WILL
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Urbana, Illinois United States |
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| Branding | WILL TV |
| Slogan | Illinois Public Media |
| Channels |
Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 12 () |
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| Affiliations | PBS (since 1970) |
| Owner |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois) |
| First air date | 1955 |
| Call letters' meaning | ILLinois |
| Sister station(s) | WILL (AM), WILL-FM |
| Former callsigns |
Digital: WILL-DT (2003–2009) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 12 (VHF, 1955–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1955–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 30 kW ERP |
| Height | 302 m (991 ft) |
| Class | NCE |
| Facility ID | 68939 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°2′18″N 88°40′10″W / 40.03833°N 88.66944°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | will |
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| City | Urbana, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Champaign-Urbana |
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| Frequency | 90.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
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| First air date | 1939 (experimental); 1941 (full license) |
| ERP | 105,000 watts |
| HAAT | 259 m (850 ft) |
| Class | B (NCE) |
| Facility ID | 68940 |
| Former callsigns | WIUC (1941–1954) |
| Former frequencies | ? (before 1954) |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Sister stations | WILL (AM), WILL-TV |
| Webcast | will |
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| City | Urbana, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Champaign-Urbana |
| Branding | WILL AM 580 |
| Frequency | 580 kHz |
| First air date | 1922 |
| Format | News/Talk |
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| HAAT | 103.6 m (340 ft) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 68941 |
| Former callsigns | WRM (1922–1928) |
| Former frequencies | 890 kHz (1929–1935) |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Sister stations | WILL-FM, WILL-TV |
| Webcast | will |
WILL is the call sign of the three public broadcasting stations owned by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and run out of the College of Media. It consists of PBS member station WILL-TV (digital channel 9, virtual channel 12) and National Public Radio member stations WILL (580 kHz) and WILL-FM (90.9 MHz). The three stations are known collectively as Illinois Public Media, and are operated out of Campbell Hall for Public Telecommunication on the U of I campus.
After World War II, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hosted the National Association of Educational Broadcasters for the establishment of broadcast allocations (AM/FM radio and TV channels) for non-commercial education programming. The outcomes from these meetings established the foundation for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System. The NAEB was based at WILL from 1951 to 1961.
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.
In April 2010, WILL announced a series of cost-reducing measures, including the elimination of its weather department.
Both WILL (AM) and WILL-FM are members of National Public Radio and affiliates of Public Radio International and American Public Media. AM airs NPR news and talk, along with agricultural news information for central Illinois farmers. FM airs classical music most of the day, but simulcasts some of NPR's more popular shows with its AM sister.
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