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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7 Pieces

Local stories produced by KAXE/KBXE thanks to the generous support of contributors to the 1 day local journalism fundraiser.

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19 Pieces

A highlight of live music events for the upcoming week throughout the listening area along with a live music event and interviews.

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Two live, traveling, free music and spoken work events that highlight local musicians, writers, and storytellers, and support the local music scene.

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5 Pieces

The restoration and celebration of an extensive collection of rare vinyl recordings that showcase life and music in northern Minnesota.

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4 Pieces

Free concerts in KAXE's amphitheater on the Mississippi River.

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58 Pieces

NorthernCheapskate.com is frugal living website and radio feature from northern Minnesota dedicated to helping people save money every day.

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88 Pieces

'Northern Voices: Celebrating Ties to Minnesota's Northland,' shares sustainable practices, traditions, and indigenous and ancestral ways of life of Northern Minnesotans.

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18 Pieces

In the Nigaane Language Program at the Bug-O-Nay- Ge-Shig School near Bena, elementary students learn to speak the language of their ancestors.

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33 Pieces

We share stories from Our History during the Morning Show

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51 Pieces

Host Jim Gallagher covers canoe culture, people, adventurers, and crafters in Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


Latest Pieces

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John Latimer's weekly discussion on the rhythmic fluctuations in nature.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 54:23
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Heidi talks with MN author Catherine Friend about her new memoir "Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep & Enough Wool to Save the Planet."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 18:26
  • Purchases: 1
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A visit to the Clearwater County Historical Museum in Shevlin's old school to hear about the exhibit that focuses on women's place in area history.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Heidi Holtan talks with K.L. Malmquist about his latest novel "The Unraveling" a story set in northern Minnesota it's part adventure, part mystery ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 18, 2011
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Heidi Holtan talks with Erin Hart about her latest Nora Gavin mystery and her tour of the Kitchigami Regional Library System with husband and Irish...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 29:52
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Heidi Holtan talks with Kao Kalia Yang about her memoir that is not just a self examination. She examines the history of the Hmong people both in ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 15:35
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Aaron Brown digresses to trash talk for his essay about sports :)

  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:50
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When The Limns performed at the Blue Ox in Bemidji for KBXE's Spread the Love party, I sat down with them before the concert and recorded a convers...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Michael has a queasy feeling, as if he's already seen the future and where America is headed...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1