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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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.

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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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302 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.


Latest Pieces

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He finally succumbed to the peer pressure of the pastoral society in rural Northern Minnesota. His recipe for Summer 2010.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
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He used to spend summer evenings shuttling back and forth between the deck where the grill was and the kitchen where everything else was.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 08:44
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Do you like to travel by car, on the backroads? Where have you gone this summer? What road trip is in your future?

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 02:01:30
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Robert Jevne attempts to carve a tree – out of a tree – with hilarious results.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 3
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Will Weaver, Bemidji-area author of books like “Sweet Land,” is also deep into the young-adult writing business. His current entry in that field i...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
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There's a world of difference between just driving somewhere and heading off on a road trip in that direction.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:36
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With scant regard for consequences, Guido and three pals decided they absolutely had to be in Washington DC by Saturday.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
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The name's Corolla. I'm just a two-bit, four door sedan, living with a foreign label in a Minnesota union town.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
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Conversation with our early bird fishing guide Jeff Sundin. August 12th, 2010.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 13:24

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 19:19