DRG Media Group
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South Dakota, in full local voice.
DRG Media Group Beyond the Mic is a rotating set of conversations, updates, and commentaries from DRG Media Group programs. The feed moves from severe weather readiness to high school music, softball, basketball, golf, and school athletics without sanding off the detail.
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DRG Media Group Beyond the Mic is a rotating local feed built from DRG Media Group's interview, sports, agriculture, and school-centered programming. It feels like community radio saved in podcast form. The show can shift from a practical Agriculture In-Depth segment about South Dakota severe weather preparedness to a Teen Talk interview with a student musician describing jazz band, choir, musical theater, and the social glue of rehearsal. It does not force those subjects into one neat lane. Instead, it lets each program keep its own rhythm while sharing a common interest in local people, local stakes, and the ordinary details that explain why something matters. Teen Talk is especially conversational, giving students and returning local voices space to talk about school, softball, film, grief, music, ambition, and what they hope comes next. Players Perspective brings a brighter sports-radio charge, with Justin Cowart talking Stanley County basketball, Sully Buttes golf, state tournament memories, fan support, fundraising, and the texture of small-school athletics. Cowart's Corner widens the lens to national sports, especially golf, where Masters week is treated with full-hearted reverence. Tiger Talk keeps high school athletics in view while also making room for MLB and NBA discussion when the school calendar slows down. The agriculture segments are more service-oriented, with Jodi Heemstra guiding listeners through weather and preparedness topics with help from named sources. The show is often sponsor-forward and occasionally repetitive, but its value is in access. Students get treated seriously. Athletes get time to remember a season in detail. Local safety information is explained in everyday language. Regional sports are covered with the kind of familiarity that assumes the names, gyms, towns, and teams already mean something. For PlayNext, it reads as a broad community channel with a strong high school sports spine and a roomy local-interview heart.
Made for: Best for listeners who follow South Dakota schools, sports, agriculture, and community life. It especially suits people who like local interviews that leave room for stories instead of rushing to polished sound bites.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the mix: severe weather advice, school arts, softball, basketball, golf, and national sports all live in the same community feed. Few shows move so naturally between practical service and affectionate small-school sports coverage.
Tidbits of news, agriculture news, sports and/or entertainment from the DRG Media Group on-air personalities.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Local player interviews and decisive NCAA tournament analysis give South Dakota basketball coverage both courtside detail and a wider competitive frame.
DRG Media Group Beyond the Mic podcasts catches South Dakota sports at two useful distances: inside a packed local gym and across the national college basketball bracket.
The gym has a soup cookoff; a bison ranch weighs cutting fences. Your curiosity gets both.
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A warm student music conversation that treats belonging as part of the performance.
Teen Talk sits down with Jason Garrett and keeps the focus on a simple idea: music can be a place to belong. The strongest moments come from the easy back and forth about band life, choir, orchestra club, the musical, and the weekend group that grew out of songs people already…
A hometown interview that turns memory, grief, and movie-making into one loose, honest conversation.
Andrew Keitlinger comes back to Pierre and sits with Teen Talk in a conversation that folds hometown memory into the work of making movies. The best stretches stay plain: the drive into town, the jump from high school to nearly 40, and the way he talks about family, distance,…
A hometown hoops run told with enough energy to make the packed-gym moments stick.
Paxton Deal and Eddie Duffy spend this episode closing out Stanley County's state tournament run, and the clearer point is that the season became bigger than one bracket.
A loose Sweet 16 preview that stays focused on close games and live reactions.
This NCAA tournament recap and Sweet 16 preview lands with spring warming, golf courses opening, and a host whose voice is still rough after a busy state-tournament weekend. That texture suits the moment.
A close call in the Sandhills, told plainly and without varnish.
This segment follows Dave Schroth and his family at Strategy Bison Ranch near Ellsworth, Nebraska, as the Morrill Fire closes in after starting March 12 near Angora.
Raiders seasons, called from the field.
Cortana Mancuso talks with Jason Garrett, a grade nine freshman who is deeply involved in music at school.
This episode discusses Severe Weather Preparedness Week in South Dakota and Minnesota, featuring insights from a National Weather Service meteorologist about last year's unusually active severe weather season and the importance of transitioning from winter to summer safety awareness.
This episode features an interview with high school golfer Gavin Colson and his coach Randy Pool, discussing his selection for an international tournament in Australia and Masters Week golf topics.
This episode previews the upcoming Masters golf tournament at Augusta National, celebrating its traditions, atmosphere, and significance as the greatest golf event.
This season finale episode of Tiger Talk discusses the end of the year for the high school athletics show, previews spring sports coverage, and shifts focus to national sports like MLB and NBA.
Andrew Keitlinger returns to Pierre for a Teen Talk conversation with Cortana Mancuso.
Justin Cowart sits down with Stanley County's Paxton Deal and Eddie Duffy after their state-tournament run and strong season.
Spring is here.
Jody Heemstra centers the conversation on the Morrill Fire and the Strategy Bison Ranch near Ellsworth, Nebraska.
This episode discusses girls basketball playoffs and regional brackets with guests Marley Guthmiller and Pacey Konold, focusing on Moe Bridge Pollock High School athletics.
This episode features an interview with sports director Justin Cowart discussing Mobridge Pollock high school basketball, Stanley County matchups, state rankings, and the upcoming playoffs.
This episode features an interview with Easton Eisemann, a junior student-athlete at Moe Bridge Pollock High School, discussing his busy weekend balancing basketball games and a rodeo competition, highlighting his multi-sport involvement and unique rodeo participation.
This episode previews Super Bowl LX between the Seahawks and Patriots, discusses prop bets and predictions, and touches on the Pro Bowl and upcoming Olympics.
This episode features an interview with wrestlers from Moe Bridge Pollock High School discussing their season, challenges, and goals for upcoming competitions.