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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Eyedea & Abilities, Sean Anonymous, BK-One w/ Benzilla, The Hang-Ups, The Jayhawks, Sonny Johnson, Erik Koskinen, Bob Bingham, Papa John Kolstad, C...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Tree Party, Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, Koerner, Ray & Glover, "Spider" Jon Koerner & Willie Murphy, Slamming Doors, Erik Koskinen, Brothers Burn ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Sonny Johnson, Brothers Burn Mountain, Slamming Doors, Erik Koskinen, Molly Maher and Her Disbelievers, Barbara Jean, Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 59:07
  • Purchases: 1
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The Christopher David Hanson Band, Slamming Doors, Useful Jenkins, Sonny Johnson, Legend of Gert, Enchanted Ape, Matt Ray & Those Damn Horses, Kind...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 59:05
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Terry Longtin, Larry Long, Useful Jenkins, Slamming Doors, The Jayhawks, Germaine Gemberling, Matt Ray & Those Damn Horses, Crankshaft & the Gear G...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:07
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Matt Ray, The Minor Planets, Kind Country Band, The Limns, Ipso Facto, Enchanted Ape, The Christopher David Hanson Band, High Drama Blues, Wanda Da...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 59:55
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Accoustic Smoke, Enchanted Ape, The Christopher David Hanson Band, Surf Monkeys, Tree Party, Howler, Bob Mould, Little Man, Haley Bonar, The Limns...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
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The Electras, Silverback Colony, 4On The Floor, Faith Boblett, Haley Bonar, Bigtree Bonsai, Actual Wolf, Charlie Parr, Nathan Miller and Unstoppabl...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 56:55
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Britt Aamodt is traveling along the route of the proposed Sandpiper pipeline that would bring North Dakota crude oil across northern MN to refineri...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WDSE


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 10:06
  • Purchases: 2
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Actual Wolf, Bigtree Bonsai, Soap, The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, Nathan Miller and Unstoppable Co., Fathom Lane, Charlie Parr, Kind Country Band, U...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 1