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Exploring Gender Equity

Rethinking Assumptions: The Quest for Gender Equity in East Central Illinois
11 am Friday, July 3, and 6 pm Saturday, July 25

A new radio documentary created by Urbana University High School students looks at how the fight for gender equity took place in central Illinois.

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Champaign County Moves to One Administrator

Story air date: Friday, June 19, 2009

For 11 years, Champaign County government has had two administrators -- Deb Busey to look after staffing and finance and Denny Inman to take care of procurement and facilities. But that will change October 1st. The Champaign County Board has voted to switch to a single-administrator system, and to put Busey in the job. After the vote, Busey talked with AM 580’s Jim Meadows about the challenges ahead and about the controversial clause in her contract that bars county board members from publicly criticizing her job performance. But first, Busey talked about the prospect of becoming the county’s sole administrator after sharing duties with Denny Inman for over a decade.

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Timely market reports and expert analysis

Exclusive Interview with National Agricultural Statiistics Services director Joe Prusacki

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Media Matters with Bob McChesney

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Sundays from 1 to 2 pm Central on AM580

Sunday, June 28, 2009:

Susan Linn, Associate Director of the Media Center of the Judge Baker Children’s Center

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Keepin' the Faith with Steve Shoemaker

Steve Shoemaker

Sundays from 5 to 6 pm Central on AM580

Sunday, June 21, 2009:

"The Green Street Church: 150 years of Unitarian-Universalism in Urbana," with Rev. Axel Gerhmann

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Legal Issues in the News

Monday mornings at 7:25 and 9:40 am central on WILL-AM

Amy Gajda, Professor of Legal Writing at the University of Illinois College of Law, examines interesting legal issues from news stories and elsewhere. Winner of seven Associated Press awards for best editorial commentary.

Monday, June 22, 2009 :

Legal Implications of Spanking

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Sidetrack with Jason Croft

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First Saturday of the month at 6 pm

June 2009

This month, we remember local musician Jay Bennett who for a time played with the band Wilco, we talk to a professional mermaid, and we find out about a man who records sound for a living and his “one square inch of silence” project.

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Today on Focus 580

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Interviews on global affairs and daily life

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217-333-9455 or toll-free 800-222-9455

10 am:

Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations

Craig Nelson, Writer

11 am:

Rethinking Assumptions: The Quest for Gender Equity in East Central Illinois, produced by Linda Ly, Maritz Mestre, David Dickey, and Janet Morford

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News, interviews, weather, markets, sports, the works

1:06 pm:

After Oil

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The Public Square

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Citizen commentaries on AM580

4:45 and 6:45 pm on Fridays

Friday, April 24, 2009:

Magnolia Cook on the clean-up of a toxic site at 5th and Hill Streets in Champaign

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Environmental Alamanac

A weekly commentary by Rob Kanter from the University of Illinois Environmental Council (Thursdays at 4:45 pm and 6:45 pm)

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Something of Interest

Features from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois (Wednesdays at 6:19 pm)

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