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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20 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 is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Possibilities". The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota p...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:53
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Kevin Zepper is an Associate Professor of English at Minnesota State University - Moorehead. He was recently awarded a writing residency at Starry ...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:25
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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: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:12
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Robert Dougherty from north St.Paul, Minn is a writer and a visual artist.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:07
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Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing director. She is widely published. Linda Back McKay is also a long time volunteer and ...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
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Giving the right gift for each person on a budget, you should consider a used gift. You can find great deals at thrift stores and garage sales.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
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How to make the holidays special when you or your family can not afford to travel and be together.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
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How do you decide which charities to give your money to and that it will make the most impact.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Brothers Burn Mountain, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 4/11/14
For more than eight years now, The Brothers Burn Mountain have been working in and around northern Minnesota. Their performances seem singular, and...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dave "Snaker" Ray, Credit: Dan Corrigan
In this edition of Centerstage Minnesota, we hear music from, Dave Ray, Bonnie Raitt, Nikki & the Ruemates, Midwest Paul Cook, Galactic Cowboy Orch...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:45:57
  • Purchases: 2