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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10 Pieces

A series that documents stories told by people affected by the pandemic.

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113 Pieces

Realgoodwords : conversations with Minnesota writers that explore the stories and the inspiration behind them.

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296 Pieces

This program consists of guest essays from local writers and essayists, read by the writer. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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2 Pieces

A look into the personal histories, stories, and notable contributions of MN indigenous women. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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56 Pieces

A look into the impact of women leaders and women's leadership roles in Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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12 Pieces

A lot was happening the summer of 1967. In this series, Producer Grant Frashier looks back at ten events of the summer of love and tells the history around it in 90 seconds.

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10 Pieces

The Arts in Northern MN

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852 Pieces

A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day.

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29 Pieces

The Great Northern Radio Show is a live stage production featuring musicians, storytellers, history, radio theater, and plenty of local flavor from the communities of Northern Minnesota.

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51 Pieces

Phenology is the rhythmic, biological nature of events as they relate to climate.


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