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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A creative performance event that will celebrate the legacy of MN artist Bob Dylan through words and music.

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A series of radio segments about the physical/emotional/intellectual process of creating public art - tied to art in public space at KAXE’s studios - which will inspire and support local artists.

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Free concert with the Erik Koskinen band in Brainerd.

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A 2-day outdoor music festival held in downtown Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

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KAXE/KBXE's monthly journey to a chosen community or region in the listening area.

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On Live and Local, we hear performance and interviews from musicians who have swung by the KAXE/KBXE studios. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Live Event Series showcases the talents of Minnesota musicians. A local production of Northern Community Radio: KAXE - Grand Rapids and KBXE - Bemidji.

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A free outdoor concert held in downtown Bemidji.

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A free concert series at The Historic Chief Theater in Bemidji, Minnesota.

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Live concerts on KAXE


Latest Pieces


  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:48

  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:00:00
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Steve Downing reviews the exhibit "Transitions," at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji, and the photography exhibit "Casa Hogar" by Brittany Fairb...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 03:32
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Julie Gard is a prose poet that lives in Duluth and teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She writes about art, travel, family, ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:19
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Danielle Cheri is a writer, musician and hip hop artist from Minneapolis. She's recorded her work and published a collection of short stories and p...

Bought by KRZA and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
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Mike Finley says about himself, "I'm a Minnesotan who has been writing forever. I seem to write poems that are simultaneously anxiety provoking and...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:24
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Bookseller Laura Hansen is a regular contributor to regional literary journals and has self published 2 poetry chapbooks. Her poetry has also been...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:01
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Steve Downing spotlights Alauna Yust and Karl Warnke, artists-in-residence in the old schoolhouse in Lengby, Minnesota.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 03:41
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Let's Be Less Stupid, Running From Office, Our Souls at Night, All the Light We Cannot See, Two Across, The Red Pencil, Mornings with Mailer, Hadri...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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Jeremiah Liend is a Bemidji native and creative. He's produced plays and screenplays, always with his trademark wit and a hint of parody. He's back...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 13:54
  • Purchases: 1