Jim Burt (June 22, 1918 – July 5, 1993) was an American broadcast pioneer who spent forty years as sportscaster on KELO radio and television.
He graduated from Melcher High School in 1936 and then from Brown Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He broadcast every boys basketball tournament from 1948 to 1982, and was "the voice of the South Dakota Coyotes" from 1952 to 1977.
In December 1994, an endowed scholarship fund was established in Jim Burt's memory within the University of South Dakota Foundation.
Jim Burt died in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on July 5, 1993, at the age of 75.