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WILL-TV
Urbana, Illinois
Branding	WILL-TV
Slogan	The Broadcasting Service of the University of Illinois
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois)
First air date	August 1, 1955
Call letters’ meaning	ILLinois
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 12 (1955-2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1955-1970)
Transmitter Power	30 kW
Height	302 m
Facility ID	68939
Transmitter Coordinates	40°2′18″N 88°40′10″W / 40.03833°N 88.66944°W / 40.03833; -88.66944 (WILL-TV)
Website	www.will.illinois.edu

WILL is the callsign of the three public broadcasting stations owned by the University 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.^[1]

Contents 1 Radio 2 Television 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Radio

The university operates two radio stations directly: WILL (AM) at 580 kHz and WILL-FM at 90.9 MHz. Both are members of NPR and affiliates of Public Radio International and American 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 HD Radio multicast in July 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.

[edit] 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 stars University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor Dianne Noland and a panel of gardening experts.^[2] 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.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Illini Media — university-controlled not-for-profit organization that runs radio station WPGU and the Daily Illini
• Prairie Fire (TV series) — a 15+ season running television news magazine and documentary program produced by WILL-TV.

[edit] External links

• WILL website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WILL
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WILL
• Radio Locator Information on WILL
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for WILL
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WILL
• Radio Locator information on WILL
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WILL
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WILL-TV

v • d • e Radio stations in the Champaign, Illinois market By FM frequency 88.7 • 89.3 • 90.1 • 90.9 • 91.7 • 92.5 • 93.5 • 94.5 • 95.3 • 96.1 • 97.5 • 99.1 • 100.3 • 102.5 • 104.5 • 105.5 • 105.9 • 107.1 • 107.9 By AM frequency 580 • 1400 • 1460 • 1580 By callsign WBCP • WBGL • WCFF • WCZQ • WDWS • WEBX • WEFT • WGKC • WGNJ • WGNN • WHMS-FM • WILL • WILL • WIXY • WKJR • WLFH • WLRW • WPCD • WPGU • WQQB • WRFU-LP • WUIL • WXTT Illinois Radio Markets: Bloomington · Champaign · Chicago · Decatur · LaSalle-Peru · Marion-Carbondale · Peoria · Quad Cities (Rock Island-Moline) · Rockford · St. Louis, MO · Other Illinois Radio Regions: Quincy/Hannibal · Springfield See also: List of radio stations in Illinois

v • d • e Radio stations in the Decatur, Illinois market By FM frequency 88.1 • 89.5 • 90.9 • 91.9 • 93.1 • 95.1 • 95.9 • 99.3 • 100.9 • 102.9 • 105.1 • 106.7 • 107.3 By AM frequency 870 • 1050 • 1340 • 1520 By callsign WDKR • WDZ • WDZQ • WEJT • WEZC • WHOW • WILL-FM • WINU • WJMU • WNLD • WSOY • WSOY-FM • WUIS • WXFM • WYDS • WZNX • WZUS Illinois Radio Markets: Bloomington · Champaign · Chicago · Decatur · LaSalle-Peru · Marion-Carbondale · Peoria · Quad Cities (Rock Island-Moline) · Rockford · St. Louis, MO · Other Illinois Radio Regions: Quincy/Hannibal · Springfield See also: List of radio stations in Illinois

v • d • e Broadcast television in South Central Illinois (including Champaign-Urbana, Springfield and Decatur) WCIA 3 (3.1 CBS, 3.2 WCFN) • WILL (12.1 PBS, 12.2 PBS World, 12.3 Create) • WSEC 14 (14.1 PBS, 14.2 PBS World, 14.3 Create) • WUSI (16.1 PBS, 16.2 SD, 16.3 Create) • WAND (17.1 NBC, 17.2 local WX) • WICS/WICD (20.1/15.1 ABC) • WBUI (23.1 CW, 23.2 SD) • W29BG 29 / W34DL 34 (TBN) · WLCF-LD 45 (CTN/FN) · WBXC-CA 46 (A1) • WCFN 49 (49.1 MNTV, 49.2 WCIA) • WEIU 51 (51.1 PBS, 51.2 MHz WorldView) • WRSP/WCCU (55.1/27.1 Fox) See also: Peoria-Bloomington, Chicago, Quincy, St. Louis, Quad Cities, Evansville, Terre Haute, Lafayette, and Paducah TV

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of Illinois WSIU 8 / WUSI 16 (Carbondale / Olney) - WTTW 11 (Chicago) - WILL 12 (Urbana) - WSEC 14 / WMEC 22 / WQEC 27 (Jacksonville / Macomb / Quincy) - WYCC 20 (Chicago) - WQPT 24 (Moline) - WTVP 47 (Peoria) - WEIU 51 (Charleston) See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Illinois

v • d • e NPR Member Stations in the state of Illinois Stations Carbondale WSIU · Champaign WEFT · Chicago WBEZ · DeKalb WNIU · Edwardsville WSIE · Elgin WESP · Freeport WNIE · Galesburg WVKC · LaSalle WNIW · Macomb WIUM · Morris WBEQ · Mt. Vernon WVSI · Normal WGLT · Olney WUSI · Peoria WCBU · Pittsfield WIPA · Quincy WQUB · Rock Island WVIK · Rockford WNIJ · Springfield WUIS · Sterling WNIQ · Urbana WILL · Urbana WILL · Warsaw WIUW See also List of NPR stations See also: Adult Contemporary, College, Country, News/Talk, NPR, Oldies, Rock, Sports, Top 40, Urban, and Other radio stations in Illinois