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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Segments that explore the meaning and lasting impact of Dylan’s work on the Minnesota music and literary scenes through the eyes of one or more other working musicians or writers. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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158 Pieces

A radio segment about Ojibwe language and culture that features puppets. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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121 Pieces

The Call of the Wild is a call to your heart. The call to the wild part of yourself that you want to express in the work that you do. Sometimes you can even make a living doing what you love. And sometimes you can’t, but you still do it. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Centerstage Minnesota showcases the talents of Minnesota musicians. A local production of Northern Community Radio: KAXE - Grand Rapids and KBXE - Bemidji. Also heard on KSRQ in Thief River Falls and on WTIP in Grand Marais.

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38 Pieces

Centerstage Minnesota Features are value-added segments focusing on various aspects of Minnesota's music landscape, past and present. Centerstage Minnesota Features are produced by Nothern Community Radio, and are made possible by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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103 Pieces

A focus on regional events, sites, and places and how they relate to the community.

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Coming Home: the Gary Burger Story is an hour-long documentary about the life and times of Gary Burger, former front man of The Monks. Produced by Milt Lee and written by Jamie Lee.

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This program contains state and local conversations on COVID-19.

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Stories from Northern Minnesota's arts and culture scene.

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Topical conversations about the history, present and future of Minnesota with our commentators Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.


Latest Pieces

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The Nemeth Art Center in Park Rapids board member Amy Thielen and current artist-in-residence Marian Bull join Area Voices to discuss the residency...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 12:35
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Simon Hargreaves is a writer living in Minnesota. But before that, he lived in California, went to school for photography, and worked in cinema and...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2024
  • Length: 11:18
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Centerstage Minnesota featuring Minnesota artists in an eclectic mix of folk, rock, blues, jazz, and world music including Humbird, Mary Bue, Erik ...

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:47:04
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This week it's team spirit on Stay Human. We’ll visit with a Grand Rapids High School varsity athlete and her coach, go curling with John Latimer...

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:39
  • Purchases: 1
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KAXE's weekly live music spotlight features Colleen "Boss Mama" Myhre, Wild Horses, Mike Munson, Thomas X, and Corey Medina & Brothers.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 02:09
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Festival Director Jacob White joins 'Area Voices' to discuss the second Ely Film Festival going on Feb. 8-11

  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 11:19
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Duluth writer Dianna Hunter’s new environmental mystery highlights real-life issues of copper-nickel mining and the importance of local news reporting

  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 12:31
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Centerstage Minnesota featuring rapper Thomas X, live in the studio at Bemidji, playing live music and interviewing with Malachy Koons. Also highli...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:51:22
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This week on Stay Human, stories from friends and neighbors about the departed, and a few ways of staying in touch with them. We’ll hear about a p...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:44
  • Purchases: 1
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The 2024 American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards did not disappoint children’s librarian Tracy Kampa (much).

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 11:14