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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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...

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

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  • 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....

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
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Tammy Brown is the recipient of a 2011-2012 Loft Literary Center Mentor Series Award. She writes regularly for the Minnesota Women's Press and has ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
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Gail Rixen has been a finish carpenter, a health care aid, and she currently farms near Nebish, Minnesota. Rixen has published three books of poetr...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:22