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

Power in the Wilderness: Dramatized episodes about Iron Range historical figure Victor Powers.

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213 Pieces

What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Hosted and produced by Tammy Bobrowsky.

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17 Pieces

Each Friday Morning we pull up a chair to one of member's kitchen table and get to know them a little better.

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8 Pieces

A series of interviews with artists that explores a community arts project addressing the aftermath of suicide.

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106 Pieces

Wordish is a writer-centered audio segment that features Minnesota artists reading original poems, short fiction and creative essays. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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21 Pieces

The next generation of youth making real, relevant radio.


Latest Pieces

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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
  • Purchases: 1
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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
  • Purchases: 1
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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...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • 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
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Director Derrick Houle joins "Area Voices" to discuss the upcoming Bemidji Community Theater production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" with c...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 12:57
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KAXE's weekly live music spotlight features Sam Miltich & Friends, LazyLightning420, Kelley Smith & Doyle Turner, and Erik Koskinen.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 02:09