Author: SPMC Staff

Here’s your child’s chance to write and produce their own videos by joining the one-of-a-kind KIDS4 program! KIDS4 is an after-school media production program run by the Sun Prairie Media Center designed for students in 4th through 8th grade.   In KIDS4, students are trained in many areas necessary to create their own television and video productions including cameras, lighting, sound, directing, producing, writing, editing, and animation. While students work with adult staff, their creativity is unfiltered, and their work is entirely their own. By creating their own media messages, students become smarter and more critical consumers of others' media messages. Students enrolled in KIDS4 Crews work after school once a week in ‘crews’ and their work airs on KIDS4, a 24-hour public access station available on Spectrum, TDS, Roku,…

The Sun Prairie Media Center is pleased to be partnering with the Sun Prairie Area School District for a live broadcast of the 2025 Sun Prairie High School graduation ceremonies. The 2025 Prairie Phoenix Academy graduation ceremony, will take place on Thursday, June 12 at 1:00pm. The SPHS East and West ceremonies will be held at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison on Friday, June 13. The SPHS East ceremony will start at 5:00pm and the SPHS West ceremony will start at 7:30pm on June 13. SPMC’s coverage will be seen live on KSUN Now Charter channel 983 or TDS channels 983/1983. The ceremony will also be streamed at KSUN Now online as well as available on KSUN’s Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV channels and on the SPMC app,…

On May 2, 2025, The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association handed out their annual awards for broadcasting excellence and Sun Prairie’s own 103.5 FM The Sun Community Radio scored with four awards. Entering in the “Large Market-Music Format” category, 103.5 FM took home a first for “Best Public Service Announcement” with “Seeking Sports Announcers for Sun Prairie High School Games.” Elsewhere, Tim Hatfield’s “Sun Prairie Notecard Fundraiser” won second place in the “Best Public Service Announcement” category. The team of Mark Gonwa and James Kademan took home second place in the “Best Live On-Site Broadcast Remote” for their production, “2024 Classic Car Remote.” In the highly competitive “Best Morning Radio Show” category, John Sheehan and Mike Gomoll of “Seriously Sun Prairie” took home third place for their episodes on “Joey’s Song” and…

Wisconsin Community Media, in conjunction with the Alliance for Community Media’s Midwest Region, has announced their annual award winners for the 2025 Best of the Midwest Media Fest. The Sun Prairie Media Center is thrilled to announce that no fewer than 15 original shows created for either KSUN NOW, KSUN LIFE, or 103.5 FM The Sun Community Radio are set to receive awards at the fest, which will be held in Pewaukee on Thursday, May 1. The total represents over 13 percent of all awards to be given out at the event. Included in the 15 awards are six “Excellence” awards: Mark Gonwa’s “Song Archaeology,” which is an hour-long music show hinged on unique themes; “Everybody’s Got a Story,” where host Sharyn Alden interviewed Lisa Smith, the CEO of Girl…

Staff at the Sun Prairie Media Center are excited about the weather getting warmer because that means the return of summer workshops! If you know of someone aged 9-14 who loves to make videos, movies, or even podcasts and wants help taking their creativity to the next level, then you need to sign them up for these workshops. These workshops are designed for budding journalists, filmmakers, actors, and social media influencers who want a fun and creative way to express themselves. Participants will be introduced to media production in a fun, hands-on learning environment that is conveniently located – the Media Center is in the same building as the public library. These courses will inspire kids in a creative atmosphere to learn communication skills they can use for a lifetime.…

The Sun Prairie Media Center is pleased to announce that it is planning on live radio coverage of 24 games of the Cardinals and Wolves baseball and softball regular season contests.The games will be broadcast live on 103.5 FM The Sun Community Radio, with coverage for the varsity games at both high schools. A full list of scheduled broadcasts is available at sunprairiemediacenter.com/playball. SPMC is currently seeking sponsors for these broadcasts. If you are interested in supporting this project, please visit: https://www.sunprairiemediacenter.com/sponsorship-opportunities-at-spmc/ . A big thanks goes out to all the volunteer announcers who have agreed to call the games on 103.5 FM this season. We could not do this without you! 103.5 FM can be accessed via 103.5 FM in and around Sun Prairie, or streaming at sunprairiemediacenter.com, tunein.com,…

Sun Prairie residents will have some important decisions to make when they head to the polls on April 1. And the Sun Prairie Media Center is offering programming to help residents make those decisions. SPMC broadcasted the SPARC (Sun Prairie Action Resource Coalition) Candidate Forum on March 9 at the Colonial Club. This forum featured candidates for Sun Prairie Mayor, City Council, and Sun Prairie School Board. The forum will re-air several times before the election and it is available to view on-demand at: sunprairiemediacenter.com/ksun-on-demand Recently, “Talk of the Town” moderator Don Hooser also hosted a forum for City Council candidates in competitive races. District 1 candidates include Casey Drengler and Alex Roberson and District 4 candidates include Emily Comstock and David Virgell. The candidate programs will re-air several times…

Sun Prairie East and West basketball seasons for both boys and girls are beginning and we’ll have coverage of some of the home games for all four teams. Coverage is provided by volunteers who are dedicated to bringing local sports coverage to the community. We appreciate the time, and commitment it takes for these announcers to cover these games. Game coverage will take place on either KSUN Now or KSUN Life. The games broadcast on KSUN Now will also simulcast on 103.5FM, The SUN. If you’re unable to make it to a game, check our basketball schedule to see if we are covering the game live. Coverage of the games can be found live on their respective channels and re-airs will be available in the broadcast schedules online that are…

Sun Prairie football returns to KSUN! SPMC is planning coverage of every home game for Sun Prairie Cardinals and Sun Prairie Wolves. Home games are scheduled to be broadcast on KSUN Now (Spectrum cable channel 983, TDS channels 983/1983). All games will be streamed on sunprairiemediacenter.com, on the SPMC Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV channels, and on the free-to-download Sun Prairie Media Center app. Home games are also scheduled to air live on 103.5 FM The Sun Community Radio. Following live coverage, games will re-air on both KSUN Now and Life (TDS channel 985) channels for additional viewing. The Media Center would like to thank all the volunteers that have agreed to help bring these broadcasts to life. They will be on-site during the games to provide play…

Here’s your child’s chance to write and produce their own videos by joining the one-of-a-kind KIDS4 program! KIDS4 is an after-school media production program run by the Sun Prairie Media Center designed for students in 4th through 8th grade.   In KIDS4, students are trained in many areas necessary to create their own television and video productions including cameras, lighting, sound, directing, producing, writing, editing, and animation. While students work with adult staff, their creativity is unfiltered, and their work is entirely their own. By creating their own media messages, students become smarter and more critical consumers of others' media messages. Students enrolled in KIDS4 Crews work after school once a week in ‘crews’ and their work airs on KIDS4, a 24-hour public access station available on Spectrum, TDS, Roku,…