Ben Kuhns has been on-the-air and in the broadcasting industry since 1996. He’s worked with radio and TV station in South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming. He studied journalism and political science at the University of Nebraska in Kearney. Ben is also an award winning audio/video producer. In addition to commercial and imaging production for radio stations in Sioux Falls, he has been the voice of, and produced, several region-wide commercial campaigns. Ben is the Regional Digital Managing Editor for Townsquare Media markets in South and North Dakota where he manages and produces online content inspired by the local communities. Ben was born and raised in Western Nebraska and has been in Sioux Falls, SD since 2006. He also thinks he is fiction writer and essayist, and his wife thinks he's funny.
Ben Kuhns
Do You Know What This Is? It Was a Portal To Magical Things For ’80s Kids
To us '80s kids, this device turned the TV into a never-ending parade of wonders. It brought us MTV, Nick at Night, and the best thing ever: 'Night Flight.'
Do You Remember the Extra ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ Lyrics? ‘Like a Lightbulb’
When I was a kid we'd shout 'Like a light Bulb' and things while singing 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.' Did you?
Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day In America (Besides Grilling)?
Labor Day is way more than the end of summer. It's a national salute to the workers who built the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
Weird Memories: ‘Sesame Street’ Bread and Butter Cartoon [VIDEO]
Come with me on a nostalgia trip down Sesame Street where we find a disco house, make tortillas, play pinball, go zoom, and stock up on bread.
WATCH: Three Weird Halloween Commercials From Our Youth
As a kid, those McD's Halloween buckets were almost as good as candy. Plus we have a scary look at Halloween in the 1970s and talking pizza from the 90s.
WATCH: Plastic Masks and the Hot Halloween Costumes in the Late 80s
Watch this news report from 1986 about the big Halloween costumes of that year. It may be all Marvel now, but then Rambo and He-Man were all the rage.