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Back by popular demand, the Sun Prairie Media Center is hoping you'll go crazy over their unique "Fundcrazr" cards that will help raise money for needed equipment to help KIDS-4 and the Media Center survive and thrive. Here’s how it works: each KIDS-4 family with a child in the 2019-2020 KIDS-4 program will be given a number of “Football Crazr” fundraising tickets to be sold. Additional tickets will also be available for sale at the Sun Prairie Media Center. Each ticket costs $10. The buyer of each ticket is randomly assigned three NFL football teams for five weeks of the NFL season: November 17-December 15. Teams vary by week and all fifteen teams are printed on each ticket. Every ticket is eligible for all five weeks of the sweepstakes: If…

Are you a basketball fan? Do you watch basketball games on TV and say to yourself, “I’ve got a few hot takes to share. I should be announcing these games!”? Well, now is your chance! The Sun Prairie Media Center is looking for a sportscasting duo – no experience necessary – for their coverage of 2019-2020 Sun Prairie Cardinals girls’ basketball. This year KSUN plans to broadcast 22 Sun Prairie Cardinals girls’ basketball games, with the 10 home games airing on KSUN and 103.5 FM and the 12 away games airing on 103.5. A vehicle – thanks to Wilde East Towne Honda – is available for use to travel to the away games, assuming a drivers’ license and a clean driving record. If you have the desire and passion to…

On Monday, October 7, Culver’s of Sun Prairie held what has become an annual “KIDS-4 Share Night” to raise money for the Media Center’s flagship student media literacy program. The night was a remarkable success, resulting in a Culver’s donation of $455.45 to the Parents of KIDS-4 fundraising group. A percentage of all sales at the restaurant from 5 PM to 8 PM on October 7 counted toward the donation total. “Once again the Culver’s Share Night was a great success for us this year,” said Sun Prairie Media Center director Jeff Robbins. “We love working with Duane and his entire staff at Culver’s. A huge thanks of course to our very active and involved group of KIDS-4 families, both those who volunteered at the event and those who came…

At the monthly Media Center Commission meeting on October 2, the Sun Prairie Improvement Council presented the Sun Prairie Media Center with a donation of $60,000. The generous donation will go towards the Friends of the Sun Prairie Media Center, the 501c3 group established to financially support, promote, and advocate for the Media Center. Members of the Improvement Council are well aware of the Media Center and its work to educate and enrich the Sun Prairie community. Peter Steitz, the organization’s treasurer, is the husband of Pam Steitz, who was the Media Center director from 1992-2010. “When we were discussing community groups to donate to, we knew that we wanted the funds to go to groups and organizations that are uniquely Sun Prairie and that contribute to making Sun Prairie…

The next time that you are browsing on the most popular news website in Madison, don’t be surprised if you come across live feeds of Sun Prairie’s very own TV and radio stations! Channel 3000 has added several locally-themed pages, including a dedicated Sun Prairie page. That page features active 24/7 livestreams of KSUN and 103.5 FM The Sun Community Radio. “The partnership makes sense,” says SPMC director Jeff Robbins. “Channel 3000 is looking to increase its content from Dane County communities outside of Madison, and what better place to look than community media centers such as the Sun Prairie Media Center?” The page is currently located here within the sports section of Channel 3000, as one of the immediate goals of Channel 3000 management was to increase its coverage…

On October 7, Culver’s of Sun Prairie, located at 1501 W. Main Street, will donate a portion of all sales between 5-8 PM to KIDS-4, our unique “TV for kids, by kids” media literacy program for Sun Prairie Area School District students in grades 4-8. ‘The timing of the share night this year is perfect,” said Sun Prairie Media Center director Jeff Robbins. “It comes right after our Kick-Off Party on October 1 and during the first week of 2019-2020 crews, so it’s a terrific chance for KIDS-4 families to come out, get to know each other, and start the crew year off right by supporting this tremendous program.”The 2018 KIDS-4 Share Night was a remarkable success, resulting in a Culver’s donation of $653.85 to the Parents of KIDS-4 fundraising…

The Sun Prairie Media Center is pleased to introduce Colin Lessig, their new full-time production manager. Colin Lessig comes to SPMC after teaching in the humanities department at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (UWP) for nearly a decade. There he primarily taught English composition, but occasionally taught Introduction to Film and Introduction to literature. Originally from Maryland, Lessig studied English and Communications with a film emphasis at Elon University (North Carolina). As a student, he volunteered at the college radio station (where he hosted a show called “The Midnight Trip”), took many media production courses, and interned during summers at Maryland Public Television and for a local production company. Lessig worked in media production until graduate school brought him to Florida State University, where he studied creative writing. After graduating, he…

The Sun Prairie Media Center is pleased to announce that KSUN, sunprairiemediacenter.com, and 103.5 FM The Sun Community Radio will once again be the places to tune to for live coverage of home AND away Sun Prairie Cardinals high school football games this fall. All home games will be broadcast live on KSUN (Charter cable channel 983 and TDS channels 13 and 1013), streamed on sunprairiemediacenter.com, and aired on 103.5 The Sun Community Radio. Games are also available on the KSUN channel on Roku devices and on Apple TV. Away games will also be aired live on 103.5 The Sun, which is also streamed at sunpraririemediacenter.com. Following live coverage, home games will be made available on sunprairiemediacenter.com for on-demand viewing and will be replayed several times on KSUN channel 983.…

The Sun Prairie Media Center is introducing a new lineup of morning hosts for the weekday 7-9 AM block. Getting your week off to a great start on Monday mornings is Sara Milewski, who currently also hosts the program “Whatever” with her daughter Megan. Monday mornings promise to be a great mix of current and classic pop along with in-studio interviews with guests busy making Sun Prairie a great place to live. Tuesdays James Kademan (“Authentic Business Adventures”) is live with a blast of classic and contemporary rock to get you out of bed and on with your day. Wednesday mornings feature one of the newest members of the 103.5 family, neighborhood navigator George Chavez (“Making the Connections”) who will be welcoming in city and business leaders for lively and…

We are still accepting registrations for the workshops that still have space available. More information and online registration is available at kids4.tv. These workshops are designed for budding journalists, filmmakers, actors, and DJs who want a fun and creative way to express themselves, learn how to make movies, or star in them. Participants will be introduced to media production in a fun, hands-on learning environment that’s conveniently located – the SPMC is, after all, 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.  Class fees include a USB drive with your child’s projects to share with family and friends. Drives will be distributed at the end of the summer. Workshops with openings…