. She’s painted farm logos on tractors, created a mural for Fisher High Schoo...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Gwen Nell Westerman, an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, is professor in english and director of humanities at Minnesota State Unive...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:28
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Larry Gavin teaches English at Faribault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press and he's a nationally ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:07
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Francis Larson holds an MA in English as a second language with an interest in arts integration and language acquistion and he currently teaches Fr...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:48
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Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing writer and director in the Twin Cities. Her most recent books are "The Next Best Thing...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:47
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Alex Stolis has been a janitor, a counselor, a waiter, a bartender, a housekeeper, a salesman, a cook, a criminal, and has been, and a never was. T...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:02