Pioneer Public TV broadcasts several original shows. All are available on the website after the original showing. For more information, call 1-800-726-3178 or email yourtv@pioneer.org .
Your Legislators: broadcast live at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27; the 42nd season of the only statewide, live, call-in program where citizens have questions answered directly by their lawmakers.
Compass: 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13; features current topics relevant to communities in Pioneer PBS's viewing area. Stories are digital-first, meaning they're available on Pioneer social media pages and website before being compiled into monthly broadcasts, which air the second Thursday of the month.
Prairie Yard and Garden: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, and repeats 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Monday on Pioneer PBS; host Mary Holm visits with Anna Anderson of “Glory Garden” in Sioux Falls, S.D., on how she leverages technology and relationships with local growers to connect fresh, locally grown meat, fruits, veggies and more with consumers in her community.
Prairie Sportsman: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, and repeats 12:30 p.m. Monday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Pioneer PBS; host Bret Amundson visits Milan area conservationists — Roger Strand on his hunting property and Brad and Kristi Fernholz at a remnant prairie on their farm.
ADVERTISEMENT
Postcards: 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, and repeats at 7 p.m. Sunday and 1:30 p.m. Monday; featuring Fern Cloud, who teaches the history of buffalo hide painting; Kyle Vos, who started a family museum in his own backyard; and Joe Hauger, who has turned his passion for wood carving into a side business.
Prairie Yard and Garden: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, and repeats 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Monday on Pioneer PBS; host Mary visits with Holm Frank Forcella of Morris about why it is important to identify grassy and broadleaf weeds and gives tips to control them.
Prairie Sportsman: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, and repeats at 12:30 p.m. Monday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; join host Bret Amundson for “In Service and Healing.” Ian Ives, an army sergeant who lost an arm in Afghanistan, is presented with a custom-made rod and reel and, at The Raptor Center, an eagle is examined after being hit by a car.
