WILL-FM: Music and Performance
Harvest Home
Thanksgiving with the Dale Warland Singers
8 pm Tuesday
America’s premiere a capella choir for over 30 years, the Dale Warland Singers crafted a beautiful hour of newly arranged old favorites, quiet and simple Shaker tunes, and rousing folk songs.
Live and Local with Kevin Kelly
Weekdays noon to 1pm
The Champaign-Urbana Ballet and Sinfonia da Camera will present their annual production of Tchaikovsky’s "The Nutcracker" Dec. 4-6 at the Krannert Center in Urbana. The cast includes company dancers and scores of children from the surrounding community. CU Ballet’s Nutcracker will be the focus of our conversation on the Tuesday edition of “Live and Local.”
Live and Local progam info & archives
Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper
8 pm Thursday
Roger returns in January with more great concerts by central Illinois musicians. In December, tune in for holiday specials:
Dec. 3: Choirs and Carols.
Dec. 10: Hanukkah in Story and Song
Dec. 17: A Jonathan Winters Christmas Carol/A Leroy Anderson Christmas Special
Dec. 24: Music of the Baroque Holiday Special
Dec. 31: Toast of the Nation
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.
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WILL Digital Radio
FM 90.9’s digital service provides three streams of content: FM 90.9 HD1 airs a simulcast of the FM music service; both FM 90.9 HD2 and HD3 air the news and information service, also available on AM 580.
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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.
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Classics of the Phonograph with John Frayne
10 am Saturday
The year 1927 was the 100th year commemoration of Beethoven’s death. Recording companies resolved to make it a milestone year. Electrical recording had arrived in 1925, and in London, the first complete set of Beethoven symphonies was recorded in the new sound. I’ll play recordings by those conductors who made that centennial so memorable.
