Category: News and Events

The Sun Prairie Media Center is thrilled to announce its 2023-2024 broadcast schedule of upcoming boys and girls home basketball games for Sun Prairie East and West high schools. Sun Prairie basketball fans will be able to follow all four teams through Sun Prairie Media Center coverage on KSUN Now (Spectrum 983 and TDS 983/1983) and KSUN Life (TDS 985/1985) and online at sunprairiemediacenter.com/ksun/. The SPMC is planning to provide coverage of at least 36 games. The games will be available on the SPMC’s cable channels as well as the SPMC’s Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV apps and on the SPMC app, available to download for free from Google Play and the App Store. The full schedule of games is available online at sunprairiemediacenter.com/ksunprograms/. Additional games may be…

Brace yourselves, Sun Prairie! A fresh addition is set to fill your airwaves. Presenting "Sustainable Sun Prairie: Conversations for a Greener Community," a podcast dedicated to fostering eco-conscious living and championing local sustainability initiatives right here in Sun Prairie. This new show aspires to educate, empower, and engage the community in the pursuit of sustainable practices. Scheduled to make its debut on Tuesday, November 7 at 8 a.m. on the waves of 103.5 The Sun, WLSP-LP, the Sustainable Sun Prairie podcast promises to be a source of knowledge and inspiration for all. Whether listeners are a seasoned sustainability enthusiast or just beginning to explore the world of eco-friendly living, the podcast has something insightful for everyone. The goal is to disseminate content that provides practical insights, expert interviews, and community…

The Sun Prairie Media Center is pleased to announce the unveiling of a new mobile app, now available for free download from the App Store or Google Play. This new app, which can be found by searching “Sun Prairie Media Center” in either the App Store or Google Play, was developed by the SPMC in collaboration with a different provider than the previous SPMC app and therefore needs to be manually downloaded. It is an entirely new app and will not automatically update to users with the previous app on their device. Similar to the previous app, the new app features live streams of the SPMC’s three video channels and radio station, as well as dozens of audio and video programs available to stream on-demand or download for off-line listening…

Sun Prairie Stories is a new program on 103.5 FM, WLSP-LP, Sun Prairie’s Community Radio station. It debuts Monday, September 11 at 11:30am. Episodes re-air at 5:30 on Thursday afternoons, and can be streamed any time on the Sun Prairie Media Center app. Hosted by SPMC volunteer, Sara Milewski, Sun Prairie Stories grew out of a limited-run pandemic project she did to take the place of the Sun Prairie Multicultural Fair. On the Multicultural Fair Radio Reboot, she interviewed community members who are active in community agencies that serve communities of color in Sun Prairie and Dane County. “My favorite part about doing the Multicultural Fair Radio Reboot was hearing people’s stories. There were so many connections between the experiences of the guests that you’d never have guessed,” said host…

The Sun Prairie Media Center is pleased to announce that in partnership with the SPEHS Boys Soccer Booster Club it will present video coverage for nine home games of the Sun Prairie East Cardinals Boys’ Soccer team. The broadcast schedule is: Tuesday, 9/5 – vs. Janesville Parker at BOSP Stadium (5 PM), LifeTuesday, 9/12 – vs. Madison Memorial at BOSP Stadium (7 PM), LifeThursday, 9/14 – vs. Madison East at SP East (7 PM), LifeTuesday, 9/19 – vs. Madison LaFollette at BOSP Stadium (7 PM), LifeSaturday, 9/23 – vs. McFarland at BOSP Stadium (1 PM), NowTuesday, 10/3 – vs. Verona at BOSP Stadium (7 PM), LifeThursday, 10/5 – vs. Monona Grove at SP East (7 PM), LifeSaturday, 10/7 – vs. Oak Creek at BOSP Stadium (1 PM), NowThursday, 10/12 –…

The Sun Prairie Media Center (SPMC) is excited to be unveiling a new video channel, set to launch on TDS and all of SPMC’s streaming platforms on September 1, 2023. The channel, called “KSUN Life,” will focus on non-live original programming created by SPMC’s diverse stable of community producers. Programs featured on the new channel will include “Talk of the Town,” “Reel Reviews,” “Weekly Chat,” “Marc Carstens Sports,” “Roundabout Sun Prairie,” and many others. Though sports will not be the sole focus of the new channel, the origins for “KSUN Life” began way back when it was revealed that the SPASD would have a new high school and new high school athletic teams. “The immediate concern was how we were going to air two live football games happening simultaneously,” remembered…

Sure, late August means that summer is winding down. But look on the bright side: Football! And this year the Sun Prairie Media Center is back again with double the football as the SPMC is planning coverage of every Sun Prairie Cardinals and every Sun Prairie Wolves game! Home games are scheduled to be broadcast on KSUN (Spectrum cable channel 983, TDS channels 13 and 1013) with away games scheduled to be broadcast on the new KSUN Life channel which is set to launch on TDS on August 31 on channel 985. 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…

Here’s your child’s chance to write and produce their own videos and podcasts by joining the one-of-a-kind KIDS-4 program! KIDS-4 is an after-school media production program run by the Sun Prairie Media Center designed for SPASD students in 4th through 8th grade.   In KIDS-4, 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 KIDS-4 work after school at the Media Center once a week in ‘crews’ and their work airs on KIDS-4, a 24-hour public access…

The Sun Prairie Media Center (SPMC) is honored to release “Sun Prairie Stronger”, an hour-long documentary marking the fifth anniversary of the tragic gas explosion that occurred in downtown Sun Prairie on July 10, 2018, which took the life of Sun Prairie Fire Captain Cory Barr. This documentary is the culmination of extensive efforts to gather compelling footage and interviews that detail the incident and detail the incident, the city’s response, and the community’s outpouring of support to all who were impacted. The video includes exclusive interviews with key figures such as Mayor Paul Esser, Aaron Oppenheimer, City Administrator, Fire Chief Chris Garrison, Sun Prairie police officials, and other individuals who contributed to the remarkable rebuilding of the city’s infrastructure. To produce this project, SPMC collaborated with Steve Donovan Film…

The Sun Prairie Media Center is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Melissa Ratcliff, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing Wisconsin’s 46th Assembly District, which includes Sun Prairie and Cottage Grove. The program, which the SPMC hopes to produce quarterly, is called “The Ratcliff Report,” and will include news and information about what is happening at the state capitol, how it affects residents of Sun Prairie, and reports from Rep. Ratcliff about community events past, present, and future. “I was so excited when Jeff Robbins first approached me with the idea of doing a show detailing what is going on at the Capitol and the work we are doing to serve the 46th Assembly District. I thought that this would be a phenomenal opportunity for us to share…