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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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
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Marsh Muirhead is a writer, a dentist, and a flight instructor. He is a winner and twice a finalist of The Great American Think Off. And he is the ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 03:07
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CarolAnn Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been a...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:56
Caption: Darin Bergsven - "Out of Nowhere"
This week we feature an interview with Duluth Jazz guitarist Darin Bergsven produced for Northern Community Radio by Producer Amy Clark. Northern C...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kellie Rhae Theiss
Kellie Rhae Theiss is an artist and writer living in Floodwood. She brings us this essay about a snapping turtle that that appears periodically on ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:55
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Caption: "Headaches Can Be Murder" by Marilyn Rausch and Mary Conlon
These two authors that met in a writing class at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis talk to Heidi Holtan about their new mystery thriller nove...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 18:48
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Caption: "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" by Stewart Van Cleve
Dan Sinykin provides a comprehensive of the historically illuminating new book "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" by Stewart Van ...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:48
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Caption: Susan Shurke, Credit: Britt Aamodt
Every weekend this summer, vacationers from all over Minnesota and beyond its borders have packed up the family car and headed north to Highway 1. ...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
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Caption: Steve Downing
Steve Downing recently attended the inaugural reading and crowning of Deborah Cooper as Duluth's fourth Poet Laureate. Steve recounts a brief histo...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:22
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Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1