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

Caption: Soudan Iron Formation - Banded Iron, 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. ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 4
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:39
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Amy Clark is a native Iowan and recent transplant to Northern Minnesota. She is a poet, essayist, university instructor, and sometimes producer fo...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:20
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Jon Dallas is a poet living in Chisholm, Minnesota. Jon's poetry has appeared in the New Orleans Review, Green Mountain Review, Antigonish Review, ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:54
Caption: Sasha Mercedes, Credit: Rachel Schroeder
Sasha Mercedes is a talented singer/songwriter that grew up in northern Minnesota, and currently makes her home in Minneapolis. Her story is very i...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:32
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Sonya Kosler is a poet who lives in Dent, Minnesota. She belongs to the Lakes Area Story Guild, the National Storytelling Network, and the Northlan...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
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Mark Conway is a 2012 recipient of an artist initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. And he is the Director of the Literary Arts Inst...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:50
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Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. The Beat is a daily...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:15
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Lorie Yourd is a retired educator and a dedicated advocate for the arts living in the Bemidji area. Here she reads her poem "Broadband." The Beat i...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:47