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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297 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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The Bo Conrad Spit Band, The Como Avenue Jug Band, The Fattenin' Frogs, Little Man, Ol' Yeller, D.B. Curtis and the Suspects, Fathom Lane, Bigtree ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 57:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Kitchi Boogie, Colleen Myhre, Mary Bue, Thea Ennen & The Algorythms, The Replacements, Reina Del Cid & The Cidizens, Dakota Dave Hull, Martin Devan...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:05
Caption: White Iron Band (Matt Pudas), Credit: Dragon Pheonix Photography
Formed in Ely, Minnesota, the White Iron Band's music delivers layered songs that pay homage to the best of outlaw country music with an irrepressi...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 58:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Dylan Hicks, Virgil Cane, Alison Scott, Brothers Burn Mountain, Jerree Small, Dave Frishberg, Connie Evingson, The Bad Plus (Joined By Wendy Lewis)...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 56:55
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Mary Bue, Brian Laidlaw, Kitchi Boogie, Miriam Tell, Diet Folk, The Electras, Aitas, John Wayne & The Pain, Wide Eyes, Magic Castles, Deformo

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 55:37
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Gear Daddies, Bill Dankert And The Real Austinaires, Actual Wolf, Reina Del Cid & The Cidizens, Bigtree Bonsai, Little Man, Teague Alexy, Southwire...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 57:25
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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: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Romantica, The Jayhawks, Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelless, Saint Anyway, Low, Greg Tiburzi, Actual Wolf, Faith Boblett, Green River Outfit, ...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:16