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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, For 90 years, WILL-AM, WILL-FM, and WILL-TV have | ||||||
| 3 | provided a lifeline of information to people across much of the | ||||||
| 4 | State of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Public radio station WILL-AM (then known as WRM) | ||||||
| 6 | aired its first official broadcast on April 6, 1922, when radio | ||||||
| 7 | was new and experimental, using one 50-watt vacuum tube in a | ||||||
| 8 | University of Illinois electrical engineering laboratory; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, In 1941, WILL-FM (then known as WIUC) signed on | ||||||
| 10 | with its first FM license to the University of Illinois, and | ||||||
| 11 | ever since has offered Illinois listeners music and news to | ||||||
| 12 | nourish the spirit and mind; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, In 1955, WILL-TV went on the air, broadcasting | ||||||
| 14 | from makeshift studios under the stands of the University of | ||||||
| 15 | Illinois' Memorial Stadium, preserving the history, culture, | ||||||
| 16 | and stories of Illinois residents, and engaging the children of | ||||||
| 17 | the State with educational programming; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, In 1974, WILL established the membership | ||||||
| 19 | organization known as Friends of WILL; today, donations from | ||||||
| 20 | supporters provide strong local financial backing, making up | ||||||
| 21 | 42% of the public media organization's operating revenue; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In 2009, WILL Radio-TV-Online became Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | Public Media, while retaining the individual identities of | ||||||
| 3 | WILL-AM, WILL-FM, and WILL-TV, to better reflect its expansion | ||||||
| 4 | into the community and the Internet; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, In 2012, Illinois Public Media is still true to | ||||||
| 6 | its original spirit of innovation and its original mission of | ||||||
| 7 | service; today, it makes use of new technology to bring the | ||||||
| 8 | people of the State of Illinois stories about their communities | ||||||
| 9 | and their world; Illinois Public Media helps students learn | ||||||
| 10 | core subjects using digital media; and Illinois Public Media | ||||||
| 11 | gives voice to local arts, provides knowledge and new ideas, | ||||||
| 12 | and assists in local community needs; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we congratulate everyone involved with Illinois Public Media on | ||||||
| 16 | the occasion of the 90th anniversary and wish them the best in | ||||||
| 17 | their continued endeavors to bring quality programming to the | ||||||
| 18 | State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Illinois Public Media as a symbol of our respect | ||||||
| 21 | and esteem.
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