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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783 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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Clearwater County Historical Society features three unique schoolhouses: a log school built in the 1880s, a Works Progress Administration schoolhou...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:40
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Chris Holm is from Clearbrook and Bemidji, he says, is his third home. (Bagley is his second.) Holm will be celebrating the release of Ribbit Rhyth...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 10:19
  • Purchases: 1
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The Bemidji Symphony Orchestra is kicking off another concert season. They have a concert this Saturday at the Bemidji High School Auditorium. They...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 11:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Banned Books Week! Tammy Bobrowsky discusses banned and challenged books: Harry Potter, The Fault in Our Stars, Little Brother, And Tango Makes Thr...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:36
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Grant Frashier visits Mr. Ed's Farm in Hibbing, Minnesota.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 09:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing reviews exhibits at the Franklin Arts Center in Brainerd: “Phosphorescent Feelings Of An American Dream”, by Martin Nelson; “A Cut Ab...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing visits the University of Minnesota Duluth and reviews "Resurfaced and Reformed: Evolution in Studio Ceramics," and photography instal...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Doug Ohman is a Minnesotan photographer. His subject? History. He has several books published through the Minnesota Historical Society Press featur...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Francine Sterle is the author of "Nude In Winter," published in 2006 which was a LA Times Book of the Year finalist. She has also published two o...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:22
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Chris Julson grew up on a farm in South Dakota where he discovered underground radio. He played in a touring band. He spent fifteen years engineeri...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:36