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


Latest Pieces

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We talk with KAXE member Floy Bradford. Her kids decide what she eats, so she had the delicious combination of toast with cream cheese, sausage an...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 06:51
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This includes John Latimer's Phenology Report and Talk Backs. Plus Mike Scrage talks about moose in Minnesota and Diana Magner and Chris Holmes tal...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 42:45
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RealGoodWords is a one-hour weekly radio program for readers, writers and those who appreciate the written word.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 28:44
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Realgoodwords is a one-hour weekly radio program for readers, writers and those who appreciate the written word.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 09:03
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Conversation with our early bird fishing guide Jeff Sundin. June 24th, 2010

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 17:30
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Gabagadinamaagoom: “To Bring to Life”, a series of 7 short programs presented by Ojibwe Sacred Pipe Carrier, Larry Aitken, from the Leech Lake Band...

Bought by KSRQ and Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:11
  • Purchases: 2
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We’re talking about one of Minnesota’s greatest treasures STATE PARKS. Photographer Doug Ohman has a new book out called “Prairie, Lake, Forest: ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:58:23
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MN is known for its expansive State Park system, but the northern half of the state really carries that load... Check out more in Aaron's blog ww...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:17
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From the start, the very concept of "State Parks" was an indicator of things that had already been lost...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:54
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If you're a MN tax payer, I hope you're proud...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 06:18