WILL
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| Urbana, Illinois | |
| Branding | WILL Urbana |
| Slogan | The Broadcasting service of the University of Illinois |
| Channels | 12 (VHF) analog, 9 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Call letters meaning | ILLinois |
| Former affiliations | NET, 1955-1970 |
| Website | http://www.will.uiuc.edu/ |
WILL is the callsign of the three public broadcasting stations owned by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and operated by its Division of Broadcasting. The TV station started operation in 1955.
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[edit] Radio
In addition to operating the TV station directly, 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.
[edit] Trivia
- In 1970, WILL-TV provided some of its programming to ABC affiliate WJJY-TV in Jacksonville, as a public service measure. WJJY would fold in 1971. In 1983, channel 14 would return to the airwaves, as PBS station WSEC.
- 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.
[edit] References
- Staff. "WILL-TV Viewer Leaves $1 Million to Station", UIF Newsletter, issue 47, University of Illinois Foundation, Summer 2006, pp. 12–13.
[edit] See also
- Illini Media - university-controlled not-for-profit organization that runs radio station WPGU
[edit] External links
- WILL home page
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WILL
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WILL
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WILL
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By frequency: (FM) 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
(AM) 580 | 1400 | 1460 | 1580
By callsign: WBCP | WBGL | WCFF | WCZQ | WDWS | WEBX | WEFT | WGKC | WGNJ | WGNN | WHMS | WILL | WILL | WIXY | WKJR | WLRW | WMYE | WPCD | WPGU | WQQB | WRFU | WXTT
Bloomington | Champaign | Chicago (FM) (AM) | Decatur | LaSalle-Peru | Marion-Carbondale | Peoria (FM) (AM) | Quincy/Hannibal | Quad Cities | Rockford | Springfield (FM) (AM)
(FM) WNLD - 88.1 | WJMU - 89.5 | WILL - 90.9 | WUIS - 91.9 | WYDS - 93.1 | WDZQ - 95.1 | WHOW - 95.9 | WXFM - 99.3 | WZUS - 100.9 | WSOY - 102.9 | WEJT - 105.1 | WZNX - 106.7 | WDKR - 107.3
(AM) WINU - 870 | WDZ - 1050 | WSOY - 1340 | WHOW - 1520
Bloomington | Champaign | Chicago (FM) (AM) | Decatur | LaSalle-Peru | Marion-Carbondale | Peoria (FM) (AM) | Quincy/Hannibal | Quad Cities | Rockford | Springfield (FM) (AM)
| Broadcast television in the Champaign-Urbana/Decatur/Springfield market (Nielsen DMA #82) | ||
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WCIA 3 (CBS) - WSIU 8 / WUSI 16 (PBS) - WILL 12 (PBS) - WSEC 14 (PBS) - WICD 15 / WICS 20 (ABC) - WAND 17 (NBC) - WBUI 23 (The CW) - W29BG/W34DL 34 (TBN) - WBXC 46 (MTV2) - WCFN 49 (MNTV) - WEIU 51 (PBS) - WRSP 55 / WCCU 27 (Fox) |
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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) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other Stations in Illinois | |
