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WiLL

WILL-TV
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Urbana, Illinois
United States
Branding WILL TV
Slogan Illinois Public Media
Channels Digital: 9 (VHF)
Virtual: 12 ()
Subchannels
Affiliations PBS (since 1970)
Owner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois)
First air date 1955; 62 years ago (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 / 40.03833; -88.66944 (WILL-TV)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website will.illinois.edu
WILL-FM
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City Urbana, Illinois
Broadcast area Champaign-Urbana
Branding
  • WILL-FM 90.9 (main program)
  • WILL-FM 101.1 (90.9 HD2)
Frequency 90.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)
First air date 1939 (1939) (experimental); 1941 (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.illinois.edu/fm/willplayer/
WILL
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City Urbana, Illinois
Broadcast area Champaign-Urbana
Branding WILL AM 580
Frequency 580 kHz
First air date 1922 (1922)
Format News/Talk
Power
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.illinois.edu/am/willplayer/

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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