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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10 Pieces

Local independent producer David McDonald recently returned to Grand Rapids, Minnesota after serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco from 2012 to 2014. During his service, he interviewed over 40 fellow Peace Corps Volunteers as well as recorded a fascinating variety of audio from all over Morocco.

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252 Pieces

Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice. As of July 1, 2015, Acoustic Stories will continue as Arts Review.

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1 Piece

Each week host Bobbie Kleffman talks with people who have a passion for horses.

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8 Pieces

A live style and fashion show produced by and including Anishinaabe and BIPOC designers and models and radio interviews with artists who participated.

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783 Pieces

Area Voices explores the arts, culture, and history of Northern Minnesota. Through in-depth interviews, hosts of Northern Community Radio's Morning Show connect listeners to the area's unique cultural heritage and the experience of life in northern Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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41 Pieces

Reviews from a wide variety of arts venues and events around Minnesota.

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61 Pieces

Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice about topics related to Minnesota arts culture and history. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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5 Pieces

The annual Bemijigamaag Powwow brings together natives and non-natives to celebrate the tradition of the powwow and community. Presented by Ampers and supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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40 Pieces

Between You & Me Podcast will produce and create content relevant to the daily life and culture of Northern Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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148 Pieces

Between You and Me is our weekly get together, a mix of music and conversation. Including commentaries from regular contributors like Aaron Brown, Guido and The Last Word


Latest Pieces

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Ben Westlie graduated from Bemidji State University in 2006 with a BFA in Creative and Professional Writing. He's published three chapbooks of poet...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: John Gorka, Credit: Jos van Vliet
John Gorka's brother Cass had just taught John how to play a few chords when John Gorka began creating his own songs. Hanging around infamous coffe...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Aaron Tank, Jerree Small, Nolan John, Martin Devaney, Prudence Johnson & Dan Chouinard, Minnesota Klezmer Band, Patty And The Buttons, Brian Laidla...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Brothers Burn Mountain, Known Only Locally, Useful Jenkins, Jonathan Rundman, Little Man, Unbelievable Jolly Machine, The Brothers Burn Mountain, S...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Shangoya, Christine Rosholt, The Fattenin' Frogs, The Brothers Burn Mountain, Brothers Burn Mountain, Useful Jenkins, Slamming Doors, Pert Near San...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 1
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The Hold Steady, Brothers Burn Mountain, Crankshaft & The Gear Grinders, The Bad Companions, Javier & The Innocent Sons, Slamming Doors, Useful Je...

  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 55:13
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Useful Jenkins, The Slamming Doors, The Brothers Burn Mountain, Colleen Myhre, Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank, Davina And The Vagabonds, Rich Mattiso...

  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 55:46
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Sonya Kosler is a poet who lives in Dent, Minnesota. She belongs to the Lakes Area Story Guild, the National Storytelling Network, and the Northlan...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1