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PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2012

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november 2012 Volume XL, Number 5

patternsGearing up for the future

By Mark Leonard, General Manager

It is with considerable relief I can announce that Illinois Public Media is almost back to full staff. A wave of staff retirements hit us from April to June, leaving us with the challenge of replacing two on-air hosts, a radio program producer, membership manager, marketing manager, traffic manager and director of development. The summer was spent restructuring and reorganizing duties for efficiency and for quality. It was a chance to look at duties, schedules, workflows and existing staff skills. Through a combination of internal promotion, outside recruitment and reorganization, we have filled almost all of the open slots and are functioning at full strength.

Craig Cohen has done an outstanding job of hitting the ground running with our slightly reformatted WILL-AM radio talk program, Focus. In addition to the live broadcast at 10 am each weekday, Focus now repeats on AM 580 at 8 pm weeknights. If you haven’t been able to catch the program in the past because of your work schedule, be sure to check out the evening broadcast.

Two people you will be seeing a lot of are Lisa Bralts, Illinois Public Media’s new director of marketing, and John Steinbacher, director of membership. Both are current members of our community with extensive knowledge of WILL and our region.

With funding for public broadcasting under renewed threat, it is essential that we take each open position as an opportunity for us to hire critical new skills for the organization, as well as to achieve increased operational efficiency. I am excited that we have been able to achieve both goals with our recent hires, recognizing strong performers within our current staff as well as supplementing with some energetic fresh eyes from the outside.

It is important that we are able to demonstrate wise and efficient stewardship with your membership contributions. We understand that doing more with less has become a business standard in the current economy. Even so, Illinois Public Media is continuing to lead and impact in education innovation, journalism, local arts content and community engagement. The quality of people working for our organization is unparalleled, and I hope you are proud to be a member of such a quality organization.

Radio

90.9 FM: A mix of classical music and NPR information programs, including local news. (Also heard at 106.5 in Danville.) See pages 4-5. 101.1 FM and 90.9 FM HD2: Locally produced music programs and classical music from C24. (101.1 is available in the Champaign-Urbana area.) See page 6. 580 AM: News and information, NPR, BBC, news, agriculture, talk shows. (Also heard on 90.9 FM HD3 with live streaming on will.illinois.edu.) See page 7.

TelevisionWILL Create Cooking, travel, gardening and home improvement, arts and crafts. 12.3; also available on Comcast and Mediacom. See page 8.WILL World PBS documentaries, news and public affairs. 12.2; also available on Comcast and Mediacom. See page 8.WILL-HD All your favorite PBS and local programming, in high definition when available. 12.1; Contact your cable or satellite provider for channel information. See pages 9-16. Online will.illinois.edu

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PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2012 1

His two-part chronicle of the 1930s environmental catastrophe that destroyed the farmlands of the Great Plains comes to WILL-TV at 7 pm Sunday-Monday, Nov. 18-19.

With longtime collaborator Dayton Duncan, Burns tells the story of the farming boom in the early 20th century that transformed the grassland of the southern plains into wheat fields. Following a 1931 drought, winds whipped soil from the open fields to set in motion the worst manmade ecological disaster in American history. Each year for nearly a decade, the storms grew more ferocious and more frequent, killing crops and livestock while threatening to turn the southern plains into a desert. Children developed fatal “dust pneumonia,” business owners unable to cope with the financial ruin committed suicide and thousands of desperate Americans left their homes in an exodus unlike anything the United States had ever seen.

The Dust Bowl is also a story of heroic perseverance against enormous odds: families finding ways to survive and hold onto their land, national and local government programs that kept hungry families afloat and a partnership between government agencies and farmers to develop new farming and conservation methods.

The documentary includes compelling interviews with 26 survivors of those hard times. Filled with seldom-seen movie footage, previously unpublished photographs, the songs of Woody Guthrie and the observations of two remarkable women who left behind eloquent written accounts, the film is also a historical accounting of what happened and why during the 1930s on the southern plains.

Ken Burns turns his attention to

Conversation with Ken BurnsIn a discussion with Ellen Robertson Green of PBS station KACV-TV (Amarillo, Texas), Ken Burns reveals behind-the-scenes details of The Dust Bowl, as well as his relationship with PBS, personal insight into his other award-winning films and how he chose his career path. The program airs at 9 pm Friday, Nov. 16.

2 PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2012

Republican Rodney Davis of Taylorville, Democrat David Gill of Bloomington, and Independent John Hartman of Edwardsville, candidates for Congress in the new 13th District, will meet in the WILL-TV studio for a debate hosted by Illinois Public Media in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Illinois and WCIA-TV 3/WCIX-TV 49.

WILL-TV, WILL-AM 580 and WCIX-TV will broadcast the hour-long debate live at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, with live video streaming on will.illinois.edu.

Illinois Public Media’s Jim Meadows will moderate the debate before a live studio audience, with additional questions from Dave Benton, WCIA-TV 3 news anchor; Tom Kacich, Champaign News-Gazette columnist; Robert Lowe, University of Illinois broadcast journalism student; and Amanda Vinicky, Statehouse Bureau chief, Illinois Public Radio/WUIS-FM.

The 13th Congressional District stretches from Champaign-Urbana west to the Mississippi River and to the Illinois suburbs of St. Louis.

Also broadcasting the debate live will be public television stations WEIU-TV, Charleston, and WSEC-TV, Springfield, along with WGLT-FM HD3, Normal.

WILL-TV, WCIA-TV and League of Women Voters host

13th District Congressional DebateWCIA-TV will air the debate at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. WILL-TV will re-air the debate at 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5. WUIS-FM, Springfield; St. Louis Public Radio; and Nine Network’s World Channel in St. Louis plan to air the debate, but times had not yet been scheduled at press time.

All three candidates appeared on WILL-AM’s Focus before the election. The interviews are archived at will.illinois.edu, along with excerpts of Illinois Public Media News interviews with the candidates on key issues.

Specials coming to WILL-AMBeyond the Tie-Dye: Counterculture in Champaign-Urbana, 1965-1975, a radio documentary by Urbana University Laboratory High School students, will air in place of Focus at 10 am Thursday, Nov. 22. Fresh

Air will follow as usual at 11, then the panel discussion from Eastern Illinois Foodbank’s Sept. 18 Hunger Symposium will air at

noon, replacing The Afternoon Magazine. The symposium program will repeat at 10 am Friday, Nov. 23, instead of Focus.

WILL-TV will have live coverage from the PBS NewsHour beginning at 7 pm Tuesday, Nov. 6, with senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff co-anchoring. On WILL-AM 580, NPR will keep listeners up to date on national results, with Illinois Public Radio providing five-minute hourly updates from around the state. Illinois Public Media News will cover local races, and offer complete results and coverage the following morning.

Stay with WILL on Election Night


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Maybe you love music specials. Perhaps you wouldn’t dream of missing Masterpiece. Whatever programs make your life better, please show your support during our pledge drive that begins Saturday, Nov. 24, and continues through Dec. 9. Remember, you can always donate online at www.willpledge.org, and be sure to catch the following programs as part of special pledge programming.

Doo Wop Discoveries

This new special brings back pivotal R&B and pop vocal groups of the late 50s and 60s through never-before-broadcast archival and new live performances of their most loved hits. Smokey Robinson, The Del Vikings, The Drifters, Larry Chance & The Earls, The Flamingos, The Harptones, Aaron Neville, Neil Sedaka and many others share their favorite doo wop styles and songs at 7 pm Saturday, Nov. 24, on WILL-TV.

Motown: Big Hits and More

This new show features original Motown classics from 1958 to 1968, including many first-time extended stereo mixes of

hits, B-sides, album cuts and radio classics from the Temptations, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, the Miracles, Martha & the Vandellas and many others. The program airs on WILL-TV at 9 pm Saturday, Nov. 24.

Masterpiece: Downton Abbey Revisited

A new look at the blockbuster program combines clips, interviews and “making of” footage to capture moments from the first two seasons of the series, plus more about the house and tantalizing previews of season 3! It comes to WILL-TV at 8 pm Sunday, Nov. 25.

Call the Midwife marathon

If you loved this new series—the highest rated drama in BBC history—catch all of the episodes from 1-8 pm Sunday, Nov. 25, on WILL-TV. If you missed it, meet the nurses and midwives of Nonnatus House who attended to the 1950s families of London’s East End, from the memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

WILL-TV pledge drive is coming


weekdays WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville

6 amNPR Morning Editionwith Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep and Jim Meadows

9 amClassic Mornings with Vic Di GeronimoJoin Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!

NoonAfternoon ClassicsJeff Esworthy, Julie Amacher, Lynn Warfel and Mindy Ratner keep you company throughout the afternoon. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac is at 1:01. NPR News Headlines at 3:01.

4 pmLive and Local with Kevin KellyKevin’s get-together features music and a daily serv-ing of news about, and interviews with, area music-makers, plus a calendar of regional music events.

5 pmNPR All Things Consideredwith Robert Siegel, Melissa Block and Michele Norris

7 pmThe Evening Concert Great performances from the great concert venues. Listings are subject to change.

Monday: San Francisco Symphony11/5 Marek Janowski, cond; Juho Pohjonen, piano BEETHOVEN11/12 Marek Janowski, cond;

Alisa Weilerstein, cello BEETHOVEN11/19 Bernard Labadie, cond;

David Greilsammer, piano MOZART11/26 Ton Koopman, cond; Mario Brunello, cello BACH; HAYDN

Tuesday:The New York Philharmonic This Week11/6 Alan Gilbert, cond; Glenn Dictorow, violin MUSSORGSKY; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV11/13 Alan Gilbert, cond; Nikolai Znaider, violin NIELSEN; TCHAIKOVSKY 11/20 Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, cond;

Augustin Hadelich, violin LALO; BERLIOZ11/27 Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, cond; Philip

Myers, horn MOZART; MAHLER

Wednesday: Live! At the Concertgebouw11/7 HerbertBlomstedt,cond;EmilyBeynon,flute NIELSEN; DVORAK11/14 Bernard Hatink, cond; Emanuel Ax, piano BRAHMS

11/21 Mariss Jansons, cond; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

BRAHMS; WAGNER11/28 Lorin Maazel, conductor MAHLER

Thursday: Cleveland Orchestra (new season)11/1 Mitsuko Uchida, cond and piano MOZART11/8 Ton Koopman, cond; Mark Kosower, cello BOCCHERINI; MOZART11/15 Franz Welser-Most, cond WAGNER; BRUCKNER11/22 SPECIAL: Giving Thanks

See article page 6. 11/29 Franz Welser-Most, cond WAGNER; BRUCKNER Friday:Prairie Performances11/2 Sinfonia da Camera Ian Hobson, cond Lilacs in Bloom (10/6/12) Albert Lee, tenor; Dmitry Kouzov, cello MENDELSSOHN; WALKER—world premiere11/9 Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Farkhad Khudyev, music director and

conductorfinalist Resurrection (10/13/12) BRAHMS; MOZART; BEETHOVEN11/16 Eastern Illinois University Symphony Richard Robert Rossi, cond Cathedrals, Castles & Colonies (10/21/12) Featuring the EIU Choral Ensembles and

Collegium Musicum (Early Music Ensembles) 11/23 Illinois Symphony Orchestra

Alastair Willis, cond Fantastic Friendships (10/20/12 & 10/21/12) GERSHWIN; ELGAR; CLARK—world

premiere11/30 Sinfonia da Camera Ian Hobson, music director No-Holds-Barred Beethoven (11/2/12) Ian Hobson, piano; vocalists Ollie Watts

Davis, Viktoria Vizin, Humberto Rivera, Ricardo Herrera, UI Chorale, UI Oratorio Society

BEETHOVEN

9 pmNight MusicGillian Martin, Bob Christiansen, Ward Jacobson, Scott Blankenship or John Zech keep you company through the night and into the morning. NPR News Headlines at 9:01.

Glenn Dictorow (7 pm, 11/6)

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saturdays & sundaysWILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville

saturdays7 amNPR Weekend Edition with Scott Simon

9 amClassics By RequestJohn Frayne plays requests for two hours at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at [email protected] or 217-265-5084. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.

11 amClassics of the PhonographJohn Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. 11/3 Rescuing Symphony Orchestras: The

Symphony of the Air, and the New Philharmonia Orchestra

11/10 Pablo Casals plays the Dvorak Cello Concerto

11/17 Concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach11/24 Early Recordings of the Music of Sir Edward

Elgar

Noon Afternoon at the OperaThe San Francisco Opera Season ends and the Houston Grand Opera Season begins. 11/3 FIDELIO (Beethoven). Michael Hofstetter,

cond,withSimonO’Neill,KaritaMattila,Kristinn Sigmundsson and the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

11/10 LA TRAVIATA (Verdi). Patrick Summers, cond, with Albina Shagimuratova, Chad Shelton, Giovanni Meoni and the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

11/17 THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (Britten). Rory Macdonald, cond, with Michelle DeYoung, Anthony Dean Griffey, Leah Crocetto, Jacques Imbrailo and the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra.

11/24 DON CARLOS (Verdi). Patrick Summers, cond, with Brandon Jovanovich, Tamara Wilson, Christine Goerke, Scott Hendricks, Andrea Silvestrelli and the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

4 pmNPR All Things Considered

5 pmA Prairie Home CompanionGarrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. [Also Sundays at 2 pm]

7 pmClassics All NightBob Christiansen and Scott Blankenship keep you company Saturday night and into Sunday morning. NPR News Headlines at 7:01 and 10:01.

sundays

7 amNPR Weekend Editionwith Rachel Martin

9 amSunday BaroqueSuzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.

1 pmFrom the TopA live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians, hosted by pianist Christo-pher O’Riley.

2 pmA Prairie Home CompanionGarrison Keillor and friends present music, skits and the latest news from Lake Wobegon.

4 pmNPR All Things Considered

5 pmClassical MusicMindy Ratner and Valerie Kahler are your hosts. NPR News Headlines at 7:01.

10 pmHarmoniaAngela Mariani presents Baroque and early music. NPR News Headlines at 10:01.

11 pmThe Romantic HoursMusic, poetry and romance with Mona Golabek.

midnightClassical MusicScott Blankenship and John Zech are your hosts throughout the night and into the morning.

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101.1 and 90.9 HD2

weekdays6-9 amClassical Music

9 am-noon

Classic Mornings with Vic Di GeronimoJoin Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!

Noon-overnightClassical Music; Fridays 7-9, Prairie Performance (see listings page 5)

saturdays7-9 amClassical Music

9-11 amClassics by RequestJohn Frayne plays requests at this time each Sat-urday. Submit requests at [email protected] or 217-265-5084.

11 am-NoonClassics of the PhonographJohn Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. See page 5 for listings.

Noon-overnightClassical Music;

sundaysall day Classical Music

Selecting a concert lineup

Do you ever wish you could attend more concerts? You can, by tuning into FM 90.9 Monday through Friday from 7-9 pm for The Evening Concert. Each year The Evening Concert presents over 500 live-recorded performances by world famous soloists with groups like the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra and others. The programs come to us by way of our public radio partnerships with syndicators like WFMT and American Public Media.

“Our goal is to provide a unique listening experience that is enjoyable, entertaining and educational,” said WILL station manager Bob Culkeen.

Each series varies in length from the full year (New York Philharmonic, for example) to quarterly (the recently started San Francisco Symphony, for example). For the various holidays we use either syndicated programs or specials that our staff produces using the Friends of WILL CD Library. The Friday night Evening Concert is exclusively devoted to local performing groups like Sinfonia

da Camera, the Illinois Symphony, and others on Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper.

“The most fascinating aspect of The Evening Concert is in the choosing, the sorting out of the programs,” says Vincent Trauth (left), programmer and producer of the Monday through

Thursday concerts. He’s also a substitute classical music host and WILL-FM’s CD librarian. “I try to pick the programs that are the most compelling and, therefore, most interesting for our listeners. There’s a tremendous quantity and breadth, which creates many possibilities when I make up the schedule detailed in Patterns.”

A Thanksgiving special

With its uplifting music and memorable stories, Giving Thanks is a thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday—for listeners in the kitchen, on the road or relaxing after the feast. The special airs at 7 pm Thursday, Nov. 22, on WILL-FM.

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Saturday Sunday

5:00 6:00 6:30 7:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 11:30 Noon 1:00 2:00 2:36 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 8:30 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00- 6 am

BBC World Service Inside Europe NPR Weekend Edition Says You Car Talk On the Media State of the Re:Union The Tavis Smiley Show Wait Wait ... All Things Considered Keepin’ the Faith This American Life To the Best of Our Knowledge New Dimensions Le Show BBC World Service

Monday–Friday

NPR Morning Edition with Jim Meadows BBC World Briefing Focus with Craig Cohen NPR News 10:01 Specials: 11/22 Beyond the Tie-Dye: Counterculture in C-U 11/23 Hunger Symposium Fresh Air NPR News 11:01 The Afternoon Magazine with Craig Cohen Special: 11/22 Hunger Symposium NPR News 12:01 Talk of the Nation The Closing Market Report NPR News 2:01 BBC Business Daily The World All Things Considered with Jeff Bossert Fresh Air (repeat of 11 am program) Focus with Craig Cohen (repeat of 10 am program) On Point BBC World Service

FM 90.9 HD3

Bold Listing = National/International News

AM 580 Listener Comments: 217-333-0853 / [email protected]

Saturday and Sunday Occasional updates

Weather

Monday-Friday AM: 6:09, 6:20, 6:50, 7:09, 7:20, 7:39, 7:50, 8:09, 8:20, 8:39, 8:50 PM: 12:37, 4:06, 4:35, 5:06, 5:35

Catch our interactive talk show with host Craig Cohen, live weekdays at 10:06 am, then continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Listen to archived programs anytime at will.illinois.edu/focus.

BBC Overnight Continued Commodity Week Mid-American Gardener NPR Weekend Edition Car Talk Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me State Week in Review Commodity Week Travel with Rick Steves This American Life The Midnight Special NPR All Things Considered The People’s Pharmacy Commonwealth Club Living on Earth Latino USA Left, Right & Center Alternative Radio Bookworm New Letters on the Air BBC World Service

Pre-Opening Market Report: 8:49 am; Opening Market Report: 9:49 am; Market Update: 10:58 and 11:58 am; Ag and Stock Market Report: 12:55 pm; Settlements: 1:58 pm; Closing Market Report: 2:06 pm. To listen to archived ag reports, sign up for the Illinois Public Media Ag E-newsletter, or download our agricultural podcasts, visit www.willag.org. Call 217-333-3434 for market analysis, updated at 9:15 am and 3:15 pm daily.

AgricultureDave Dickey, agriculture director; Todd Gleason, host, Closing Market Report & Commodity Week

The news from Illinois Public Media’s award-winning staff of reporters — Jim Meadows, Jeff Bossert and Sean Powers—can be heard during Morning Edition, The Afternoon Magazine and All Things Considered.

Illinois Public Media NewsCraig Cohen, news and public affairs director

FOCUS


WILL-TV 12.3

12.2Primetime Schedule

Cooking—6-8 am; noon-2 pmSun and Wed: Caprial and John’s Kitchen: Cooking for Family and Friends; Taste This; Nick Stellino’s Family Kitchen; Art of Food with Wendy Brodie Mon and Fri: Taste of Louisiana; Chef John Besh’s New Orleans/Bake, Decorate, Celebrate (begins 11/30); Ciao Italia; P. Allen Smith’s Garden to TableTue and Thur: Joanne Weir Cooking Confidence; Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class; Chef’s A’Field Culinary Adventures; Christina Cooks

Travel—8-9 am; 2-3 pmSun and Wed: Wild Photo Adventures; Pedal America/Grannies on Safari (begins 11/21)Mon and Fri: Globe TrekkerTue and Thu: Wild Nevada; In the Americas with David Yetman

Gardening/Home Improvement—9-11 am; 3-5 pmMon and Fri: This Old House; American Woodshop; P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home; Glass with Vicki Payne/B Organic with Michele Beschen (begins 11/19)

Tue and Thu: Woodwright’s Shop; Woodsmith Shop; Victory Garden; For Your Home Wed: Ask This Old House; Rough Cut with Tommy Mac; Garden Smart; Katie Brown WorkshopSun: Ask This Old House; Rough Cut with Tommy Mac; Growing a Greener World; Katie Brown Workshop

Arts and Crafts—5-6 am; 11-noonSun and Wed: It’s Sew Easy; Best of Simply Painting Across EuropeMon and Fri: Sewing with Nancy; Scheewe Art Workshop/Jerry Yarnell’s School of Fine Art (begins 11/26) Tue and Thu: Martha’s Sewing Room; Best of the Joy of Painting

Saturday Marathons—5-11 am; 5-11 pmNov. 3: Cold Weather ComfortNov. 10: Easy as PieNov. 17: Let’s Talk TurkeyNov. 24: Tourist for a Day

See the full Create schedule at will.illinois.edu/tv/schedule

Monday-Friday 9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Journal

Mondays 7:00 Racing the Rez (11/19); Why Poverty? (11/26) 7:30 Electoral Dysfunction (11/5) 8:00 Last Ridge (11/12); Native American Special (11/19); Seeking Water from the Sun (11/26) 8:30 Native Waters (11/26)1 1:00 Electoral Dysfunction (11/5); Nazi Hunt: Elusive Justice (11/12); POV (11/19); Why Poverty? (11/26)Tuesdays 7:00 Aspen Institute Presents; Why Poverty? (11/27) 8:00 Nature11:00 Grab (11/6); Nature (11/13); Aspen Institute Presents (11/20); Why Poverty? (11/27)Wednesdays 7:00 Independent Lens (11/7); New Envriron- mentalists (11/21); Why Poverty? (11/28) 7:30 Frontline (11/14, 11/21) 8:00 Contrary Warrior: Life and Times of Adam Fortunate Eagle (11/7); Independent Lens (11/28)11:00 Video Letters from Prison (11/7); Frontline (11/14); Walking Into the Unknown (11/21); Why Poverty? (11/28)Thursdays 7:00 NOVA ScienceNow; Independent Lens (11/29) 8:00 NOVA (11/1, 11/29); Transplant: A Gift for Life (11/8); My Future Baby (11/15); To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk Journey (11/22)11:00 NOVA; Independent Lens (11/29)

Fridays 7:00 Intelligence Squared U.S. (11/16); Okie Noodling II (11/20) 7:30 POV (11/2, 11/9) 8:00 Summer Sun, Winter Moon (11/16); Rock Prophecies (11/23); Smokin’ Fish (11/30) 11:00 Global Voices (11/2); Independent Lens (11/9); Doha Debates (11/16); American Masters: David Geffen (11/23); Okie Noodling (11/30) Saturdays 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 McLaughlin Group 8:00 Need to Know 8:30 Inside Washington 9:00 Need to Know (11/3); Choctaw Code Talkers (11/10); Aleut Story (11/17); Journey of Sacagawea (11/24) 9:30 American Masters: Carl Sandburg (11/3)10:00 Jim Thorpe: World’s Greatest Athlete (11/10); Blackfeet Encounter (11/24) 10:30 Unconquered Seminoles (11/17) 11:00 Moyers & Company Sundays 7:00 America Reframed 8:30 Need to Know (11/4); Global Voices (11/11); Not in Our Town: Class Actions (11/18); Seeking Water from the Sun (11/25) 9:00 Global Voices 10:00 Ending Jim Crow in Alaska (11/4); Global Voices (11/18, 11/25)10:30 Gathering of Heroes (11/11) 11:00 America Reframed

See the full World schedule at will.illinois.edu/tv/schedule


WILL-TVDavid Thiel, Program Director daytime

1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: Knitting Daily Th: Sew It All F: It’s Sew Easy

1:30 pm Painting and How To M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Paint This with Jerry Yarnell W: Beauty of Oil Painting Th: Painting with Paulson F: Beads, Baubles and Jewels

2:00 pm How To M: Woodsmith Shop Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: Jazzy Vegetarian F: Woodwright’s Shop

Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Noon 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00

Angelina Ballerina Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Curious George/Curious George Christmas (11/24) The Cat in the Hat Super WHY!/Cat in the Hat Christmas (11/24) Dinosaur Train Thomas & Friends/Blue Moun- tain Rescue (11/17) Bob the Builder Sid the Science Kid Motorweek Growing a Greener World P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Mid-American Gardener Victory Garden America’s Test Kitchen Cook's Country Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Pati’s Mexican Table Sara’s Weeknight Meals Clodagh’s Irish Food Trails Rudy Maxa’s World Heartland Highways Hometime This Old House Hour Rick Steves’ Europe Lawrence Welk

French in Action Destinos Curious George/Curious George Christmas (11/25) The Cat in the Hat Super WHY!/Cat in the Hat Christmas (11/25) Dinosaur Train Cyberchase Wild Kratts Electric Company SciGirls Moyers & Company America’s Heartland Market to Market The McLaughlin Group Religion + Ethics Newsweekly See above

SPECIALS 11/41:00, Standing Bear’s Footsteps2:00, Electoral Dysfunction3:30, Inspector George Gently5:00, Hustle6:00, Doctor Who 11/111:00, World War II: Saving the Reality2:00, National Veterans Creative Arts Festival 20123:00, Memories of Peace Corps3:30, Inspector George Gently5:00, Hustle6:00, Doctor Who 11/181:00, Thick Dark Fog2:00, Barking Water3:30, Inspector George Gently5:00, Hustle6:00, Doctor Who 11/251:00, Call the Midwife marathon

Programming will vary during the pledge drive Nov. 24-Dec. 9. Please see listings.

Market to Market (M) Nightly Business Report (T-F) Body Electric (M, W, F) Sit and Be Fit (T, Th) Clifford/Arthur’s Perfect Christmas (11/21; 11/23) Martha Speaks Curious George/Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (11/21); Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas (11/22; 11/23) The Cat in the Hat Super WHY!/The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas (11/21) Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (11/22) Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (11/23) Dinosaur Train Sesame Street Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Sid the Science Kid Word World Barney & Friends Super Why/Curious George Christmas (11/22) Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Sewing Programs Painting and How To Programs How To Programs The Cat in the Hat/Cat in the Hat Christmas (11/22) Arthur/Arthur’s Perfect Christmas (11/21) WordGirl Wild Kratts Electric Company BBC World News Nightly Business Report PBS NewsHour

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10 PATTERNS • OCTOBER 2012Don Henley and David Geffen.

Animal bonds

A goat guides a blind horse; a chimp bottle-feeds a tiger cub; a giant tortoise snuggles a baby hippo—aberrations of nature or instincts gone awry? Nature in-vestigates why animals form these special bonds. Led by the observa-tions of caregivers and noted sci-entists Temple Grandin and Marc Bekoff, Animal Odd Couples (7 pm Wednesday, Nov. 7) explores what these relationships suggest about the nature of animal emo-tions.

Looking at love through laughter and tears

The award-winning docu-mentary Inlaws & Outlaws (8 pm Friday, Nov. 23) weaves together true stories of couples and singles, gay and straight, to focus on the common element of love. As the topic of same-sex marriage has moved cen-terstage over the past eight years, so too have the lives of the film’s subjects.

One started in 1930s Dust Bowl America and became the nation’s signature folk singer/songwriter, while the other has shaped 40 years of entertainment and pop culture.

Woody Guthrie’s music, part inspiration and part oral history, has been recorded by groups from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to the Irish rock band U2. In Woody Guthrie: Ain’t Got No Home, American Masters delves into his complex story and frenetic creative energy at 7 pm Tuesday, Nov. 13.

Then at 7 pm Tuesday, Nov. 20, American Masters’ Invent-ing David Geffen reveals new insight into the notoriously press- and camera-shy agent, manager, record industry mogul, DreamWorks co-founder, Hollywood and Broadway producer and billionaire philanthropist.

American Masters features Guthrie and Geffen

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When science fiction becomes real

Video games that can cure cancer? Wearable robots that give you the strength of Iron Man? NOVA Scien-ceNow’s David Pogue investigates the technologies already taking shape in laboratories around the world, plus offers insight into the hurdles that en-gineers and computer scientists must overcome before these inventions can become part of our everyday lives. What Will the Future Be Like? airs at 9 pm Wednesday, Nov. 14.

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A Veteran’s Day special

Cooking legend Julia Child introduced French cuisine to American cooks in 1963 with the pioneering PBS television series, The French Chef. In honor of her 100th birthday year, enjoy French Chef Classics focus-ing on soups, quiche and more at 7:30 pm Thursdays, Nov. 8, 15 and 22.

French cooking revisited

Park Avenue’s rags to riches

The structure at 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan boasts the highest number of billionaires of any apartment building in the United States, many of whom actively lobby and finance political campaigns to lower taxes on the wealthy. Less than four miles away lies the South Bronx, which has the highest poverty rate in the U.S. New from Independent Lens, Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream examines the dramatically different economic realities that exist minutes away from one another. The program airs at 9 pm Monday, Nov. 12.

The National Salute to Veterans (7 pm Sunday Nov. 11) pays tribute to the courageous service of 22 million vet-erans who have served throughout our nation’s history. Special guests including Colin Powell, Forest Whitaker and Yolanda Adams join hosts Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise to share new insight into the importance of Veterans Day, as well as best moments from past Capitol Fourth and National Memorial Day concerts at the U.S. Capitol.

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WILL-TVFriday Night Public Affairs 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Need to Know

BritCom Saturday Night 8:00 As Time Goes By 8:30 Waiting for God 9:00 Keeping Up Appearances 9:30 To the Manor Born10:00 Red Green Show10:30 Doctor Who11:15 Doctor Who Confidential

1Thursday 7:00 Decision 2012: 13th Congressional District

Debate See article page 2. Repeated 9 pm Monday.

8:00 Hustle (TV-PG) Benny’s Funeral. The gang attends the funeral of fellow hustler Benny, but circumstances arise that cast doubt on whether Benny is actually deceased. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

9:00 Inspector George Gently (TV-G) The Burning Man. The discovery of a burning body near an RAF base and possible con-nections to the IRA make an interesting case for Gently and Bacchus. Repeated 3:30 pm Sunday.

10:30 Newsline11:00 Charlie Rose

2Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs

See above. 8:00 Election 2012: What’s at Stake

Contributors from PBS NewsHour, Frontline, Washington Week and Need to Know ex-plore how each presidential candidate plans to address the nation’s most pressing concerns, including the economy, Social Security, Medi-care, healthcare and immigration reform.

9:00 Frontline The Choice 2012. Frontline goes deep inside the presidential candidates’ personal worlds—interviewing their friends and family, critics and closest colleagues—to understand what drives these men. Repeated 1 am Saturday; and 2 am Monday.


3Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G)

Unique Antiques. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See above.

11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) The Civil Wars/Punch Brothers.

4Sunday 7:00 Call The Midwife (TV-14)

Part 6 of 6. Sister Monica Joan is found wandering near the docks and returned to Nonnatus House by the police. Chummy is worried when her mother decides to visit to meet her new beau. Repeated 2 am Tuesday; 1 am Wednesday; and 3 am Thursday.

8:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) Upstairs Downstairs, Series 2: The Last Waltz. Part 5 of 6. Mr. Pritchard enjoys a romance with fellow servant Miss Whisset; as war looms, Harry has a proposition for Beryl; Lady Persie and Sir Hallam continue their affair. Re-peated midnight Monday; and 3 am Tuesday.

9:00 Broadway: The American Musical (TV-PG) Tradition (1957-1979) Part 5 of 6. West Side Story ushers in a new breed of director/cho-reographer; Fiddler on the Roof closes after a record run; Stephen Sondheim, Bob Fosse and Michael Bennett emerge as new talent who reinvent the musical. Repeated 1 am Monday; and 4 am Tuesday.

10:00 Globe Trekker (DVS) Eastern Canada.

11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Janie Fricke with The Roys/The Matt Flinner Trio.

5Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G)

Junk in the Trunk 2. Never-before-seen ap-praisals from season 16, including El Paso, Atlanta and Minneapolis. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Market Warriors (TV-PG) Antiquing In Canton, Texas. Part 2 of 2. The pickers return to First Monday Trade Days, a massive market, to search for 19th century items that will go to Ken Farmer’s Auctions in Radford, Va. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; 4 am Thursday; and 4 am Monday.

9:00 Decision 2012: 13th Congressional District Debate Repeated from 7 pm Thursday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine10:30 Newsline11:00 Charlie Rose

6Tuesday 7:00 PBS NewsHour Election Night 2012: A

Special Report NewsHour senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff co-anchor live coverage of election results.


7Wednesday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS)

Animal Odd Couples. See article page 10. Re-peated midnight Thursday; and 2 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) Mystery of Easter Island. NOVA probes answers to how this remote Pacific island’s inhabitants built and moved nearly 900 giant

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WILL-TVstatues before transforming a presumed para-dise into a treeless wasteland. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 3 am Friday.

9:00 NOVA ScienceNow (TV-PG) (DVS) What Are Animals Thinking? Host David Pogue introduces smart critters that challenge preconceived notions about what makes hu-mans different, while expanding our under-standing of how animals really think. Repeated 2 am Thursday; 4 am Friday and 1 am Sunday.


8Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G)

Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 French Chef Classics (TV-G)

French Onion Soup. See article page 11. 8:00 Hustle (TV-PG)

The Fall of Railton FC. After watching a local football club go broke due to a dodgy agent, Sean and Ash set a con for him. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

9:00 Inspector George Gently (TV-G) Bomber’s Moon. Gently investigates whether the death of a German businessman is con-nected to anti-German sentiments or to Army Special Forces. Repeated 3:30 pm Sunday.



See page 12. 8:00 Rockin’ The Wall (TV-G)

Explore the history of the Berlin Wall through the experiences of well-known rock musi-cians—including Robby Krieger (The Doors), Mark Stein and Vinny Martell (Vanilla Fudge), Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot), David Paich (Toto), Jimmy Haslip (Yellowjackets) and Mother’s Finest—along with those who lived behind the wall.

9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Solar Mamas. India’s Barefoot College provides women living in poverty with solar engineering education that empowers them to make their communities self-reliant and sustainable. Repeated 3 am Sunday. See article page 20 about our Community Cinema screening and discussion of the film.



Junk in the Trunk 2. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12.

11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Americana Music Festival 2012.

11Sunday 7:00 National Salute to Veterans 2012 (TV-G)

See article page 11. Repeated 2 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-14)

Upstairs Downstairs, Series 2: Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Part 6 of 6. On the eve of war, Beryl and Harry race against time to get married; Mr. Pritchard’s decision throws the house into chaos; Lady Agnes’ discovery upon her return to London has explosive conse-quences for all inside Eaton Place. Repeated midnight Monday; and 3 am Tuesday.

9:00 Broadway: The American Musical (TV-PG) Putting It Together (1980-present). Part 6 of 6. David Merrick re-conquers Broadway with a smash adaptation; big hits begin arriving from London; blockbuster productions of Cats, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, The Lion King, Rent and The Produc-ers debut; Broadway emerges from darkness after 9/11. Repeated 1 am Monday; and 4 am Tuesday.

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WILL-TV10:00 Globe Trekker (DVS)

Holy Lands: Jerusalem and the West Bank.11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G)

Stetson & Cia/The Cleverlys.


Cats & Dogs. Appraisals features felines and canines in sculpture, on canvas and in many other forms. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Market Warriors (TV-PG) Antiquing In New York, N.Y. The pickers head to Antiques Garage in the heart of New York City for pieces of ephemera that will go under the gavel at Ken Farmer’s Auctions in Radford, Va. Repeated midnight Tuesday.

9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream. See article page 11. Repeated 2 am Wednesday; and 3 am Saturday.


13Tuesday 7:00 American Masters (TV-PG)

Woody Guthrie: Ain’t Got No Home. See ar-ticle page 10. Repeated midnight Wednesday; and 3 am Thursday.

8:30 Frontline The Suicide Plan. Go inside one of the most polarizing issues of our time, told not only by the people choosing to die, but also by the individuals and right-to-die organizations at risk of prosecution for their actions to hasten death.



An Original DUCKumentary. Follow a family of wood ducks—one of some 150 species—to discover how a male and female create a bond, migrate thousands of miles, nurture and protect a brood of chicks and return to their wintering grounds. Repeated midnight Thurs-day; and 2 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-G) Ultimate Mars Challenge. With inside ac-cess to the team of scientists and engineers responsible for the on-the-ground experiments of NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity, NOVA docu-ments the rover’s Aug. 2012 landing and its newest discoveries. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 3 am Friday.

9:00 NOVA ScienceNow (TV-PG) (DVS) What Will The Future Be Like? See article page 10. Repeated 2 am Thursday; 4 am Friday; and 1 am Sunday.


15Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G)

Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 French Chef Classics (TV-G)

Quiche Lorraine. See article page 11. 8:00 Hustle (TV-PG)

The Delivery. Mickey and the gang find themselves trying to recover diamonds for the mafia to help an old friend, but soon discover the diamonds are underneath a police station. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

9:00 Inspector George Gently (TV-G) Gently with the Innocents. Gently and Bac-chus investigate a murder at Harrison House, discovering their prime suspect is a former resident of the children’s home that once occupied the premises. Repeated 3:30 pm Sunday; and 12:30 am Tuesday.



See page 12. 8:00 Craft In America (TV-G)

Crossroads. Explore America as a land where craft evolves from global influences, a place of exciting intersections between modern tech-nology and the handmade. Repeated 1 am Saturday; and 3 am Sunday.

9:00 Conversation with Ken Burns (TV-G) See article page 1.



Cats & Dogs. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night

See page 12.11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG)

Mumford and Sons/Flogging Molly.

18Sunday 7:00 The Dust Bowl (TV-PG) (DVS)

Part 1 of 2. See article page 1. Repeated 9 pm; midnight Monday; 2 am Monday; and 2 am Wednesday.

9:00 The Dust Bowl (TV-PG)(DVS) Part 1 of 2. Repeated from 7 pm.

11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Folk Uke/Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.

19Monday 7:00 The Dust Bowl (TV-PG)(DVS)

Part 2 of 2. See article page 1. Repeated 9 pm; 2 am Tuesday; and 2 am Thursday.

9:00 The Dust Bowl (TV-PG)(DVS) Part 2 of 2. Repeated from 7 pm.



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20Tuesday 7:00 American Masters (TV-PG)

Inventing David Geffen. See article page 10. Repeated midnight Wednesday.

9:00 Frontline Poor Kids. Follow three young girls in the Quad Cities who are growing up against the backdrop of their families’ struggles against financial ruin as Frontline offers a revealing exploration of what poverty means to children and to the country’s future.



My Life As A Turkey. Follow writer and naturalist Joe Hutto as he raises wild turkeys in Florida, experiences documented in his book, Illuminations in the Flatlands. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 1 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-G) Ancient Computer. New imaging techniques have confirmed that a rusted apparatus dis-covered on a 2,000-year-old Greek shipwreck is actually the world’s first computer, revealed by ingenious sleuthing to decode the machine. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 2 am Friday.

9:00 NOVAScienceNow (TV-PG) (DVS) Can I Eat That? Host David Pogue ventures into labs and kitchens where everything from apple pie to Thanksgiving turkey to grasshop-pers is analyzed to discover what gives foods their flavors. Repeated 4 am Thursday; and 3 am Friday.


22Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardner (Specials) (TV-G) 7:30 French Chef Classics (TV-G)

French Tarts, Apple Style. See article page 11. 8:00 Hustle (TV-PG)

The Con Is On. After being released from prison, Mickey “Bricks” Stone assembles his old team of fellow hustlers to pull off one last con before he retires for good.

9:00 Inspector George Gently (TV-G) Gently in the Night. When the body of a young woman is discovered in a church, Gently and Bacchus uncover the seedy nature of the host-ess club where she worked.



See page 12. 8:00 Inlaws & Outlaws (TV-PG)

See article page 10. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine10:30 Newsline11:00 Charlie Rose

24Saturdayam10:00 Tai Chi, Health & Harmony with David-

Dorian Ross11:00 Boundless Potential with Mark Waltonpm12:30 Super Brain with Dr. Rudy Tanzi 2:00 Tai Chi, Health & Harmony with David-

Dorian Ross 3:00 Rick Steves’ European Christmas 5:00 Lawrence Welk’s Big Band Splash 7:00 Doo Wop Discoveries (TV-G)

See article page 3. Repeated midnight Sun-day; and 3 am Wednesday.

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WILL-TV 9:00 Motown: Big Hits and More (TV-G)

See article page 3. Repeated 2 am and 11 pm Sunday.

11:00 Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band Holiday Concert (TV-G) The musicians best known for their composi-tions for Ken Burns’ documentaries, including The Civil War, are joined by the award-win-ning University of Mary Washington Philhar-monic Orchestra. Repeated 4 am Sunday; and 4 am Friday.

25Sunday 1:00 Call the Midwife Marathon

See article page 3. 8:00 Masterpiece: Downton Abbey Revisited

See article page 3. 9:30 Masterpiece: Downton Abbey Revisited

Repeated from 8 pm.11:00 Motown: Big Hits and More (TV-G)

Repeated from 9 pm Saturday.


Baltimore, Md. Part 2 of 3. 8:15 Market Warriors (TV-PG)

Antiquing In Springfield, Ohio. The pickers sift through 2,000 vendors at the Springfield Extravaganza to find the best piece of cast iron to sell at auction.

9:30 Christmas with Nathan Pacheco (TV-G) This world-renowned singer delivers inspira-tional, moving performances of holiday favor-ites, plus some of his favorite new and classic songs. Repeated 12:30 am Tuesday.


27Tuesday 7:00 Trains Around North America (TV-G)

Grammy-winning musician and storyteller Da-vid Holt traces America’s railroad history, tell-ing the unforgettable stories of the continent’s historic and scenic tourist railroads while showing a variety of railways—from quiet and relaxing to fast-paced and glitz.


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28Wednesday 7:00 Under The Streetlamp (TV-G)

This new vocal group of four leading cast members from the Tony-Award winning musi-cal, Jersey Boys, delivers doo-wop, Motown, your favorites from the American radio song-book and more with charisma and camarade-rie. Repeated midnight Thursday.

8:30 Il Volo Takes Flight (TV-G) A concert special featuring Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Ginaluca Ginoble of Il Volo. Repeated 1:30 am Thursday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline11:00 Charlie Rose

29Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle

Faking It. After Albert is viciously beaten by a local gangster who finds him cheating at cards, the team attempts to con the thug into investing in a film.

9:30 Super Brain with Dr. Rudy Tanzi (TV-G) Explore new discoveries in neuroscience as Harvard Medical School professor Rudy Tanzi uses cutting-edge research to show the ways everyone can maximize the brain’s potential. Repeated 12:30 am Friday.


30Friday 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert

at the O2 (TV-PG) To celebrate the legendary musical’s 25th anniversary in 2010, Cameron Mackintosh staged a concert at the O2 Arena in London, featuring more than 300 actors and musi-cians, including Alfie Boe, Nick Jonas, Jenny Galloway and Camilla Kerslake, as well as members of the original 1985 cast.



membership news & events

Group shares insight with Illinois Public Media

Tyler Beard of Country Financial in Bloomington; Jon Dietrich of PNC Bank in Champaign; Dave Krchak of Thomas, Mamer & Haughey law firm in Champaign; and Candice Underhill of Mervis Industries in Danville have joined Illinois Public Media’s Community Advisory Committee.

They join the 20 returning committee members listed at right in gathering information and opinions about community issues and needs; helping heighten awareness of the WILL stations and services of Illinois Public Media; advocating for broad-based support; identifying and encouraging new sources of funding for specific projects; and reviewing and advising on legislation designed to improve the quality of public media.

John & Susan Adams, AtlantaConstance Locher Bussard, SpringfieldBelinda De La Rosa, UrbanaPhyllis K. Dougherty, DanvilleJoan Friedman, UrbanaBert Gray, Decatur (secretary)Maxine Kaler, ChampaignJoe Lewis, ChampaignJan Mandernach, Decatur (vice chair)Geoff Merritt, UrbanaKathy Munday, St. JosephAllan Penwell, Champaign (chair)Gregory Ray, MattoonGeorge Richards, DanvilleSteve Rugg, UrbanaBarbara Shenk, UrbanaPatti Swinford, DecaturBob Swires, DanvilleLori Williamson, Champaign


the same words the teacher had used to teach him how to match the dinosaur with the right train car, and “put” the dinosaur in by sliding his finger on the screen.

As part of Illinois Public Media’s Book Mentor Project this year, children in Champaign County Head Start classrooms are using iPads to play

PBS math and literacy learning games. PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting provided Illinois Public Media with two PBS KIDS Mobile Media Labs, including iPads and Kindle Fires, as part of a program to encourage stations to use new PBS resources, such as apps and games for mobile devices, in their educational outreach efforts.

“We’ve already been testing the mobile games with kids in Rantoul. We figured they could learn how to use the touch screen fairly quickly, and they did,” said Molly Delaney, Illinois Public Media

Learning everywhere: books, video, games on iPads

On their first try, some of the preschoolers pressed too hard on the touch screen. Many of the children in the Rantoul Head Start classroom had never used an iPad before. Some had trouble making their fingers work as fast as their brains. But soon they were not only catching on, but using math words to coach each other in how to play a PBS Dinosaur Train learning game for mobile devices.

“Him too big!” said TreyVonte to his classmate. “Drop it in!” he coaxed, using

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Words in the Wind IV benefits Book Mentor ProjectA concert-style reading of various children’s books by veteran actors will raise funds for Illinois Public Media’s Book Mentor Project. Organized by University of Illinois theater professor Tom Mitchell, Words in the Wind IV will feature performances by actors from The Station Theatre, Urbana; Parkland College Theatre, Champaign; Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company; Zoo Improv, Champaign; and the University of Illinois Department of Theatre.

The event will take place at 7:30 pm Thursday, Nov. 1, at Faith United Methodist Church, 1719 S. Prospect Ave., in Champaign. A

suggested donation of $10 per person will be requested at the door. Proceeds will be used to support the Book Mentor Project—now in its ninth year—serving 42 Head Start classrooms in Rantoul, Savoy, Champaign and Urbana. About 720 underserved families receive free books and educational materials for their children.

For more information and updates about Words in the Wind, see the event’s Facebook page at http://bit.ly/wordsinthewind

or call 217-333-7300.



Steinbacher becomes membership director

John Steinbacher joined the staff of Illinois Public Media as membership director on Oct 15. John came to Illinois Public Media from the Champaign-based International Society of Arboriculture, a professional organization with 20,000 members worldwide where he has been the membership and component relations manager.

His experience also includes positions as membership manager and policy specialist for Canadian Doctors for Medicare, and membership specialist for the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals International, a nonprofit trade association based in Minneapolis. He is also a producer/co-host for Smile Politely Radio, a weekly show on WEFT that focuses on local people and organizations and is an offshoot of the online cultural magazine, Smile Politely.

John said public media has kept him informed and helped shape his worldview since he began listening to WILL while a graduate student at the University of Illinois. Now that he’s back in Champaign-Urbana, his entire family makes WILL part of their daily lives with Sesame Street, Sid the Science Kid, Morning Edition, Focus, Frontline and other programs. “With such a strong and dedicated membership base, I believe that WILL is well-positioned to continue to provide quality programming to east central Illinois,” he said. “I look forward to doing my part to help WILL grow with the community and remain an essential local resource for generations to come.”

Danda Beard, Illinois Public Media’s interim development director, said John’s experience serving the members of the International Society of Arboriculture will easily transfer to members of the Friends of WILL. “He is dedicated to central Illinois and to public media,” she said.


educational outreach director. “But it was amazing to see how engaged they were and how there was group dynamic to the learning as kids crowded around the iPad and helped each other.”

Book mentors will still read books to the kids and do activities, but technology will be an additional component this year, Molly said. The school district furnished new interactive white boards and iPads for all of its Champaign Early Childhood Center classrooms, and they’ll be integrated into the Book Mentor Project to take advantage of the PBS mobile apps.

Molly and Illinois Public Media’s community partners Christie Norton of Head Start and Amy Hayden of the Champaign Early Childhood Center went to Washington, D.C., to get training on how to maximize new PBS “transmedia” content in the classroom. The message they heard was that the key to enhancing learning with technology is using the right content on the right device at the right time.

“We were really excited to bring back this technology to our community,” Molly said. “We’ve seen how powerful these educational tools are and we’re dedicating ourselves to pursuing funding so we can incorporate additional technology in all of the Head Start classrooms in Champaign County.” A community impact team of representatives from Head Start, the Champaign Early Childhood Center, Unit 4 Schools, the Parkland College Child Development Lab, Champaign Public Library and the Child Care Resource and Referral Service will help determine the best locations for the PBS KIDS Media Labs.

Every Head Start and Champaign Early Childhood Center family was offered two free Dinosaur Train mobile applications this fall with games teaching measurement, estimation and spatial relationships. Five more free apps will be provided to families during the school year.


The point of the first ever WILLAg bus trip was to “follow the corn” from the field to the export market in New Orleans. Todd Gleason, host of Closing Market Report and Commodity Week on WILL-AM, led a group of 54 people to New Orleans Aug. 20–24.

“Most of us simply don’t know how corn moves through the export system once it gets to the Illinois, Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and I wanted to find out firsthand,” Todd said. CGB Enterprises and its parent company, Zen Noh Grain, opened grain handling facilities for the tour, thanks to WILL Agriculture Thursday analyst Dan Zwicker.

In Mound City, Ill., on the Ohio River, CGB manager John Sutton told the group how corn moves from shore to barge and the problems associated with this year’s drought and last year’s flood. The farmers on board peppered Sutton with questions about basis, barge rates and aflatoxin. “I knew then the trip would be a success,” Todd said.

The tour of the Zen Noh Grain export elevator in Convent, La., which handles 400 million bushels of corn annually, was a highlight of the week-long adventure. Manager Eric Slater laid out the importance of the facility to feeding the people of Japan.

The trip wrapped up in Memphis with a tour of the historic Cotton Exchange, hosted by frequent WILL-AM Commodity Week guest John Bondurant. The group was treated to a live-to-tape session of the program

Join us for Community Cinema India’s Barefoot College, founded by Bunker Roy, provides impoverished rural women from Guatemala, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Colombia with a six-month job training program that transforms them into solar engineers. As they learn to make their communities self-reliant and sustainable, these women develop self-confidence and the skills to earn income.

Solar Mamas, an Independent Lens documentary film about Barefoot College and its students, is Illinois Public Media’s Community Cinema selection at 6 pm Tuesday, Nov. 13, in Robeson Rooms A & B of the Champaign Public Library. Join us for a free screening and discussion of the film.

Tour takes participants on agriculture journey

with Bondurant, Jacquie Voeks and Dan Zwicker. Voeks and Zwicker were both on the tour.

The second Follow the Corn bus trip is already in the planning stages. Contact Todd Gleason at [email protected] or 217-333-9697 if you’re interested in future trips.

Thanks to these businesses for support in FY 2012 Private support accounts for the largest single source of funds necessary to operate the WILL stations. I am proud to salute these businesses across central Illinois that step forward to support the public broadcasting services of Illinois Public Media. These contributions, along with those of thousands of individuals and families, helps make Illinois Public Media a great community resource. Thank you.

Les Schulte, Corporate Support Director

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8-10 November Dance

8-10 SITI Company: Café Variations

9 Dessert and Conversation: November Dance

10-11 Libretto: Florencia en el Amazonas

13 Jupiter String Quartet

14 Carolina Chocolate Drops

15 Krannert Uncorked with the Aduro Trio, classical

16 Dance for People with Parkinson’s

30 The Nutcracker

1 Krannert Uncorked with Resonation Station, traditional and pop

1 Pacifica Quartet with Menahem Pressler, piano

1-4 A Dream Play

2 Sinfonia da Camera: No-Holds-Barred Beethoven

6 Philharmonia Orchestra

8, 29 Krannert Uncorked

8-11 Florencia en el Amazonas

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