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.

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Segments that explore the meaning and lasting impact of Dylan’s work on the Minnesota music and literary scenes through the eyes of one or more other working musicians or writers. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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158 Pieces

A radio segment about Ojibwe language and culture that features puppets. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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121 Pieces

The Call of the Wild is a call to your heart. The call to the wild part of yourself that you want to express in the work that you do. Sometimes you can even make a living doing what you love. And sometimes you can’t, but you still do it. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Centerstage Minnesota showcases the talents of Minnesota musicians. A local production of Northern Community Radio: KAXE - Grand Rapids and KBXE - Bemidji. Also heard on KSRQ in Thief River Falls and on WTIP in Grand Marais.

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Centerstage Minnesota Features are value-added segments focusing on various aspects of Minnesota's music landscape, past and present. Centerstage Minnesota Features are produced by Nothern Community Radio, and are made possible by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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A focus on regional events, sites, and places and how they relate to the community.

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Coming Home: the Gary Burger Story is an hour-long documentary about the life and times of Gary Burger, former front man of The Monks. Produced by Milt Lee and written by Jamie Lee.

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This program contains state and local conversations on COVID-19.

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Stories from Northern Minnesota's arts and culture scene.

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Topical conversations about the history, present and future of Minnesota with our commentators Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.


Latest Pieces

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Steve Downing reflects on the growth of the First Friday Arts Walk in Grand Rapids, started in 2011.

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:41
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Steve Downing reviews the 2014 Tuesday Summer Concert Series in Grand Rapids.

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:54
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Steve Downing reviews the Daniel Kramer's photography exhibit on Bob Dylan taken in the mid 1960's.

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing discusses fly fisherman and poet, Larry Gavin and his recently published book of 34 poems, "The Initiation of Praise".

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 03:06
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Steve Downing reviews the recently renovated Minnesota Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. The hall is home to the Minneosta Orchestra.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 03:26
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Steve Downing attended a outdoor concert by Mr. B's Joybox Express. The Joybox Express was just commencing a 2000 mile long bike ride - from Lake I...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 03:52
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Steve Downing reviews the photography exhibit by Minneapolis artist, Terra Rathai. Terra's website calls it "extraordinary everyday" and is her fir...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Susan Carol Hauser is a poet, essayist, and natural history writer who recently retired from her position at Bemidji State University. She's won th...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
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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...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Jesse Dermody lives in the woods north of Duluth in a cabin right next to his brother Ryan's cabin. Together they are the band The Brothers Burn Mo...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:04