A Dialogue about starting and sustaining a Black business
Listen to Dialogue: Saturdays at 11 am and Tuesdays at 7 pm on FM 101.1 and FM 90.9 HD2 Illinois Soul. Or tune in on Wednesdays at 7 pm on AM 580.
A Dialogue about literacy rates, reparations, Rantoul police training, ‘walking with the ancestors’, and a pioneering Black classical music host
Saturday mornings at 11 and Tuesdays at 7 pm, we’re bringing you interviews, in-depth stories and events connected to Black communities in Central Illinois.
Prairie Fire: Episode 9 - February 2024
In celebration of Black History Month, we sit down with Gerald "Candy" Foster, one of the most recognizable names in R&B and blues classics in central Illinois and visit some notable stops on the Underground Railroad in southern Illinois with historian Eric Robinson. We also share a bit about a new initiative here at Illinois Public Media to amplify black voices: Illinois Soul.
The state of Black media in Illinois
Is there a role for Black media in 2024 when so much of Black culture and representation is omnipresesent in mainstream media?