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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785 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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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: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
  • 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...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:10
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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.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:08
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
This is the fourth installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten prog...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Julie Johnson & the No-Accounts, Credit: Peter Lee
If you want to play the flute professionally it will, almost without variation, means you will be the caretaker of revered tradition, and you will ...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:42
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Aaron Brown and Nickolai Koivunen: Great Northern Radio Show - Crosby, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...

Bought by WTIP and WDSE


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Hounds of Finn: Irish Fair of Minnesota - 2013
In this hour of Minnesota Music we hear from new music from Hounds of Finn, and we go back a few years with Boiled In Lead. Also Davina & the Vagab...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:11
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Acoustic Smoke
Joseph Holt and Roy Hershberger traveled long distances, decades, on different musical paths before an off-the-cuff jam session sparked the the beg...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 2
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Dallas Crow's work has appeared in Tar River Poetry and Poet Lore. His book, "Small, Imperfect Paradise," is due out from Parallel Press this year....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
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LouAnn Shepard Muhm is a widely published poet and teacher living in northern Minnesota. She has been featured in the mnartists.org series "What Li...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:28