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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7 Pieces

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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1 Piece

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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5 Pieces

The restoration and celebration of an extensive collection of rare vinyl recordings that showcase life and music in northern Minnesota.

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4 Pieces

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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18 Pieces

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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33 Pieces

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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Joyce Sutphen, Minnesota's current Poet Laureate was one of the first contributors to Northern Community Radio's "The Beat". She's also one of five...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:31
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Poet, Athena Kildegaard, lives in prairie pothole country, her term for Morris, Minnesota, where she's a lecturer at the University of Minnesota. S...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:47
Caption: Southwest Village, Credit: Bickey Bender
Bickey Bender is a multi-media artist who lives in the Park Rapids area. She primarily works with papermaking, but has tried many artforms as a for...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 11:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Writer & Actress Felicia Day, Credit: Christina Gandolfo
Tammy Bobrowsky interviews actress, gamer, and head of Geek & Sundry Felicia Day on her new book, "You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)."

Bought by KVSC, WABE, and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 11:37
  • Purchases: 3
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Steve Downing reviews recent events at the new Watermark Art Center in Bemidji, Minnesota, including the Lin Enger reading & workshop, the annual m...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 03:50
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Grant Frashier reports on the Bovey Farmer's Day Parade in Bovey, Minnesota.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 09:11
  • Purchases: 1
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The Heart Goes Last, You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), Black Chalk, Fake Fruit Factory, The Art of Memoir, The Year of the Gorilla, The ...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:17
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Delina White, Lavender Hunt and Sage Davis are a family of beadwork artists. Delina has been beading since she was a girl, taught by her grandmothe...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 14:54
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Aaron Wenger is a retired educator, an engineer who became a teacher and helped transform Itasca Community College's engineering program. His inter...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Lowell Carpenter is one of the writers - and the director - of the original play "Walking the Tightrope." The play features stories from the Kirkbr...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 10:35
  • Purchases: 1