Program Director for Porcupine, S.D., Radio Station Is Certified as Trainer Story-Date: 09:40 a.m. PST Sunday , November 30, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------ Program Director for Porcupine, S.D., Radio Station Is Certified as Trainer By Kevin F. Peniska, Indian Country Today, Rapid City, S.D. Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News PORCUPINE, S.D.--Dec. 1--Wilson "Buzi" Two Lance, program director for KILI-FM radio, "The Voice of the Lakota Nation" in Porcupine, S.D., was certified in August as a trainer for the Dakota Master Trainer Project. "I am now certified to do consultant work as a trainer," said Mr. Two Lance, from his office at KILI studios on Porcupine Butte on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern S.D. "I can do production, programming, fund-raising, etc. I'm trained in many areas and the different aspects of radio," he said. Mr. Two Lance has worked for KILI radio for the last 12 years. As program director, he is directly responsible for all aspects of daily programming that goes out over-the-airwaves. He is also responsible for maintaining daily program logs and all the on-air personnel. Recruiting and training DJs, editing appropriate programming, and a certain amount of public relations, are all a part of his duties to keep the station running smoothly. During his tenure at KILI, he has also been involved with many aspects of National Indian Radio and has been trained extensively in many areas of radio broadcasting. He is a member of the American Indian Radio On Satellite Program Consultant Group and is also a producer with the AIROS program "Native Sounds-Native Voices." "I've been involved with Indian radio at a national level since the 80s, I was chairman of a Native Broadcasting Consortium before the creation of the Indigenous Communications Association," Mr. Two Lance said. "AIROS has given me a number of opportunities to train in a number of fields including production, KU-band Uplink and others." Mr. Two Lance has also enjoyed the opportunity to travel to some pretty unique locations as a trainee. In February he traveled to Beverly Hills, Calif., to assist with production and engineering of the 5th Annual First Americans in the Arts Awards. "I learned what it takes to broadcast a major event," said Mr. Two Lance of his trip to posh Beverly Hills. "It was a lot of fun, but it was a lot of work also. I don't even think we had a day of rest," he said with a smile. Koahanic Broadcasting, in Anchorage, Alaska, was his most recently completed training. The 18-month training program with the Dakota Master Trainer Project opens the door for Mr. Two Lance to take his knowledge and expertise wherever it is needed. As a certified trainer, he was recently asked to assist radio station KLND in Little Eagle, S.D., with some on-air broadcasting information. He spent two and a half days in June training staff and volunteers in areas such as production, musical programming, formatting schedules, and different DJ styles. Some of Mr. Two Lance's short term goals are to produce local talent, both in the Native American contemporary and traditional/pow wow music areas. He wants to do this because he feels that local talent is just as good as the more mainstream contemporary and traditional artists, but because of location, and a lack of Indian producers/distributors, their music doesn't get out. "The talent that we have here in western South Dakota doesn't get out there as much as the major distributors like Sweetgrass and Sound of America Records. Mr. Two Lance said. "I think we need to create something here that serves not only Pine Ridge but western South Dakota. We can give exposure to the drum groups and local talents. We need to create a major record label that can showcase our talents." With his years of experience in radio broadcasting and certification that qualified him to be a trainer at other radio stations, he is definitely an asset to radio. His production skills should also enable him to pursue his goal of starting his own production company and studio. Anyone interested in contacting Mr. Two Lance regarding training information can call 1-605-867-5002. ----- Visit Indian Country Today on the World Wide Web at http://www.indiancountry.com/ ----- (c) 1997, Indian Country Today, Rapid City, S.D. Distributed by Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. ------------------------------------------------------------