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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1 Piece

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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This includes John Latimer's Phenology Report and Talk Backs. Plus Mary the Kayak Lady on her 1007 lakes paddled, Molly Hoffman on the Scarlet Tana...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:56
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John Latimer shares his observations of the change of nature in our lives.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 11:44
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Mary talks about paddling all the lakes in Itasca County, all 1,007 of them.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 10:47
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Those yellow forks that drop from the table of heaven, they strike us to the core with their terrible power.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
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The howler monkey starts a whoopin' and a walin' in Balsam. Using some kind of funnel and a great deal of effort, one could drown in a gentle rain.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
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Stormy weather brings out our animal instincts.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Have you ever been in a tornado? Got a good storm story to share?

  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:31
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We talk with KAXE member Tiffany Briggs in Cook, MN, NOT Angora, MN. She had a home-baked cranberry-lemon scone and coffee for breakfast.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 10:45
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Conversation with our early bird fishing guide Jeff Sundin. July 29th, 2010.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2010
  • Length: 13:46
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We’ll hear from Kris Prestidge. He’ll tell the story of his Finnish immigrant grandparents who settled north of Deer River, and the family reunion...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2010
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1