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Come Wednesday, all federal funding for public media will cease because of a law that Congress passed this summer, which raises the question, what role will public media play in the future? Well, NPR’s David Folkenflik traveled to South Dakota seeking answers.
DAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: I visited a suburb of Sioux Falls on a recent Saturday night. Nothing was bigger than the Harrisburg High School Tigers football game. Aaron Zahn’s son plays center, and Zahn’s standing before a giant, white fire truck kitted out with four 50-inch TVs which are blaring college games…