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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296 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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Patricia Kirkpatrick lives in St. Paul and teaches at Hamline University. She's won awards and fellowships from the McKnight, Jerome, Bush, and Wil...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
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Susan Carol Hauser is a poet, essayist, and natural history writer who recently retired from her position at Bemidji State University. She's won th...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
Caption: Dave King
Dave King is a highly accomplished drummer primarily working in the Jazz genre, though he is also in the Minneapolis pop band Halloween Alaska, and...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kellie Rhae Theiss
Kellie Rhae Theiss is an nature artist and writer that lives in Floodwood. Kellie spends a lot of her time observing nature. Sometimes she wonders ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Peter Ostroushko
The fifth installment of "Sam and Friends" has Sam Miltich talking with well known Ukrainian-American mandolin and fiddle player Peter Ostroushko. ...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: "Prairie Silence" by Melanie Hoffert
Minnesota author Melanie Hoffert's new book deals with the persistent ties one raised in a rural community may feel years later, even after their l...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 15:11
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dan Sinykin
Dan Sinykin is a writer and frequent contributor of essays and book reviews to Northern Community Radio. I this essay Sinykin presents a contemplat...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dan Sinykin
Dan Sinykin is a writer and frequent contributor of essays and book reviews to Northern Community Radio. In "Christmas In A Swamp" Sinykin recounts...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
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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: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1