Local sports, civic updates, and community radio.
WRBI Radio is a local news and sports feed centered on Batesville, Greensburg, and nearby Southeastern Indiana communities. Its strongest moments move between high school basketball coverage, municipal updates, chamber interviews, public-safety items, and event calendars with steady broadcast clarity.
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WRBI Radio is a local news and sports show shaped by service, routine, and community detail. It pays close attention to Batesville, Greensburg, Decatur County, and the towns around them. The format is straightforward. Guests come on to explain what is happening, the interviewer keeps the conversation moving, and each segment usually lands on a date, location, decision, score, or practical next step. Chamber interviews cover business promotions, ribbon cuttings, retail events, grants, conferences, and community calendars. Municipal conversations recap Board of Works and City Council meetings with a level of detail that matters to residents who drive the roads, use the parks, attend downtown events, or follow public-safety decisions. The civic side can be matter-of-fact, but it is not detached. A discussion of fire department body armor and tactical medic policy becomes a plain explanation of response roles and why seconds matter in an emergency. A silver alert update becomes a moment to credit regional agencies and citizens after a missing resident is found uninjured. The sports side has the same local texture. Coach's Corner gives Batesville boys basketball, sectional results, team records, coaches, seniors, softball, track and field, qualifying meets, and spring schedules room to breathe. Game coverage leans into Indiana high school basketball culture, especially sectional play, rematches, rankings, and the weekly rhythm of teams moving from winter into spring. The show often carries sponsor reads and radio handoffs, which are part of its small-market broadcast identity. It is most compelling when the format turns local information into usable context. WRBI Radio is not built around hot takes or national debate. It is built around who met, who played, what changed, and where people should be next. For listeners with roots in Southeastern Indiana, that specificity is the point.
Made for: WRBI Radio suits Southeastern Indiana listeners who follow high school sports, city meetings, chamber events, downtown development, and practical community updates. It is especially useful for people tied to Batesville, Greensburg, Decatur County, and nearby school communities.
What sets it apart: The show combines small-town civic reporting and high school sports coverage in the same dependable radio cadence. Few discovery feeds move so naturally from Board of Works road closures to sectional basketball, chamber promotions, and Coach's Corner interviews.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A steady March sports hour that tracks Batesville's basketball finish and lays out the track qualifying rules plainly.
March Coach's Corner opens on Batesville boys basketball, with Rob LaFerry and Aaron Garrett talking through a 20-5 season that ended in a 92-77 regional championship loss to number one ranked Silver Creek in Class 3A.
A clear regional call built around Hauser's steady pull-away win over South Decatur.
Hauser's 74-54 win over South Decatur plays like a Class 1A regional that found its shape early. Cameron Blair's free throws, Gavin Keller's rare three, and South Decatur's move back into man-to-man coverage set the terms, then the call settles into the possessions themselves.
A steady sectional call that shows how Greensburg built its 63-45 win.
This call of Lawrenceburg vs. Greensburg at South Dearborn follows the opening round of Class 3A sectional 29 from pregame setup through the final 63-45 result, with Rob LaLa? Wait no new names? Need keep exact names. Let's craft carefully.
Fast takes, sharp turns, loud sports arguments.
Cavaliers playoff detail, every day.
WRBI Radio broadcasts the opening round of the IHSA Class 3A Sectional 29 boys basketball tournament from South Dearborn High School.
Rob Moorhead and Gary Solley broadcast the Class 1A regional basketball game between the Hauser Jets and South Decatur Cougars live from Seymour High School.
Coach Rob LaFerri interviews Batesville boys basketball head coach Aaron Garrett about their sectional championship win over South Dearborn.
Sam Melton says Jackson Dell has about 55 fewer students than last year, representing roughly $450,000 in funding.
Joshua Marsh says Indiana municipalities may pay 40% more for road salt after a state contract failed.
Kathleen Bowman explains how Livestrong helps adult cancer survivors rebuild strength and confidence for free.
Patty Wilhelm outlines Franklin County Arts Council programming for the United States' 250th birthday, including Brookville decorations and a July 4 concert.
The Batesville hub requires 3D-printer certification before residents can use its equipment independently.
Dawn Lowe discusses the opening of Agripreneur and FFA grants funded by the Ag Day breakfast to support young people in agricultural careers.
Mary Ellen Rippe discusses upcoming Chamber retail promotions including April Showers Bring May Flowers and Mainopoly.
Mayor Joshua Marsh discusses upcoming road closures for a vintage car tour and the YMCA's Tree City Rolling Tour in Greensburg.
Mayor John Irrgang discusses Batesville City Council and Board of Works meeting, including farmer's market parking lot closures and a special event request.
Carrie Riley discusses a $500,000 grant application for downtown revitalization in Batesville, Indiana, focusing on a blighted parking lot.
Coach Rob LaFerry opens from the Coach Raver Corner at Eisen's Family Pizza.
Coach Rob LaFerri interviews Batesville boys basketball head coach Aaron Garrett about their sectional championship win over South Dearborn.
Live coverage of the opening round of the IHSA Class 3A Sectional 29 boys basketball game between Lawrenceburg and Greensburg.
A broadcast of a high school boys basketball sectional game between Milan and Crothersville, including pre-game sponsor messages.
Coach Rob LaFerri previews boys' sectional week with Batesville head coach Aaron Garrett, discussing their 18-4 season and first outright EIAC championship since 2008.