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

Power in the Wilderness: Dramatized episodes about Iron Range historical figure Victor Powers.

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213 Pieces

What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Hosted and produced by Tammy Bobrowsky.

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17 Pieces

Each Friday Morning we pull up a chair to one of member's kitchen table and get to know them a little better.

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8 Pieces

A series of interviews with artists that explores a community arts project addressing the aftermath of suicide.

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106 Pieces

Wordish is a writer-centered audio segment that features Minnesota artists reading original poems, short fiction and creative essays. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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21 Pieces

The next generation of youth making real, relevant radio.


Latest Pieces

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Charmaine Donovan makes her living as a Chemical Dependency Counselor in the Brainerd area. She's a member of numerous regional and national writer...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:41
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:12
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Originally from the Finger Lakes area of New York state. She's a world traveler who settled in at the University of Michigan for her BFA degree in ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:06
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Ryan Vine is a Duluth poet. He is a Professor of English at the College of St. Scholastica. And Ryan Vine has been widely published including in su...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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Low, Midiots, Two Many Banjos, Charlie Parr, Frankie Lee, Ol' Yeller, Erik Koskinen, Soul Asylum, Slamming Doors, The Fatten' Frogs, Cory Wong

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:06
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Sharon Chmielarz has been published in literary magazines nationwide. Chmielarz has published travel memoirs and three children's picture books. An...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:41
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Spymob, Bigtree Bonsai, Bellwether, Romantica, Saint Anyway, Monroe Crossing, Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank, Sasha Mercedes, Connie Evingson, Purde...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Julie Hathaway grew up on farm in southeastern Minnesota, and currently lives in Rochester. She's been writing for as long as she can remember, but...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:12
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Saint Anyway, Kitchi Boogie, Wayne Suchy, Erik Koskinen, Little Man, Faith Boblett, Bill Dankert, Glenrustles, The 4ontheFloor, Run Westy Run, Fat...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 56:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Nikki & The Ruemates, Javier & The Innocent Sons, D.B. Curtis & The Suspects, Monroe Crossing, The Minor Planets, Sara Thomsen, Blake Thomas, Gyps...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1