March 2021 Volume 27, Issue 3 Thank you and Congratulations on your FREE upgrade! Santel, your partner in the community, recognizes the increased demand on today’s bandwidth services.

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These speeds, combined with Santel’s Whole Home WiFi, give our patrons the best, most reliable connec- tion to meet your needs. Congratulations and thank you for choosing Santel Communications! There is something for everyone on Santel Digital TV in March… here are a few things to watch: Attn: High School Seniors State High School Basketball March 11-13 We are now accepting applications Class B Girls Tournament...Santel Channel 901 for the 2021 Ray Judy Memorial Class A Girls Tournament...Santel Channel 902 Scholarship. Ray Judy was the first Class AA Girls Tournament...Santel Channel 903 general manager of the original March 18-20 Sanborn Telephone Cooperative and Class B Boys Tournament...Santel Channel 901 we will award 10 scholarships in the Class A Boys Tournament...Santel Channel 902 amount of $500 each in his memory. Class AA Boys Tournament...Santel Channel 903 Information has been sent to area NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball schools and you can also find the ap- All 67 games of the tournament will be broadcast across CBS Sports and plication requirements online under Turner Sports including TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV. The tournament starts the About Us / In the Community tab at www.santel.coop. March 14th and ends with the championship game on April 5th. Check your TV guide for game times and pairings. Completed applications may be emailed to [email protected] or Santel has recently added the Wessington Springs School mailed to PO Box 67, Woonsocket, SD Channel to our lineup. A large variety of events including 57385. They must be received by wrestling, basketball and talent show have already been 5pm on Friday, March 26, 2021 to be broadcast on Santel Channel 108. considered. Applicant’s parents or guardians We have added the True Crime Network to our must be active residential telephone lineup and it can be found on channel 185 in all of or broadband customers residing in a the Santel TV packages. This channel is a 24/7 net- Santel Communications Cooperative work dedicated to entertaining and informing view- exchange. Successful applicants ers with gripping crime and investigation programs. must attend a post-secondary school in South Dakota within six (6) months Effective March 1, WGN America (WGNA) will be re-named NewsNation. of high school graduation. While the channel will continue to air repeats of sitcoms and dramas during the day, they have March Madness Newsletter Special: gone to all news, all evening in recent months Rent any Santel Video on Demand in and eventually plan that the channel will be March (excluding FREE videos) and leave a dedicated to strictly news content. review of the movie on Santel’s facebook page...all participants will receive a gift and entry in drawing for $50 bill credit. Now Showing

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