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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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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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:25
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Steve Downing attends the 3rd Annual Rural Arts & Culture Summit at the Univ of Minn-Morris. His view on arts? Art is thriving in rural Minnesota.

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing attends an photography exhibit by Scott Dalquist at Ripple River Gallery in Deerwood. Also a visit to the Jacques Art Center in Aitki...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing reviews the 2015 Duluth Dylan Fest and the Poetry Showcase with poets Jim Johnson and Sheila Packa and among others. Also a review of...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing visits Native North American artist, Leah Yellowbird, at the Artists in Residence Studio at the Old Central School in Grand Rapids.

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 03:11
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Steve Downing attended "Porters & Poetry" at MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids. The event was hosted by the "Uncommon Loons". He also viewed a p...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing reviews an exhibit "Recent Works" by Marley Kaul at the Wild Hare Bistro in Bemidji. Also a visit to the new Talley Gallery on the c...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 03:32
  • 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...

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
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CarolAnn Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been a...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:23
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Brian Beatty is a Minneapolis poet, who's work has appeared in numerous print and online publications. He's also hosted a literary podcast for mnar...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:37