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Cracking the Koala Code
Nature
7 pm Wednesday on WILL-TV
Join leading scientists as they explore the day-to-day dramas of an extended family of koalas, studying their every move to find out what a forest needs to support a healthy population of koalas.
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News from Illinois Public Media
NEWS: Medical Records Could Yield Answers On Fracking
Researchers plan to mine 10 years of data on people who live near the Marcellus Shale gas wells. The finds could resolve a national debate about whether the natural gas boom is making people sick. More from NPR News.
NEWS: Regional Superintendents Back Consolidation Bill
The Illinois Senate has approved a plan to consolidate some of Illinois’ Regional Offices of Education, and the plan has the support of the state’s regional superintendents. The legislation would eliminate nearly a quarter of the state’s 44 regional offices of education. More from Illinois Public Radio.
Old-Time Piano Music Recorded Live at The Blind Pig
12 noon Thursday on Live and Local
Toes were doing some serious tapping when Kevin Kelly hosted a group of old-time piano players at The Blind Pig. Don’t miss the recorded show with five contestants and former contestants participating in the Old-Time Piano Playing Contest in Peoria May 24-28. Old-time is a style used in public venues like drinking establishments and ragtime competitions between 1890 and 1929.
News from Illinois Public Media
Champaign Council Allows Video Gaming
Illinois May Allow Mini Horses as Service Animals
Ed. Leaders Concerned Over Rising Student Loan Interest Rates
Regional Superintendents Back Consolidation Bill
Acting Indiana Chief Justice Picked to Head Court
See all Illinois Public Media News
We Want You on Our Election Team
Join our live online chat
Noon-1 pm Friday, May 25
on willconnect.org
WILL is trying something different. We want you to tell us what you need to help you become an informed voter. What are the most important issues we should ask the candidates before Election Day? What would you most want to hear, see or read from WILL between now and November? Chat online with WILL’s Kimberlie Kranich, director of Community Content and Engagement.
Today on Focus
10:06 AM:
Student Loan Debt and Default, a National Crisis?
11:06 AM:
That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion
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Agricultural Broadcasting
Timely market reports and expert analysis
Follow the Corn Bus Tour
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Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Sundays from 1 to 2 pm Central on AM580
Sunday, May 20, 2012:
Professor Sundiata Cha-Jua discusses African-American history and recent black politics
All Media Matters programs and archives...
The Public Square
Citizen commentaries on AM580
4:45 and 6:45 pm on Fridays
February 03, 2012:
Gary Storm on Author Mark Braverman
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WILL Education
Dinosaurs A to Z Special
Don’t know your Apatosaurus from your Zigongosaurus? Meet all 26 species that make up the rollicking, rock-and-roll Dinosaur Train hit song “Dinosaurs A to Z” in the all-new, one-hour “Dinosaurs A to Z” special premiering at 8 am Monday, May 14, on WILL-TV.
Live and Local with Kevin Kelly
Weekdays noon to 1pm
This week we’re covering the Third Annual Jazz Festival at the Iron Post in downtown Urbana, the most active venue for jazz in our communities. Nearly the entire University of Illinois jazz faculty will play at the festival Saturday night, and they’ll join us live on the Wednesday edition of “Live and Local.”
Live and Local progam info & archives
Cello-Guitar Duo Montana Skies on “Live and Local”
Jonathan and Jennifer Adams are Montana Skies, a cello-guitar fusion duo whose music ranges from Vivaldi to Pink Floyd. They joined Kevin Kelly recently on Live and Local. Here’s a video of a portion of their original work entitle “Locomotion Commotion Potion,” or LCP. Watch the video.
Classics of the Phonograph with John Frayne
11 am Saturday
The slow movements from string quartets seem to be the ones that achieve a separate identity as audience favorites, or encores, perhaps, because these movements are the most likely to allow composers to develop their highest level of melodic invention. I’ll share some famous slow movements by Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Barber.
Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper
7 pm Friday
I’ll present the C-U Symphony with Steven Larsen, conductor, and Alon Goldstein, pianist. On the program are Alexander Borodin: Overture to Prince Igor; Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43; and Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor.
WILL Hunger Programs Win Awards
Illinois Public Media’s programming about community hunger has won two Silver Awards of Distinction in the international 2012 Communicator Awards. It also was named a Bronze Winner in the 2012 Telly Awards.
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WILL Wins 6 AP Awards
WILL’s reporters and contributors won six awards in the downstate radio division of the 2011 Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association Journalism Excellence Contest, including best investigative series, best documentary series and best sports story.
Read about Illinois Public Media’s role in giving voice to local arts, knowledge, new ideas and community needs. 
