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Article in Indian Country Today by John Hult in the South Dakota Searchlight, 12/1/25
Headline: “Tribal radio funding flows, but future remains uncertain after clawback of public media money”
Subhead: “KILI has raised $80,000 in donations since the summer, and $50,000 came from a single donor after the story ran in the New York Times.”
“PORCUPINE — For the past few weeks, Oitancan “Oi” Zephier has labored among piles of vinyl records nearly 2 feet high.
KILI-FM, the Porcupine, South Dakota-based tribal public broadcasting station Zephier manages, has gone digital and no longer needs the records.
The station is selling the records, because what it needs is cash. . .”
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