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Jon Michaels' Forum (KELO-AM, Sioux Falls)

Center local news. Over-indexes on Education (86.7×) and Culture War & Social Issues (4.8×).

As described by the publisher
A community issues and answering program that focuses on the city and people of the Sioux Empire.
35
Episodes transcribed
Sep 2025Aug 2026 covered
4
Episodes analyzed
4 tone reads — one per figure per episode
Mixed
No clear favorite or target
thin read

What This Tone Is Based On

The tone scores on this page come from analyzing how this show covers each political figure it mentions. Below is the breakdown of how many of those reads were positive, neutral, or negative.

Positive250%
Neutral250%
Negative00%

Net media tone Positive across 4 figure-in-episode tone reads (not audience/impressions).

Thin sample — fewer than 5 tone reads; treat the split as directional.

How Jon Michaels' Forum (KELO-AM, Sioux Falls) Differs from Other Shows

Overall this show runs more favorable than the rest of the media — mean tone +0.75 vs the media's -0.06.

Coverage Volume

Transcribed episodes per week — last 26 weeks

Sentiment Trajectory

Average weekly tone toward figures — green favorable, red critical

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Organizations
Army5
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Places
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Mexico8

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