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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301 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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Got pride in your hometown? "We're a marshmallow town, but that don't mean we're soft..."

  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:51
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Duluth journalist Wendy K. Webb her debut creepy novel "The Tale of Halcyon Crane," ("creepy" in a good way)

  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 18:15
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Regular KAXE contributor Robert Saxton is a writer and is often referred to as "the minivan man," here's his essay about being a Hockey Dad (fyi: t...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 06:52
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We talk with Brian Vroman, Philosophy Instructor at Itasca Community College, about the history Ku Klux Klan in Itasca County in the 1920s.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:46
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John Latimer shares his observations of the change of nature in our lives

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 18:33
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Students, teachers and parents in the Nigaane (NEE gah nay) Ojibwe language immersion program at the Bug O Nay Ge Shig School in Bena recently spen...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 3
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High up on that list of the shocks of aging is the first time a cop calls you "sir."

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:14
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Aaron says that driving really fast requires less planning than better time management...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:51
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Don't take away Guido's plastic cap-gun or he'll just use a hammer and then go to a peace march...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:07
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We talk with KAXE Member Debbie Warne-Jacobson from Puposky - she hadn't had her daily 48oz of Green Smoothie...yet.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 15:40