- WILL
:"This article is about the radio and television stations. For other uses, see
Will ."Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WILL-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = The Broadcasting Service of the University of Illinois
station_branding = WILL-TV
analog = 12 (VHF)
digital = 9 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate =August 1 ,1955
location =Urbana, Illinois
callsign_meaning = ILLinois
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner =University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
licensee = The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = NET (1955-1970)
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
30 kW (digital)
HAAT = 302 m (both)
class =
facility_id = 68939
coordinates = coord|40|2|20.4|N|88|40|10.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WILL-TV
homepage = [http://www.will.illinois.edu/ www.will.illinois.edu]WILL is the callsign of the three
public broadcasting stations owned by theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and directly operated by its Division of Broadcasting. WILL operates out of Campbell Hall for Public Telecommunications as well as Richmond Studio.WILL-TV received its largest
bequest , $1 million (USD ), from Lois Dickson, who had been a contributor to the station for the thirty years before her death at the age of 95 in 2004. [cite news
url = http://will.uiuc.edu/tv/programs/illinoisgardener/default.htm
author = Staff |title = WILL-TV Viewer Leaves $1 Million to Station
work = UIF Newsletter, issue 47 |publisher = University of Illinois Foundation
pages = Illinois Gardner Web Site through WILL |date = Summer 2006 ]Radio
The university operates two radio stations directly: WILL (AM) at 580
kHz and WILL-FM at 90.9MHz . Both are members of NPR and affiliates ofPublic Radio International andAmerican Public Media .WILL (AM) signed on in 1922; from 1922 to 1928 it had the callsign WRM.
WILL-FM, first licensed in 1941 as WIUC and changed to WILL-FM in 1954, was the first university FM license in the United States. WILL-FM has translators on 106.5 in Danville and 101.1 in Champaign.
WILL-FM began an
Hybrid Digital (HD)multicast in July of 2008. 90.9 HD 1 is a simulcast of WILL-FM's analog signal. 90.9 HD 2 and HD 3 rebroadcast WILL-AM's programming.Television
WILL-TV started operation in 1955.
WILL-TV produces a variety of local programing for the central Illinois region. One notable programing is the weekly,
Illinois Gardner . The show starsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor Dianne Noland and a panel of gardening experts. [ [http://will.uiuc.edu/tv/programs/illinoisgardener/default.htm Illinois Gardener on WILL-TV ] ] Callers can call in on air and receive answers to gardening, landscaping, and horticultural questions. The shows typically airs on Thursdays at 7:00PM and is rebroadcast on Saturdays at 11:30AM.WILL-TV also produces "
Prairie Fire ", the A Day in Our Hometown series and "Your Weather".The WILL-TV station manager is Carl Caldwell. Caldwell is a regular seen on WILL's annual Pledge Drives.
References
ee also
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Illini Media — university-controlled not-for-profit organization that runs radio stationWPGU and the "Daily Illini "
*Prairie Fire (TV series) — a 15+ season running television news magazine and documentary program produced by WILL-TV.External links
* [http://www.will.illinois.edu/ WILL home page]
*TVQ|WILL
*AMQ|WILL
*FMQ|WILL
*BIA|WILL|TV|TV
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