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{{Infobox radio station
| rds              = PI: 14FE<br>PS: Program on KAXE<br>RT: Northern Community Radio featuring KAXE and KBXE
| name             = KAXE
| logo             = KAXE.png
| city             = [[Grand Rapids, Minnesota]]
| area             =
| branding         = ''Northern Community Radio''
| frequency        = 91.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| translator       = see below
| repeater         = 90.5 [[KBXE]] (Bagley)
| airdate          = April 23, [[1976 in radio|1976]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kaxe.org/history.aspx|title=Northern Community Radio History|date=February 1, 2016|website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine|publisher=KAXE|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129063536/http://kaxe.org/history.aspx|archive-date=2016-01-29}}</ref>
| format           = [[Community radio|Community]]/[[Public radio|Public]]
| erp              = 100,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|140|m|sp=us}}
| class            = C1
| facility_id      = 
| callsign_meaning = [http://home.earthlink.net/~nelsonbe/origins.call-list.html K'''AXE''' "The Cutting Edge"]
| former_callsigns = 
| affiliations     = [[National Public Radio|NPR]], [[AMPERS]]
| owner            = Northern Community Radio
| webcast          = [https://live.streamguys1.com:2753/kaxe Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.kaxe.org/ kaxe.org] 
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KAXE''' (91.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a community licensed [[public radio|public]] [[radio station]] serving Northern [[Minnesota]] communities, including [[Grand Rapids, Minnesota|Grand Rapids]], [[Brainerd, Minnesota|Brainerd]], [[Bemidji, Minnesota|Bemidji]], [[Virginia, Minnesota|Virginia]], [[Nisswa, Minnesota]] [[Chisholm, Minnesota|Chisholm]] and [[Hibbing, Minnesota|Hibbing]]. The station airs locally produced news, talk, and music programming. It is a member of [[AMPERS|Ampers]], a group of Minnesota public radio stations not affiliated with [[Minnesota Public Radio]]. It is a member of [[National Public Radio]], and the only full NPR member in the state that is not an MPR affiliate.

In May 2005, the station moved into a new, larger studio space on the Mississippi River in Grand Rapids (previously, it had been based at [[Itasca Community College]]). There is an additional [[broadcast relay station|translator]] in [[Brainerd, Minnesota|Brainerd]] ('''K210DR''' 89.9 FM).

In March 2012, KAXE added a sister station, '''KBXE'''. Licensed to [[Bagley, Minnesota|Bagley]], KBXE's studios are at 305 America Avenue NW in [[Bemidji, Minnesota|Bemidji]]. It broadcasts on a frequency of 90.5 and has a 50,000 watt transmitter. The broadcast tower is west of Bemidji, near [[Shevlin, Minnesota|Shevlin]]. KBXE is a fulltime satellite of KAXE.

==KAXE Transmitters==
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
|-
! [[Radio call sign|Call sign]]/Frequency || Location || [[Effective radiated power|Power]] || [[List of broadcast station classes|Class]]
|-
|align="center"| '''KAXE''' 91.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]] || [[Grand Rapids, Minnesota|Grand Rapids]] ||align="right"| 100,000 [[watt]]s ||align="center"| C1
|-
|align="center"| '''KBXE''' 90.5 [[Megahertz|MHz]] || [[Bagley, Minnesota|Bagley]] ||align="right"| 50,000 [[watt]]s ||align="center"| C2
|-
|align="center"| '''K210DR''' 89.9&nbsp;MHz || [[Brainerd, Minnesota|Brainerd]] ||align="right"| 115 watts ||align="center"| D
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of community radio stations in the United States]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kaxe.org/ KAXE official website]
*[http://www.kaxe.org/kbxe.aspx KBXE official page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204043000/http://www.kaxe.org/kbxe.aspx |date=February 4, 2012 }}
{{FM station data|49540|KAXE}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|49541|K210DR}}
*{{FXL|K210DR}}

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[[Category:Radio stations in Minnesota|KAXE]]
[[Category:Independent Public Radio|KAXE]]
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[[Category:Community radio stations in the United States]]
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[[Category:1976 establishments in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Grand Rapids, Minnesota]]