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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A creative performance event that will celebrate the legacy of MN artist Bob Dylan through words and music.

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6 Pieces

A series of radio segments about the physical/emotional/intellectual process of creating public art - tied to art in public space at KAXE’s studios - which will inspire and support local artists.

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Free concert with the Erik Koskinen band in Brainerd.

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A 2-day outdoor music festival held in downtown Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

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KAXE/KBXE's monthly journey to a chosen community or region in the listening area.

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On Live and Local, we hear performance and interviews from musicians who have swung by the KAXE/KBXE studios. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Live Event Series showcases the talents of Minnesota musicians. A local production of Northern Community Radio: KAXE - Grand Rapids and KBXE - Bemidji.

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A free outdoor concert held in downtown Bemidji.

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A free concert series at The Historic Chief Theater in Bemidji, Minnesota.

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Live concerts on KAXE


Latest Pieces

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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: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
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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 13, 2014
  • Length: 09:21
  • Purchases: 2
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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 WDSE and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 09:11
  • Purchases: 2
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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 WDSE and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 2
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Britt Aamodt talks with John Bauer and Heidi Holtan about where she went and the people she met along the proposed sandpiper pipeline.

Bought by WDSE and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
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Roe Family Singers, Charlie Parr, Faith Boblett, Bigtree Bonsai, Kitchie Boogie, More Than Lights, John Wayne & The Pain, The Premiums, Ipso Facto,

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 57:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Chastity Brown, John Mark Nelson, Actual Wolf, Erik Koskinen, Haley Bonar, Jeremy Messersmith, US, Bigtree Bonsai

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 54:08
  • Purchases: 1
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The Bad Plus, Happy Apple, Max J, Spymob, Actual Wolf, Fathom Lane, Roe Family Singers, Martin Devaney, Hounds Of Finn, Perry Windecker, Christoph...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Javier Matos, Javier & The Innocent Sons, Charlie Parr, The Jayhawks, Faith Boblett, Uncle Shurley, Maryann Sullivan, Sam Miltich & Dave Karr, Wan...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Capitol Sons, Run Westy Run, Bob Mould, Howler, Erik Koskinen, Barbara Jean, Silverback Colony, Brothers Burn Mountain, Robert Leo Newton, Disaster...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 58:02