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Francie Ganje works in News Development and on-air at the Big 81. Her career spans editor, advertising sales management and publishing in the print medium. She is an award winning writer on a state, regional and national level. The South Dakota Press Association, the National Newspaper Association and the National Federation of Press Women have recognized her work in print. Her move to writing for radio programming prompted a popular on-air gig in talk radio, award winning re-enactment programmng development and delivery. She was the producer of the Will Rogers award winning Heritage of the American West Performance Series, featuring performers from across the country in the cowboy western and poetry genres. She also produces the popular Black Hills Stock Show Today, a daily, two hour, live radio program covering all things Stock Show. She is a recipient of the Black Hills Stock AgriBusiness Person of the Year, Who’s Who Women in Business, a Melvin Jones Fellow, Inductee to the South Dakota Country Music Hall of Fame, and has been recognized by the Black Hills Stock Show Foundation, the Livestock Marketing Association, the Livestock Publications Council, the South Dakota Beef Industry Council, the Central States Fair, Inc., the South Dakota Pork Producers Council, the South Dakota Press Association and the National Federation of Press Women.