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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10 Pieces

Local independent producer David McDonald recently returned to Grand Rapids, Minnesota after serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco from 2012 to 2014. During his service, he interviewed over 40 fellow Peace Corps Volunteers as well as recorded a fascinating variety of audio from all over Morocco.

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252 Pieces

Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice. As of July 1, 2015, Acoustic Stories will continue as Arts Review.

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1 Piece

Each week host Bobbie Kleffman talks with people who have a passion for horses.

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8 Pieces

A live style and fashion show produced by and including Anishinaabe and BIPOC designers and models and radio interviews with artists who participated.

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783 Pieces

Area Voices explores the arts, culture, and history of Northern Minnesota. Through in-depth interviews, hosts of Northern Community Radio's Morning Show connect listeners to the area's unique cultural heritage and the experience of life in northern Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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41 Pieces

Reviews from a wide variety of arts venues and events around Minnesota.

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61 Pieces

Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice about topics related to Minnesota arts culture and history. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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5 Pieces

The annual Bemijigamaag Powwow brings together natives and non-natives to celebrate the tradition of the powwow and community. Presented by Ampers and supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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40 Pieces

Between You & Me Podcast will produce and create content relevant to the daily life and culture of Northern Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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148 Pieces

Between You and Me is our weekly get together, a mix of music and conversation. Including commentaries from regular contributors like Aaron Brown, Guido and The Last Word


Latest Pieces

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If a bog belches and no one is there to hear it does it make a sound? That’s the secret and the question behind a new picture book for children cal...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 07:36
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Michael has a fear of the news...call it: infobia.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
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By Doug MacRostie. Everyone once in a while you hear something that truly stands out; it'll get into your head and make your inner-animal instinc...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 32:44
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The Battle of Sugar Point on Leech Lake: northern MN historian, Cecelia McKeig, talks about the causes of the last 19th century armed conflict betw...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 2
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At what point does gusto turn into glutony?

Bought by KSRQ and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Guido lives with three creatures who, as far as he can tell, think constantly, unabashedly, about the next meal...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:39
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Even when your cave is full of hazel nuts and half a deer carcass, sometimes you just need honey.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:49
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A Grand Rapids man recently wrote and illustrated a picture book about a cowboy… a cowboy who finds himself a pawn in a parlor game between God a...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and mnartists.org


  • Added: Oct 07, 2010
  • Length: 11:27
  • Purchases: 2
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Think you have insurmountable odds? How about being 4 foot 9 and setting up a goal for yourself to kayak every lake in Itasca County? How about fin...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 27:29
  • Purchases: 1
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In 2nd Grade Aaron invented a decorative seat belt cover to encourage kids to buckle up. This invention took him all the way to Washington D.C.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1