Seth Tupper (right) accepts the Murrow Award for “Investigative Reporting,” presented by Nicole Suárez, Anchor, Noticias Telemundo.
SDPB won in the following categories: Excellence in Writing – “’He Didn’t Deserve to Die: State COVID Policy Remains as Disease Surges,” Reporter: Lee Strubinger. Douglas Raysby, 57, of Sioux Falls died from COVID after 10 days in the hospital. Investigative Reporting – “From Never Again to Again: Politics Trump Environmental Concerns about Mount Rushmore Fireworks,” Reporter: Seth Tupper. The decisions around the on-again, off-again July 4 fireworks displays at Mount Rushmore. The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of electronic journalism.
Lee Strubinger (right) accepts the Murrow Award for “Excellence in Writing,” presented by Jericka Duncan, Anchor, CBS Weekend News.
Holiday Programs on SDPB Radio
Wrap the presents and baste the bird to the sounds of the season. Listen on SDPB Radio and SDPB.org. Awake! Awake and Greet the New Morn – Augustana University
Jazz Piano Christmas 37, 9pm (8 MT) Jazz Night In America: A Holiday Celebration, 10pm (9 MT)
The Augustana University School of Music presents its annual Christmas Vespers 2021 Concert, a celebration of the birth of Christ featuring Augustana’s three choirs, orchestra and band. (See p. 11 for TV/streaming.)
Holiday Programs, Saturday, Dec. 25 Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites, 10am (9 MT) Tinsel Tales 2, 11am (10 MT) Jonathan Winters’ A Christmas Carol, noon (11am MT) A World Café Holiday, 4pm (5 MT)
Wednesday, Dec. 22, noon & 7pm (11am & 6pm MT)
Mount Marty University Vespers
Thursday, Dec. 23, noon & 7pm (11am & 6 MT)
The Mount Marty University Music Department and Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery present Vespers, featuring Scripture reading, prayer, and songs and instrumental works of the Advent and Christmas season. (See p. 11 for TV/streaming.) Holiday Programs, Friday, Dec. 24 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, Cambridge, UK (9am/8 MT) The Thistle & Shamrock Presents “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” noon & 7pm (11am & 6pm MT) Jonathan Winters’ A Christmas Carol, 8pm (7 MT)
Holiday and New Year Programs Best of SDPB’s In the Moment 2021, Monday, Dec. 27 Friday, Dec. 30, noon & 7pm (11am & 6pm MT) The Current: 2021 Remembered, Dec. 31, noon & 7pm (11am & 6pm MT) Minnesota Public Radio’s Adult Album Alternative station provides a retrospective. Toast of the Nation, Dec. 31, 8pm (7 MT) NPR’s annual New Year’s Eve jazz celebration. New Year’s Day from Vienna 2022, Jan. 1, 2022, 10am (9 MT) Celebratory music with the Vienna Philharmonic.
Jazz Nightly Holiday Special
Monday, Dec. 13, 8pm (7 MT) on SDPB Radio and streamed on SD.net and at facebook.com/SDPBmusic.
Join host Karl Gehrke for live performances with the JAS Quintet from the Sioux Falls Studio and Alexander Massa from the Black Hills Studios. December 2021 2021 19 December
