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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786 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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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She belongs to Heartland Poets in Brainerd,...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:51
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Here's another of the poems we have in our library now, written and read by Joyce Sutphen, Minnesota's Poet Laureate.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:13
Caption: Marley Kaul Lily Patch, Credit: (c) Marley Kaul
Marley Kaul is a Bemidji artist and professor emeritus of Bemidji State University. His new book "Letters to Isabella" features 77 full-page egg te...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 11:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Some things are hard to talk about. They hit too close to home, or make us uncomfortable, or we just don’t know how to start the conversation. A gr...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WGZS


  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Tammy Bobrowsky reviews books with recent or upcoming movie adaptations, including listener-reader reviews: A Walk in the Woods, Room, The Devil in...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 06:49
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Steve Downing reviews Mozart's "The Magic Flute" at the DECC Symphony Hall in Duluth, presented by the Minnesota Opera; and the second annual "Peas...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:48
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Steve Downing reviews Todd Herbert's "Selected Works, 1999-2014" at the Talley Gallery at Bemidji State University; The Annual Members Show at the ...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:43
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A lot of us are familiar with Will Weaver and his books, novels, short stories and his writing for young adult readers. Will is an author and a pro...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 10:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Scott Lykins and John Taylor Ward have helped to make northern Minnesota a more musical place for several years. They co-founded the Lakes Area Mus...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 1
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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 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:24