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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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: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:55
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The literal translation of Julia Helene Oxenreider is: Youthful, changing soft-haired sunlight riding ox. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Min...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:56
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Sadly, Slim Dunlap, the second guitar player for The Replacements, has been suffering from serious health issues stemming originally from a stroke....

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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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...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
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Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. The Beat is a daily...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:37
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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: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
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John Bauer does not call himself a poet, but he reads and listens to poetry and he does that with a highly developed artist's sensibility. One year...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:18
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Trampled By Turtles, Little Man, Actual Wolf, Saint Anyway, The Lowest Pair, Sonny Johnson, Barbara Jean, Dead Man Winter, Erik Koskinen, Frankie L...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 57:18
  • Purchases: 1
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Aurora Baer, Prest Asbestus, Charlie Parr, Spider John Koerner, "Spider" John Koerner & Willie Murphy, Brian Laidlaw, The Slamming Doors, Actual W...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 1