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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Live concerts on KAXE

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Local stories produced by KAXE/KBXE thanks to the generous support of contributors to the 1 day local journalism fundraiser.

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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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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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The restoration and celebration of an extensive collection of rare vinyl recordings that showcase life and music in northern Minnesota.

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Free concerts in KAXE's amphitheater on the Mississippi River.

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NorthernCheapskate.com is frugal living website and radio feature from northern Minnesota dedicated to helping people save money every day.

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'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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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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We share stories from Our History during the Morning Show


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We're on the road this week on Stay Human. Friends and neighbors hit the highways and byways, across the Yukon, along the Natchez Trace -- road-tr...

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We’re surfing the gravitational waves this week on Stay Human, because gravity is nothing to be down about. Maggie Montgomery and Marsh Muirhead g...

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Tune in for Stay Human, this week with stories from friends and neighbors about finding the right tool for the job. Leah Lemm goes camping, Caroly...

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Tune in to Stay Human, for stories from friends and neighbors. On our next show, it’s all hands on deck for adventure on the high seas. Jim Galla...

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Centerstage Minnesota featuring an interview with Minnesota artist Kashimana, and highlighting other Minnesota artists in an eclectic mix of folk, ...

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Centerstage Minnesota featuring two interviews, one with The Cactus Blossoms and the second with Sophia Spiegal & Adam Tucker of Dilly Dally Alley...

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Centerstage Minnesota featuring a live in studio performance and interview with The Mighty Trains Band. Highlighting other Minnesota artists in a...

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Centerstage Minnesota featuring an interview with Minnesota artist Christy Merry and a live in studio performance and interview with Ross Thorn and...

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Fiery speeches drowned out the honks of passing motorists as hundreds of striking UPM Blandin workers and supporters gathered for a rally Friday, J...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
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The 2023 Minnesota Legislature passed three election-related bills signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz. Secretary of State Steve Simon joined the "KAX...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
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