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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.

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.

Trivia

In 1970, WILL-TV provided some of its programming to ABC affiliate WJJY-TV 14 in Jacksonville, as a public service measure. WJJY would fold later that year. In 1983, channel 14 would return to the airwaves, as PBS station WSEC.

See also

• Illini Media - university-controlled not-for-profit organization that runs radio station WPGU

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]

Broadcast television in the Champaign-Urbana/Decatur/Springfield market  [(Nielsen DMA #82)]
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 WB/The CW) - W29BG/W34DL 34 (TBN) - WBXC 46 (MTV2) - WCFN 49 (UPN/My Network TV) - WEIU 51 (PBS) - WRSP 55 / WCCU 27 (Fox)

 

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