Editing KAXE (section)

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{{Infobox radio station
| 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]], [[Chisholm, Minnesota|Chisholm]] and [[Hibbing, Minnesota|Hibbing]]. The station airs locally produced [[news radio|news]], [[talk radio|talk]], and [[music radio|music]] programming.  It is a member of [[AMPERS|Ampers]], a group of public radio stations in Minnesota that are not affiliated with [[Minnesota Public Radio]].  It is a member of [[National Public Radio]], 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 [[Itasca Community College]]). There is an additional [[broadcast relay station|translator]] located 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.