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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16 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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Steve Downing reviews the Headwaters Festival of Poetry and Haiku in Bemidji, the Great Northern Radio show in Park Rapids and the Minnesota Orches...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing reviews two exhibits at the Franklin Arts Center in Brainerd. "After Hours" by several tatoo artists and "Dense Macabre" by Steven Mc...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Actual Wolf - Great Norhern Radio Show: Grand Rapids, MN, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek
Eric Pollard has been an integral part of some key Minnesota bands including Retribution Gospel Choir, Sun Kil Moon, and the world renown Low. Poll...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Brandon Chase, Britt Aamodt, Heidi Holtan
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:55
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Tree Party, Brett Larson, Dedric Clark & the Social Animals, Tea And Sympathy, The Christopher David Hanson Band, Little Man, Howler, Space Monster...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Holy Hootenanners, The Jayhawks, Tisdales, The Honeydogs, Mark Olson, Annie Humphrey, Wanda Davis, Rhonda Laurie and Sidewalk Cafe, Fever Dream, S...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
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Spymob, Magic Castles, Fathom Lane, D.B. Curtis & the Suspects, Jayhawk, Tea & Sympathy, Brian Laidlaw, Pat Lenertz Band, The Valdons

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Jim Miller, Murzik, Alicia Corbett, Sonny Johnson, Mark & Gary, Known Only Locally, Carl Baer

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:40
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The Pines, Tea And Sympathy, Bluebird, Carl Baer, Steve Kaul & the Brass Kings, The Slamming Doors, Bigtree Bonsai, Chris Mars, Dave "Snaker" Ray, ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 59:19
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Monroe Crossing, The Brass Kings, Robert One-Man Johnson, Bob Bingham, Tree Party, Dedric Clark & the Social Animals, Bigtree Bonsai, Jayhawks, Th...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 56:38