A Community Resource WILL’s television and radio programs teach, entertain and draw people into the public affairs of the places they live and work From
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rom the children who gather to watch Sesame Street at their day care center, to farmers who listen to the market reports from their tractor cabs, to commuters whose spirits are lifted by soaring music, the people of central Illinois find that their lives are enriched by WILL. Each week, more than 130,000 people tune to WILL-TV, 48,000 tune to WILL-AM and 44,000 tune to WILL-FM. The public broadcasting service of the University of Illinois, WILL links thousands of families to the programming of National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
WILL is not only a source of high-quality, commercial-free programming; it is an important community resource as well, offering life-saving tornado safety seminars, free classical music concerts, workshops for parents and child care providers, and agricultural outlook session for farmers.
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Shows: All Things Considered, Car Talk (NPR), Humankind, Latino USA, Living on Earth, Midnight Special, NPR's Morning Edition, On the Media, People's Pharmacy, Says You, Tavis Smiley Show, This American Life, Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, Weekend All Things Considered, Weekend Edition Saturday, Weekend Edition Sunday, The City Club Forum, From Our Own Correspondent (R4 Edition), Global Business, One Planet, The Strand, Assignment, BBC Business Daily, BBC World Business News, BBC World News, Charlie Gillett's World of Music, Heart and Soul, Politics UK, Science in Action, The Interview, The World Today, To the Best of our Knowledge, World Briefing, World Update, Counterspin, Le Show, The World, New Dimensions, Commonwealth Club of California, Travel with Rick Steves, Bookworm (KCRW), World of Possibilities, New Letters, Alternative Radio, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Only a Game, The World Vision Report, Inside Europe, Washington Week, State Week in Review, Afternoon Magazine, Annoying Music Show, Commodity Week, Focus 580, Keepin' the Faith, Media Matters
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Hosts: Michele Norris, Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi, David Freudberg, Steve Curwood, Bobby Bascomb, Eileen Bolinsky, Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep, Dorothy Hickson, Carlos Rosado, Richard Knox, Terry Graedon, Joe Graedon, Tavis Smiley, Connie Rice, Cornel West, Ira Glass, Jessica Hopper, Alex Blumberg, Peter Sagal Sagal, Carl Kasell Kasell, Guy Raz, Scott Simon, Audie Cornish, Jim Fleming, Steve Paulson, Anne Strainchamps, Dan Damon, Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, Jamie C Here, Harry Shearer, Lisa Mullins, Marco Werman, Sherilyn Adams, Rick Steves, Michael Silverblatt, Jim Lehrer, Robert Macneil, Bill Littlefield, Charlie Pierce, Peggy Wehmeyer, Bill Wheelhouse, Sandra Mcginnis, Greg Manfroi, John J. Valadez, Kate Brickman, Ed Kieser, Todd Gleason, Terry Gross, Joel Forrester, Gene Simmons, Bob Mcchesney
