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Legislature upholds level funding for South Dakota Public Broadcasting

South Dakota Public Broadcasting, to the rejoicing of the state’s public media supporters, is on a path to dodge a state funding cut this year. The South Dakota Legislature’s Joint Committee on ...
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Busloads of South Dakota Public Broadcasting supporters make case to avoid $3.6M state budget cut

PIERRE — Supporters of South Dakota Public Broadcasting made their pitch Friday at the Capitol to avoid a $3.6 million budget cut that they said would undermine public safety, government transparency, ...
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South Dakota Public Broadcasting

South Dakota Public Broadcasting, or SDPB for short, is a state network of non-commercial educational television and radio stations serving the state of South Dakota. The stations are operated by the ...
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Gov. Noem wants to cut South Dakota’s public broadcasting’s budget. Here’s why

In Gov. Kristi Noem's 2024 Budget Address at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the South Dakota House of Representatives, she said the state's budget needs to be trimmed. Noem on Tuesday said the state needs to "make ...

Tribal radio funding flows, but future remains uncertain after clawback of public media money

Our team continues to work with the administration to make certain these radio stations stay open and operational so they can ...
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The impact of federal cuts: South Dakota Public Broadcasting is cutting its workforce by 25%

“The job cuts anticipate the loss of the state network’s CPB funding as of Sept. 30…’These reductions include the elimination of several members of SDPB’s news staff, the staff that produces In the ...
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Dean of broadcasting enters South Dakota HOF

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — A longtime radio broadcaster from Sioux Falls will be among the inductees entering the South Dakota Hall of Fame later this month. Dean Sorenson is considered the Dean of ...
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'A win for South Dakotans': Lawmakers reject Noem's $3.61M cut to SDPB budget

PIERRE — A proposal to slash state funding for a South Dakota broadcaster has been rejected. The South Dakota Legislature's Joint Committee on Appropriations voted Tuesday against implementing a $3.61 ...
Rapid City Journal

Possible South Dakota Public Broadcasting budget cut worries state activities association

PIERRE — A possible budget cut for South Dakota Public Broadcasting is causing concern for the South Dakota High School Activities Association. At its meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 22, the SDHSAA board ...
Sioux City Journal

South Dakota public broadcasting cuts will happen Oct. 31 without new funding, director says

SIOUX FALLS — South Dakotans should know what stays and what goes at South Dakota Public Broadcasting — absent a philanthropic or state budget lifeline — within the next two weeks. Whatever happens, ...
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The Dean of South Dakota Broadcasting

From a small-town kid to a radio mogul, explore the career of Dean Sorenson Dean Sorenson has radio pulsing through his veins. Since 1957 he has been a familiar voice to many, and as his career grew, ...