KAXE (91.7 FM) is a community licensed

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serving Northern

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communities, including Grand Rapids, Brainerd,

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, Chisholm and

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. The station airs locally produced

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, and

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programming. It is a member of Ampers, a group of public radio stations in Minnesota that are not affiliated with

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. It is also a member of

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, and is 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, the station had been based at

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). There is an additional

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located in Brainerd (K210DR 89.9 FM). As of March 2012, KAXE has a sister station, KBXE. Licensed to Bagley, KBXE's studios are at 305 America Ave NW in

. It broadcasts on a frequency of 90.5 and has a 50,000 watt transmitter. The broadcast tower is west of Bemidji, near Shevlin.

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