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

A series that documents stories told by people affected by the pandemic.

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113 Pieces

Realgoodwords : conversations with Minnesota writers that explore the stories and the inspiration behind them.

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299 Pieces

This program consists of guest essays from local writers and essayists, read by the writer. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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2 Pieces

A look into the personal histories, stories, and notable contributions of MN indigenous women. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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56 Pieces

A look into the impact of women leaders and women's leadership roles in Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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12 Pieces

A lot was happening the summer of 1967. In this series, Producer Grant Frashier looks back at ten events of the summer of love and tells the history around it in 90 seconds.

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10 Pieces

The Arts in Northern MN

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852 Pieces

A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day.

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29 Pieces

The Great Northern Radio Show is a live stage production featuring musicians, storytellers, history, radio theater, and plenty of local flavor from the communities of Northern Minnesota.

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51 Pieces

Phenology is the rhythmic, biological nature of events as they relate to climate.


Latest Pieces

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Local historian, Barry Babcock, tells the story of how the young Ojibwe leader, Hole-In-The-Day, intervenes to save the Schoolcraft expedition in 1...

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 13:54
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This includes John Latimer's Phenology Report and Talk Backs. And a story about Dogfish: Last march, Armas Yuhala trapped tons of the “rough fish” ...

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 58:02
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Last march, Armas Yuhala trapped tons of the “rough fish” in the Mississippi near Cohasset. He sold them to fish markets in New York City.

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 10:43
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A Field Guide To The Bait In Your Bucket. Fish biologist and author, Tom Dickson, talks about the fish we use to catch fish.

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 07:35
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John Latimer shares his observations of the change of nature in our lives.

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 12:30
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Did you believe in the tooth fairy? Did you wear braces? This week we’re taking up the topic of TEETH, as suggested by 4 year old KAXE member Iris....

  • Added: May 10, 2010
  • Length: 02:00:54
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We talk with KAXE Member Karen Lucachick from Sissebakwet - she isn't having a Ukrainian breakfast, but hotdogs (without buns)...

  • Added: May 10, 2010
  • Length: 08:53
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Before we learned to sit up right at the diner table and chew with our mouth closed, we were swinging through the trees and eating whatever we coul...

  • Added: May 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
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This week, Guido shares a story of the special relationship hockey players have with their teeth.

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  • Added: May 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Christina Brown, The Northern Cheapskate, put her money where her teeth are...

  • Added: May 10, 2010
  • Length: :59