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SDPB Radio Shows
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"In the Moment" with Lori Walsh is SDPB’s daily radio program.We bring you world-class radio storytelling featuring the highest journalistic integrity. We tell true stories of our state and true stories of people who are doing something or creating something for a reason. We tell these stories with fairness, compassion and imagination. We bring our listeners into the conversations and keep them In the Moment.On the air Monday through Friday, at 9 a.m., 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. CT -
"SDPB News" is your daily roundup of South Dakota's top stories. -
When a woman asked pianist Fats Waller what jazz was, he replied, “Lady, if you got to ask, you ain’t got it.” Writer Whitney Balliett described jazz is the “sound of surprise.” However you care to define jazz, we’ve got it on SDPB Radio. Every weeknight Jazz Nightly host Karl Gehrke brings you a wide variety of jazz from classics by the great legends to the latest sounds by today’s exciting, young artists. -
ON RECORD with host Matt Weesner is music for grownups, featuring a wide variety of sounds, Saturday nights at 7 pm CT, 6 MT. Matt Weesner is a former SDPB Radio Program Director and he's been playing music on the radio for more than 20 years. Weesner started hosting ON RECORD back in early 2004. He also plays piano and keyboards for the Hazel Miller Band and the Joey Canyon Show. -
Swing, bop and jive to the best big band music from the heyday of the swing era through today. Every Sunday night at 9 CT (8 MT) learn about the sounds, leaders, players & arrangers with host Karl Gehrke.A lifelong Big Band afficianado, Gehrke was listening to Benny Goodman and Woody Herman while his dad was listening to Janis Joplin and Steppenwolf. Gehrke has been hosting Big Band Spotlight since 1993. His "day job" is hosting SDPB Radio's Jazz Nightly.
Local Radio News Headlines
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Eight undocumented migrant workers who were arrested in an immigration raid in Madison have made their initial court appearances Thursday. An immigrant rights organization says the arrests are a consequence of misplaced priorities. -
A South Dakota Mines grad student will remain in America for the time being. With her current visa, she is supposed to be eligible through 2027. -
Couer Wharf officials say the mine produced 98,042 ounces of gold in 2024. That’s a nearly 5,000 ounce jump in production from 2023. -
The South Dakota corrections system needs to significantly increase its capacity in the next decade to house male offenders. That’s according to a highly anticipated consultant report for a governor-appointed prison task force. -
The Sanford Underground Research Facility is offering photographers a chance to capture behind-the-scenes images of the facility’s unique research.
SDPB Daily News Podcast
- Report: State needs $2B worth of prison expansion to deal with inmate growth | May 16
- Local elections in South Dakota see low turnout, advocates say | May 15
- With eye on future, Monument Health breaks ground on expandable clinic | May 14
- Group attempting to dissolve rural school district threatens litigation | May 13
- Lawmakers want more accountability on governor's credit card expenses | May 12
- Lake Mitchell makeover set to begin fall 2025 | May 9
- Legislative leaders approve property tax task force membership | May 8