SDPB Radio
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Morning Edition is your daily window to South Dakota and the world. With hosts and daily segments from SDPB, we bring you local insights and voices, covering what is happening and what matters to you, right here, in South Dakota.For more than two decades, NPR's Morning Edition has prepared listeners for the day ahead with two hours of up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, commentary, and coverage of arts and sports. With nearly 13 million national listeners, Morning Edition draws public radio's largest audience. -
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. -
"In the Moment" is a daily podcast hosted by SDPB’s Lori Walsh, and conversations with newsmakers can also be heard weekdays on "Morning Edition."In the Moment tells stories of our state and introduces you to 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. -
"SDPB News" is your daily roundup of South Dakota's top stories.
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Local Radio News Headlines
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Funding cuts are occurring at all levels of government, and Pennington County is no exception. One of the primary targets being the Rapid City Library, whose budget is slashed to one-sixth of its current rate. -
Gov. Larry Rhoden is appointing Judge Robert Gusinsky to the South Dakota Supreme Court. -
South Dakota farmers are receiving some relief from the state government, as the Governor’s Office of Economic Development is lowering interest rates for rural development loans. -
A total of three ballot questions are approved for signature petitions this election cycle in South Dakota. -
The State Tribal-Relations Interim Committee approved four proposals it plans to bring to South Dakota’s next legislative session.
SDPB Daily News Podcast
- Former DPS employee charged, State-Tribal Relations Committee holds final interim meeting and Rapid City Area School District didn't violate open government laws | Nov. 04
- Future of rural health care, Legislative committee looks at lowering recidivism and state lawmakers talk opioid settlement funds | Nov. 03
- Oversight Committee subpoenas Secretary of State, state grocer's take on SNAP shortfall and rehabilitation behind prison walls | Oct. 31
- South Dakota tourism 2026, infant mortality rates are stagnant and state cheer & dance, cross country competitions | Oct. 30
- Meade County limestone quarry pushback, South Dakota-Ireland Trade Commission meeting and a look at 2025's corn harvest season | Oct. 29
- SNAP benefits not federally funded past Nov. 1 and artificial intelligence as a tool to help | Oct. 28
- State Department of Education report card, lower corn prices offer benefits to ethanol plants and Gov. Larry Rhoden's plans to help Sioux Falls, Rapid City airport expansions | Oct. 27