The longstanding partnership between South Dakota State University Athletics and WNAX Radio will continue for another five years after the two parties agreed to a new contract that runs through the 2026-27 athletic season.

Under the new agreement, which was negotiated through Jackrabbit Sports Properties, WNAX remains the flagship station of the Jackrabbit Sports Network for football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball radio broadcasts. The Yankton-based station is celebrating 100 years of being on the air in 2022 and features one of the strongest broadcast signals in the Upper Midwest with extensive coverage into five states. Affiliate stations for the Jackrabbit Sports Network are located throughout South Dakota and into western Minnesota.

Game broadcasts will air on 570 AM and 96.9 FM, with 104.1 FM (The Wolf) serving as the originating station for select broadcasts when multiple events run simultaneously. Starting this fall, football pregame shows will expand to two hours, with pregame and postgame shows for basketball scheduled for 30 minutes.
(WNAX Vice President and General Manager Bill Holst says “the Jackrabbits are a vital part of our station and we appreciate the long standing partnership.”)

In addition, WNAX 570 AM will continue to air the John Stiegelemeier Radio Show on Monday nights throughout the football season, as well as the Jackrabbit Basketball Coaches Show in the winter. Jackrabbit Daily Sports Updates also will be featured programming throughout the athletic season.

WNAX has broadcast Jackrabbit sports for more than 50 years, including continuously serving as the flagship station for radio broadcasts of Jackrabbit football and men’s basketball broadcasts since the start of the 1991-92 athletics season. Women’s basketball moved under the WNAX umbrella during the 2009-10 season.