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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The restoration and celebration of an extensive collection of rare vinyl recordings that showcase life and music in northern Minnesota.

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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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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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Gwen Nell Westerman, an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, is professor in english and director of humanities at Minnesota State Unive...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:12
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Larry Gavin teaches English at Faribault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press and he's a nationally ...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:57
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Shanthi Siva is originally from India, and now lives in Rochester Minnesota with her family. She has a Masters Degree in English Language and Liter...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:58
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Alyssa Joy is a student at Bemidji State University who is from North Minneapolis. Her poetry is an exploration of the painful struggle of human ex...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:02
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Teresa Evangeline spends her days on a little piece of land along the Pine River observing and experiencing the beauty of the world. Then, through...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:19
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Danny Klecko runs a bakery in Saint Paul. Many of his poems are written while he bakes for capitol city. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minn...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:54
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Steve Downing reviews the 12th annual 'It's Only Clay' juried exhibit at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji, Mn. Plus reviews from the Franklin Ar...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Steven Downing attended the 40th Birthday of MCA , Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. One of the oldest and most successful arts advocacy organizatio...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
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The Christopher David Hanson Band, Mason Jennings, Tree Party Sterling Roots, Dedric Clark, Diet Folk, Jim Miller, Javier & The Innocent Sons, The ...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 55:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Nigel Egg, Midwest Paul Cook, Aaron Tank, The Mark Kreitzer Band, Charlie Parr and the Black Twig Pickers, Holy Hootenanners, The Fattenin; Frogs, ...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 1