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Space Shuttle Disaster
NOVA
7 pm Tuesday on WILL-TV
A new look at the Columbia space shuttle tragedy through interviews with astronauts, their families and members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
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Come to the Vintage Vinyl Sale
Saturday, May 16, at Lincoln Square Village in Urbana
Thousand of used records, CDs and tapes for sale, along with used working stereo equipment, at the former Baskin’s clothing store at Lincoln Square. Benefits Illinois Radio Reader.
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Introducing Illinois Public Media
WILL AM-FM-TV is taking a new name—Illinois Public Media. The individual stations, WILL-AM, WILL-FM, and WILL-TV retain their names and individual identities.
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Come Along on WILL’s New England Tour
Who better to tour with on a memorable journey through New England? Plan to join us Sept. 23-Oct. 3 for this special fun-filled trip designed exclusively for you! Take a look at the trip brochure. For more information, call Danda Beard at 217-333-7300.
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From AM580 News
Champaign School Board OKs READY Program for Alternative Education Next Year
Judge Rules Against Comprehensive Hearing in Unit Four Consent Decree Case
UI Grad on Monday’s Shuttle Mission to Hubble Telescope
Champaign Wants a Bigger Buffer Zone for Outlying Wind Turbines
Severe Storms in Southern Illinois Cut Power, Cause Injuries, Cancel Commencement
All AM580 News and Archives...
Today on Focus 580
10:06 AM:
Lawn and Garden Care
11:06 AM:
Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon
All Focus 580 progam info & archives
Today on The Afternoon Magazine
1:06 pm:
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire & the Birth of an Obsession
2:45 pm:
The Frogs and Toads of North America
All Aft Mag program info & archives
Agricultural Broadcasting
Timely market reports and expert analysis
AM 580 Agriculture Offers NEW Daily Ag Weather PODCAST!!!
Get the latest WILL Ag Audio/Market Analysis...
The Public Square
Citizen commentaries on AM580
4:45 and 6:45 pm on Fridays
April 24, 2009:
Magnolia Cook on the clean-up of a toxic site at 5th and Hill Streets in Champaign
All Public Square commentaries
Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Sundays from 1 to 2 pm Central on AM580
Sunday, May 10, 2009:
David Barsamian, host and producer of Alternative Radio
Live and Local with Kevin Kelly
Weekdays noon to 1pm
Jean Redpath is a prolific recording artist and one of the definitive interpreters of Scottish traditional songs. Through her friendship with Julie Beyler, director of Champaign-Urbana’s Chorale, she visits this area frequently. We’ll have the privilege of her company and the pleasure of hearing her sing, live in our studio, on the Tuesday edition of “Live and Local."
Live and Local progam info & archives
Classics of the Phonograph with John Frayne
10 am Saturday
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 sent the American recording industry spinning into near disaster. John looks at how some symphony orchestras continued to record, and how the Great Depression had different effects in Europe in contrast to the U.S. He'll also play some classic recordings of the 1930s.
Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper
7 pm Sunday
Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra
Michael Luxner, conductor; Christine Bock, viola
Opus 24 Choral Ensemble
HOLST: Brook Green Suite
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fios Campi
WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll
HAYDN: Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"
Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Karen Lynn Deal, conductor; David Collier, timpani
J.C.C. FISCHER: Symphony with 8 Obbligato Timpani
HOLST: The Planets
The Morning Express with Vic Di Geronimo
6 am to 10 am weekdays
Vic invites you to come on board for classical music, weather and NPR news headlines.
Drop Off Donations for Vintage Vinyl Sale
Vintage Vinyl used record sale will accept donations of LPs, CDs and audio equipment the sale site at Lincoln Square Village from 9 am-4 pm Monday-Friday through May 13. Donations need to be brought in sturdy containers or boxes.
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WILL-AM “Outstanding News Operation”
WILL-AM 580 News was named the “Outstanding News Operation” for the second year in a row in the downstate radio division of the Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association Journalism Excellence Contest. WILL-AM 580 news director Tom Rogers also won first place in the Best Newswriting category.
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WILL AM-FM-TV Named Recipient of CPB Community Impact Award
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will present WILL AM-FM-TV with the My Source Community Impact Award for Education for WILL initiatives including book mentoring in pre-school classrooms, the Youth Media Workshop with African-American teens, and a Hoopeston Youth Project.
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