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Live and Local with Kevin Kelly
Weekdays at noon on WILL-FM 90.9
Join Kevin for live studio performances by local and national artists, as well as interviews and a daily calendar of music events. Shown at left with Kevin, guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel performed on the show recently. Find out more.
Giving Thanks
6 pm Saturday on WILL-AM 580
A music-and-stories celebration offers contemporary reflection on the holiday’s meaning. It’s repeated at 8 pm Thursday on FM 90.9.
Swine Flu Update from C-U Health District
Watch a video of Julie Pryde of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District providing an update on H1N1 flu in the community. Her video and audio updates will also air on WILL-TV, WILL-AM and WILL-FM.
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Cheetah Orphans
Nature
7 pm Sunday on WILL-TV
When the mother of two cheetah cubs is killed, a veteran filmmaker becomes their new parent, beginning a two-year emotional rollercoaster as he prepares them to return to the wild.
Eastern Illinois Hunger Symposium
1 pm Wednesday on WILL-AM 580
A one-hour special featuring highlights from the Eastern Illinois Food Bank and Illinois Public Media third annual Hunger Symposium, with discussions between people dealing with hunger at the grassroots level, government officials, number crunchers and others about short-term and long-term solutions to hunger issues. Listen to the whole symposium online.
From AM580 News
County Board Rejects Board of Health’s Termination Request
Proposal to Terminate CUPHD Contract Goes Before Champaign County Board
Urbana Congressman Opposes Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees to Thomson Prison
GEO Suspends Strike After Reaching Tentative Agreement with U of I
UI, GEO Reach Tentative Agreement
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Today on Focus 580
10:06 AM:
Personal Finance
11:06 AM:
The Media, Race and Policing in the United States
All Focus 580 progam info & archives
Today on The Afternoon Magazine
1:06 pm:
In a Time of War:The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point's Class of 2002
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
November 27, 2009:
Gary Storm on a recent trip to the West Bank in Israel
All Public Square commentaries
Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Sundays from 1 to 2 pm Central on AM580
Sunday, November 22, 2009:
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Bright-Sided
Live and Local with Kevin Kelly
Weekdays noon to 1pm
Beginning Dec. 4, Bah Humbug Productions and Parkland College Theatre in Champaign will present their third annual production of Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" in their own musical adaptation. On the Monday edition of “Live and Local,” I’ll talk with the creators of this production, and we’ll hear some of the songs live in our studio.
Live and Local progam info & archives
Classics of the Phonograph with John Frayne
10 am Saturday
In the early 1970s, record executive and salesman extraordinaire R. Peter Munves came up with the idea of compilation discs with ear-catching titles like “Beethoven’s Greatest Hits.” I’ll look at this kind of LP, and also examine some of the new wrinkles in CD omnibus collections.
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.
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 to Air H1N1 Updates
Beginning Nov. 19, WILL-TV, WILL-AM and WILL-FM will air H1N1 flu updates presented by Julie Pryde from the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. The one-minute spots, produced at WILL, will provide up-to-date information including availability of vaccine and prevalence of flu in the community.
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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.
WILL-TV Documentaries Win Emmy Nominations
The WILL-TV documentaries Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency and Memorial Stadium: True Illini Spirit have been nominated for four Mid-America Emmy Awards.
