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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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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"BlackMaled by Toki Wright" by Doug MacRostie. Toki Wright is a hip-hop artist out of Minneapolis. Raised in a Buddhist household, and immersing hi...

Bought by KSRQ and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 23:28
  • Purchases: 2
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"The Color Pharmacy Fills My Prescription" By Doug MacRostie. The Color Pharmacy is definitely one of the most exciting bands out of Minnesota. The...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 40:36
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Doctor, 'The good news is they're naming a disease after you...' I know, not funny. Do you suffer from congenital optimism?

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
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There's a whole host of 'Good News/Bad News' jokes floating around on your finer after diner speech preparation websites...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
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Fifty years ago this month, President Dwight Eisenhower gave his farewell speech to the American people. Eisenhower's farewell address is considere...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 14:40
  • Purchases: 1
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"Love and Loneliness with Pieta Brown," by Doug MacRostie. Pieta Brown is a striking Poet-songwriter with a haunting voice and unmistakable style. ...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2011
  • Length: 23:47
Caption: Judy Hedblom's work 'Traveler Twins', an example of the form
Dan and Frances Hedblom create one-of-a-kind art objects with buffing and heat applied to copper panels. From AMPERS member station KAXE, Justin C...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2010
  • Length: 08:06
  • Purchases: 1
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"Music is Todd Clouser's Second Language" by Doug MacRostie. Todd Clouser's "A Love Electric" is an instrumental album with a lot to say. For some ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 36:09
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Joan Steffend is a Minnesota native known for her television work – first on KBJR in Duluth then KARE-11 in Minneapolis and on HGTV’s Decorating Ce...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 20:15
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There are really only two directions we can travel: back towards the familiar or out into the unknown.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1