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 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...

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Here's Sara Breeze reading a poem to her students as she gets them ready to think about and to write metaphorical poetry.

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Originally from the Finger Lakes area of New York state. She's a world traveler who settled in at the University of Michigan for her BFA degree in ...

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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...

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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...

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Charlie Pulkrabek is a design artist, an educator and a radio programmer. A long time volunteer at Northern Community Radio, who is now on the staf...

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Dean Brooks graduated from Bemidji State University in 2012 with a degree in Creative Writing. He looks for inspiration in dusty corners, early mor...

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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...

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Gary Lee Joyner is a musician, visual artist, and poet from the Twin Cities. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Mi...

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Sharon Chmielarz has been published in literary magazines nationwide. Chmielarz has published travel memoirs and three children's picture books. An...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
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