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Faces of America
7 pm Wednesdays on WILL-TV
Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. again turns to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans, including Stephen Colbert, left.
Frederica Von Stade on “Live and Local”!
Noon Wednesday on WILL-FM
Frederica von Stade is one of America’s great artists, gracing the operatic and concert stages for nearly 40 years. She will bring her farewell tour to the Krannert Center in Urbana Thursday. Kevin Kelly talks to her about her “retirement”—though she’ll continue to sing, what it means to “create” an operatic role, and her attraction to opera.
At the White House: Music of the Civil Rights Era
9 pm Friday
President and Mrs. Obama host a concert in the White House East Room in honor of Black History Month. Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson (left), John Legend, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Seal, the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Howard University Choir and others perform.
Come to “Media Matters” Live Event!
12:30 pm Sunday, Feb. 21
Free; tickets required (call 217-333-7300 by Feb. 15)
This is your chance to see Bob McChesney do his show live with guest John Nichols at the Siebel Center in Urbana during this special event. Bob will sign his new book afterward, with book sales benefitting WILL.
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From AM580 News
IL Universities Make Plea for Owed State Money
Champaign School Board Discusses More Budget Cuts
Caterpillar Joins FutureGen Alliance
Embattled Cohen Gives Up Lt. Gov. Nomination
Brady Says He’s Not Calling on Dillard to Concede
All AM580 News and Archives...
Come to “Media Matters” Live Event!
12:30 pm Sunday, Feb. 21
Free; tickets required (call 217-333-7300 by Feb. 15)
This is your chance to see Bob McChesney do his show live with guest John Nichols at the Siebel Center in Urbana during this special event. Bob will sign his new book afterward, with book sales benefitting WILL.
Today on Focus 580
10:06 AM:
Lawn & Garden Care
11:06 AM:
The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
All Focus 580 progam info & archives
Today on The Afternoon Magazine
1:06 pm:
A Voyage Long and Strange:Rediscovering the New World
All Aft Mag program info & archives
Agricultural Broadcasting
Timely market reports and expert analysis
Tonight’s Ag Outlook Panel in Kankaee is CANCELED
Get the latest WILL Ag Audio/Market Analysis...
The Public Square
Citizen commentaries on AM580
4:45 and 6:45 pm on Fridays
February 05, 2010:
Jan Kruse on Racial Prejudice in the Champaign County Jury System
All Public Square commentaries
Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Sundays from 1 to 2 pm Central on AM580
Sunday, February 14, 2010:
Barry C. Lynn is Bob's guest on Sunday
All Media Matters programs and archives...
NPR News on the Haiti earthquake
Live and Local with Kevin Kelly
Weekdays noon to 1pm
Frederica von Stade is one of America’s great artists, gracing the operatic and concert stages for nearly 40 years. She will bring her farewell concert tour to the Krannert Center in Urbana Thursday, and she’ll be my guest on the Wednesday edition of “Live and Local.” We’ll also hear about "A Body of Water," the next play at the Station Theatre in Urbana.
Live and Local progam info & archives
Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper
8 pm Thursday
Illinois Chamber Orchestra
Maria Horvath, piano
It’s pure “Mozartiana” in this program of favorites from one of the world’s most beloved and gifted composers. The popular serenade, “A Little Night Music,” begins the concert, which also features the 23rd Piano Concerto and ends with the 39th Symphony.
The Morning Express with Vic Di Geronimo
6 am to 10 am weekdays
Come on board for classical music, weather and NPR news headlines.
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
5 pm Saturday and
2 pm Sunday
Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon.
WILL and Food Co-op Raise Funds for Food Bank
For every contribution in any amount to WILL radio during its Thursday-Saturday (Jan. 28-30) radio pledge drive, the Common Ground Food Co-op will donate the cost of three meals to the Eastern Illinois Food Bank.
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Illinois Public Media, WSIU Host Gubernatorial Debate
Illinois Public Media, Champaign-Urbana, and WSIU Public Broadcasting, Carbondale, are teaming up to present Republican and Democratic debates for candidates in the Feb. 2 Illinois gubernatorial primary.
Republican candidates will meet in the WILL-TV studio at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, while Democrats face off at WSIU at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21.
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WILL Wins PBS Award
WILL/Illinois Public Media has been awarded the PBS Award for Excellence in Overall Development, the highest honor for station fundraising activities during the 2009 fiscal year.
