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Focus, or Focus 580, was WILL Radio's flagship talk program from 1981 until 2014. David Inge was the host from 1981 until his retirement in 2012. Always engaging, the program acted as a resource for citizens to directly question politicians and candidates as well as keep up on the arts, science, health, and even the latest from well-known novelists.

The Focus archive below offers thousands of great interviews and serves as a time capsule and a great resource for researchers and those just curious about how influential people spoke of important topics as they were happening.

Focus - April 28, 2000

Roger Ebert, Second Annual Overlooked Film Festival

Pulitzer-Prize winning film critic Roger Ebert and director Paul Cox talk with David Inge in 2000 about the second annual Overlooked Film Festival (now Ebertfest) in Champaign.

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