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

Power in the Wilderness: Dramatized episodes about Iron Range historical figure Victor Powers.

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213 Pieces

What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Hosted and produced by Tammy Bobrowsky.

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17 Pieces

Each Friday Morning we pull up a chair to one of member's kitchen table and get to know them a little better.

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8 Pieces

A series of interviews with artists that explores a community arts project addressing the aftermath of suicide.

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106 Pieces

Wordish is a writer-centered audio segment that features Minnesota artists reading original poems, short fiction and creative essays. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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21 Pieces

The next generation of youth making real, relevant radio.


Latest Pieces

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Calling Congress is like calling Bigfoot, even if you reach Bigfoot he's unlikely to change his mind because of the words you say (which he may not...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
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Ben Kyle of Romantica by Charlie Pulkrabek Ben Kyle has a lot going on these days. His band Romantica is set to release their highly anticipated t...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 32:51
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Tyler Blanski is a Minneapolis house painter who is a writer and painter. His book is called "Mud & Poetry - Love, Sex and the Sacred". Tyler grew ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 20:25
  • Purchases: 1
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The particular and universal state of mind of libraries is one of random discovery.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Guido has always been overly interested in books, and he tells about some of his favorite libraries.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Last week, Aaron's oldest son signed up for his first Library card... to them, the library is spoken about like a mythical place.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:41
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"Alicia Corbett" by Charlie Pulkrabek. When I first saw Alicia Corbett play, it was about 1993, soon after she’d arrived in Minnesota from norther...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 32:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby has exploded across northern MN, with the Babe City Rollers in Bemidji, and the Iron Range Maidens. Derby is a very...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMSU


  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 35:15
  • Purchases: 2
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People who show up make decisions, friends, playgrounds, art, history...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Human character might be defined by the actions and thoughts of an individual, but human progress is most often accomplished when individuals inter...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 02:23