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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10 Pieces

Power in the Wilderness: Dramatized episodes about Iron Range historical figure Victor Powers.

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213 Pieces

What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Hosted and produced by Tammy Bobrowsky.

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17 Pieces

Each Friday Morning we pull up a chair to one of member's kitchen table and get to know them a little better.

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8 Pieces

A series of interviews with artists that explores a community arts project addressing the aftermath of suicide.

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106 Pieces

Wordish is a writer-centered audio segment that features Minnesota artists reading original poems, short fiction and creative essays. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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21 Pieces

The next generation of youth making real, relevant radio.


Latest Pieces

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Danielle Stone is an oil painter. She belongs to the Leech Lake Art League, a group that meets every week to paint, critique, and collaborate with ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 1
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The Fosston Community Library & Arts Association is an ambitious group. They offer music lessons, run a mixed media gallery, and operate the 150-se...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 1
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North Star Stampede, Effie Rodeo, Effie, Minnesota

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Jill Dermody is currently working on the third draft of her book, "The Skyrian Memoirs", about her experience volunteering on a horse farm in Greec...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 01:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Anthony Swann has written a novel about jazz people in the Twin Cities in the early 1960's. He like physical books and coffeehouses. And Anthony Sw...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 01:39
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Aaron Wenger is a retired educator. He is an engineer that became an educator. He is KAXE's staff physicist, and a poet. A daily reminder that, in ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: :54
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Jennifer Sporcich lives in Minneapolis with her two dogs and two parakeets. She received a BFA from the school of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: :57
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Todd Boss grew up on a cattle farm in Wisconsin, and lives now in St. Paul. His two books of poetry have won rave reviews from all over. His second...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 01:37
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Troy Rogers is a Minnesota-based musician and composer, working primarily with robots of his own design. Troy travels the country teaching robotics...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 2
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TigerLion Arts is on tour with 'Nature,' the retelling of Emerson and Thoreau's shared love of the outdoors. TigerLion Arts is well-known for their...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 08:04
  • Purchases: 3