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A Message to Our Members As I sit writing this column on

October 1, I wonder what our financial markets will look like when this column is published. It has been a frightening sight to watch our economic institutions implode during September, and wonder what the long term implications of their collapse will be. Hopefully, by the time you read this, the specter of economic collapse will have passed, and we are looking at stabilized credit and investment markets. Amid the economic uncertainty, WILL received some promising financial news in September. WILL has been awarded two significant grants, one for funding an emergency generator for our FM and television transmitter in Monticello, and one to fund expansion of WILL’s Youth Media Workshop. Details on the Youth Media grant are on page 19 of this issue of Patterns. In the case of the generator, WILL had applied to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration PATTERNS • November 2008

16 14 from General Manager Mark Leonard Public Television Facilities Program (NTIA/PTFP) for funding last spring. With severe thunderstorms, ice and snow a routine part of central Illinois’ weather, WILL suffers from frequent power outages due to severe weather. This has been a frustration to viewers, listeners and staff members as we often lose our signal at times of critical need for weather and public safety information. The projected cost of a suitable generator is approximately $140,000, and the federal grant will pay about $67,000 of that total. With the most skilled weather forecasting staff in the region, to be off the air in times of weather emergencies was unacceptable. We will be seeking funding for the remaining cost of the generator from local businesses and foundations, as well as individual donors. If you are interested in participating, please contact Danda Beard, our Director of Major Giving. I hope that you agree that this is a critical investment, despite the challenges of the current economy.

In my September column, I described the conservative budget planning that WILL had gone through for the current fiscal year, and why realignment in resources was necessary. The guiding principle in our decision making was to seek efficiencies where possible, identify areas of strategic investment to improve WILL’s competitiveness, and increase service to our community. We have put an increased emphasis on seeking external funding for both new and existing activities, as well as capital equipment projects. I am pleased to point to these two new grants as a successful beginning. WILL is healthy and strong. We have been pruning the branches a bit over the past year, but with an eye toward the health of the root ball. Your continued financial support helps us to look past the current challenges, and make the important strategic investments for the long term strength of your public broadcast stations.

“Aw”-Inspiring Images and a Serious Look at Panda’s Plight

Since making her entrance into the world, Zhen Zhen,

fourth in the line of San Diego’s “royal family,” has captivated legions with her antics and charm. Panda Tales, airing on WILL-TV at 7 pm Sunday, November 30, chronicles the giant panda cub’s first year at the San Diego Zoo. Amid the story of Zhen Zhen’s progress, an unexpected storyline emerged nine months into filming. A massive earthquake in China on May 12 struck in the heart of panda country. At Wolong, many of the giant panda enclosures were destroyed or severely damaged. Panda Tales captures the zoo team’s concern for their colleagues in China, as well as plans to aid in the breeding center’s rebuilding. Though there is no shortage of endearing clips of Zhen Zhen as she grows, Panda Tales is much more than a collection of “aw”-inspiring images. The program takes a serious look at the plight of the giant panda and how the zoo’s program has affected the resurgence of this species.

Kids’ Specials in November It’s Election Day on PBS Kids Go! From 3-5 pm on Election Day, November 4, PBS and WILL-TV bring you a two-hour marathon of kids’ shows with an election theme. Included are new episodes of WordGirl and Arthur that encourage early elementary school kids to get involved.

An After-Thanksgiving Feast for Kids On November 28, PBS Kids celebrates

everyone’s favorite programs with a “Feast of Favorites!” event with kids’ shows all day long from 6 am to 5 pm. Included are new episodes from Martha Speaks, Curious George, Super Why!, Sid the Science Kid and WordGirl. At 9 am Sesame Street presents the world premiere of a new special, Abby in Wonderland! Abby Cadabby, the 3-year-old, irresistibly cute puppet fairy goes with her Sesame Street friends on an adventure that will be familiar to readers of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2008

By the Numbers: 600 - Number of people the royal kitchen is able to serve at one time for a sit-down meal.

256 - Official overseas visits—to 129 different

countries—the queen has made.

40 - Acres encompassing the gardens at Buckingham Palace.

10 - U.S. presidents the queen has met during her reign.

4 - Visits by Her Majesty and His Royal

Step Inside the World of theWindsors

Highness to the United States.

s Prince Harry and Prince William meet war veterans to celebrate British service personnel and their families.

Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s second-longest-serving head of state, granted exclusive access to the filmmakers of Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work to bring viewers an unprecedented look at the daily duties of the modern British royal family.

Airing at 8 pm Wednesdays, beginning November 12, the four-part series allows viewers to follow the queen, her family and their support staff as the royals work and live at Buckingham Palace, perform official visits at home and abroad, and meet with people from all walks of life in carrying out their royal duties—including a state visit to the U.S. where they are welcomed at the White House, Jamestown and the Kentucky Derby. Brimming with personal interviews, Monarchy reveals the daily rituals and ancient traditions of the House of Windsor, while exploring what is involved in hosting more than 50,000 visitors each year. s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive at the House of Lords for the state opening of Parliament.

Remodeling Underway on Prairie Performances We are making changes to Prairie

Performances and hope that you will stop in soon to sample our evolving presentation of regional performers in concert. This month, host Roger Cooper introduces recent performances by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, the Prairie Ensemble and Sinfonia da Camera, as well as a retrospective honoring Sinfonia’s 25th anniversary, featuring an interview with Ian Hobson. Tune in for reviews of recent concerts, previews of upcoming events and more! Prairie Performances is heard Sundays from 8 to 10 pm as our Sunday Evening Concert on FM 90.9. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2008

s Rachel Lee

s Alfred Rascon

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Heroism Personified Medal of Honor, a PBS documentary

premiering Wednesday, November 5, at 8 pm, presents the powerful stories of those who have received our nation’s highest military award for valor in combat, and explores fundamental questions about what it means to have the courage of a hero. The film traces the history of the award, from a profile of Sgt. Paul Smith, the first soldier to receive the award in the Iraq War, back to its origins during the Civil War. Among those profiled are a Holocaust survivor who single-

handedly defended a hill from an advancing enemy force in the Korean War; an injured Navy SEAL who saved the lives of two comrades by swimming for two hours to bring them to safety; and a Marine at Iwo Jima, who alone silenced seven Japanese bunkers with a flamethrower to clear a path for his demoralized company. Through intimate accounts of fear and the realities of surviving war, movingly told by 13 living recipients, the program showcases these extraordinary acts of heroism for which the medal has been awarded.

Stay with WILL on Election Night. We Answer Only to You. You turned to us for

outstanding PBS and NPR convention coverage. You were tuned in for the presidential and vice presidential candidate debates. In our own For the People series, you benefited from learning how the positions of Barack Obama and John McCain on the issues of energy and the economy would affect the people of Illinois. Along the way, you also gained informative insight from special editions of Frontline, NOW, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Morning Edition and many more. Now with the election just days away, we hope you’re planning to rely on full coverage from WILL AM-FM-TV-Online on Tuesday, November 4. NPR and Illinois Public Radio coverage begins at 7 pm on AM 580, FM 90.9 and will.illinois.edu. PBS coverage begins at 8 pm on WILL-TV. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2008

WILL-TV WILL Digital TV High-Definition Primetime Listings

Sundays 7:00 8:00

9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

Nature Masterpiece Contemporary Masterpiece Special (11/23) Rape of Europa (11/30) America at a Crossroads (11/2) Standard of Perfection (11/23) Secrets of the Dead (11/9) Get Ready for Digital TV (11/16) Nature Nature (11/9) Masterpiece Contemporary Masterpiece Special (11/23) Rape of Europa (11/30) Masterpiece Contemporary (11/9)

Mondays

7:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Frontline (11/3) American Experience (11/10, 11/17) Rape of Europa (11/24) 9:00 Journey to Palomar (11/10) 9:30 Remembered Earth (11/17) 10:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:30 Antiques Roadshow (11/10) 11:00 Frontline (11/3) American Experience (11/17) Rape of Europa (11/24) 11:30 American Experience (11/10)

Tuesdays 7:00 8:00 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30

Nature Election Night Coverage (11/4) Frontline (11/11, 11/25) Independent Lens (11/18) Get Ready for Digital TV (11/11) Independent Lens(11/25) Nova (11/11, 11/18) Nova (11/25)

11:00 Nova (11/4) Frontline (11/11) 11:30 Frontline (11/25)

Wednesdays

7:00 Secrets of the Dead (11/5) Monarchy 8:00 Medal of Honor (11/5) 9:00 Monarchy (11/12, 11/29, 11/26) 9:30 Air Group 16 (11/5) 10:00 Secrets of the Dead (11/5) 11:00 Medal of Honor (11/5) Monarchy

Thursdays

7:00 This Old House Hour Live from Lincoln Center (11/20) See article below. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow (11/6, 11/27) Independent Lens (11/13) 8:30 Get Ready for Digital TV (11/20) 9:00 Independent Lens(11/6) Standard of Perfection (11/20, 11/27) 9:30 Get Ready for Digital TV (11/13) 1 0:00 This Old House Hour (11/13, 11/27) Live from Lincoln Center (11/20) 10:30 This Old House Hour (11/6) 11:00 Independent Lens (11/13) Antiques Roadshow (11/27) 11:30 Antiques Roadshow (11/6) Get Ready for Digital TV (11/20)

Fridays 7:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00

Washington Week NOW on PBS Bill Moyers Journal In Search of Myths and Heroes Washington Week NOW on PBS Bill Moyers Journal

Saturdays

7:00 Nova Antiques Roadshow (11/22) 8:00 Austin City Limits 9:00 Frontline (11/1) Secrets of the Dead (11/8, 11/15) Independent Lens (11/22, 11/29) 10:00 Nova Antiques Roadshow (11/22) 11:00 Austin City Limits

Where to find WILL-DT Channels WILL-HD is broadcast on WILL-DT 1 and on: Comcast: Channel 916 in C-U; Channel 917 in Springfield/ Decatur MediaCom: Channel 712 in Charleston and Gibson City Create/World are broadcast on WILL-DT 3 and on: Comcast: Channel 219 in C-U; Channel 220 in Springfield/ Decatur

Program listings are available on our Web site, will.illinois.edu.

Viva Violin! Live from Lincoln Center’s Gil Shaham and Orpheus at the Penthouse showcases celebrated violinist Gil Shaham’s performance of music by composer Pablo de Sarasate, broadcast from Lincoln Center’s intimate Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. A composer best known for infusing Spanish themes into the classical music of the Romantic period, Sarasate was an accomplished violinist who wrote pieces for the instrument. Shaham will perform Sarasate’s works with New York City’s acclaimed Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. The New York Times calls Shaham “a virtuoso and a player of deeply intense sincerity.” Born in Champaign-Urbana where his father worked at the University of Illinois, he moved when he was two to Israel, where he began violin studies at age seven with grants from the America-Israel Foundation. He took first prize in Israel’s Claremont Competition before reaching his teens, and became a scholarship student at Juilliard shortly afterward. In Live from Lincoln Center 1990, he was awarded Lincoln Center’s distinguished Gil Shaham and Orpheus at the Penthouse Avery Fisher Career Grant. Among his more than two u 7 pm Thursday, November 20 on WILL-HD dozen concerto and solo CDs are a number of best-sellers Repeated on WILL-HD at 10 pm; 11 am Sunday; that have earned high-profile awards. and 11 am Tuesday. (Airs at 9 pm Sunday, November 23 on WILL-TV) PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2008

WILL-TV Daytime

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David Thiel, program director

Monday - Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Dragon Tales

5:00

Body Electric (M, W, F) Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches (T, Th)

5:30

Between the Lions

Curious George

French in Action

Martha Speaks

6:00 6:30

Sid the Science Kid

Make Way for Noddy

Curious George

7:00

Super WHY!

Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood

Sid the Science Kid

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Mama Mirabelle

Bob the Builder

Zula Patrol

Clifford the Big Red Dog

7:30 8:00 8:30

Thomas & Friends

Wunderkind Little Amadeus

Sesame Street

9:00

Cultivating Life

Saddle Club

9:30

American Woodshop

Biz Kid$

Super WHY!

Guten Tag

Sesame Street

Destinos

Dragon Tales

10:00 This Old House Hour

To the Contrary

WordWorld

Wealthtrack

Super WHY!

10:30 11:00 Illinois Gardener

Barney & Friends

11:30 Victory Garden

Market to Market

It's a Big Big World

Noon

The McLaughlin Group

A Place of Our Own

12:30 Cook's Country

eligion + Ethics R Newsweekly

Sewing Programs

1:00

Lidia's Italy

Foreign Exchange

1:30

Simply Ming

Motorweek

2:00

Jacques Pepin

Woodwright’s Shop

2:30 3:00

Made in Spain

Hometime

Barbecue America Perfect Day

Fetch!

3:30 4:00

This Old House Hour

Volvo Ocean Race

Garden Paths

Cyberchase/Design Squad (F)

4:30

Art Wolfe

Victory Garden

BBC World News

5:00

Wild Chronicles

Everyday Edisons

Nightly Business Report

5:30

Rick Steves’ Europe

Red Green Show

The NewsHour

6:00

Lawrence Welk

Doctor Who

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How Tos

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Painting Programs

Martha Speaks Arthur/Postcards from Buster (F) WordGirl

1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons + Porter Quilting Knit and Crochet Today (begins 11/10) Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: America Sews Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Quilting Arts

America’s Heartland Hometown Housecall 11/30

America’s Test Kitchen

1:30 pm Painting M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Beauty of Oil Painting W: Jerry Yarnell Th: Painting with Paulson F: Terry Madden

2:00 pm How Tos M: Piano Guy Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: Paint, Paper and Craft F: Katie Brown’s Workshop

WILL-TV Program Update Line: (217) 244-0465 All WILL-TV programs are close captioned for the hearing impaired.

Key to Primetime Listings (DVS) Descriptive Video Service available for the visually impaired through the Illinois Radio Reader. (TV-G) Suitable for all ages. (TV-PG) May contain material unsuitable for younger children. (TV-14) May contain material unsuitable for children under 14 years of age. (TV-MA) Specifically designed to be viewed by adults; unsuitable for children under age 17. (V) Graphic violence. (S) Explicit sexual activity. (L) Crude and indecent language. (HD) Available in high definition on WILL-DT (WS) Wide-screen format available

Late Night M-Fri

NOTE: Winterfest programming preempts some of the late night schedule Nov. 24-30. 9:58 YourWeather (except 11/4) (10:28 11/7, 11/10, 11/14) 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine (except 11/4, 11/7, 11/10, 11/14) (P.O.V. on 10/3) 10:30 Are You Being Served? (except 11/4) 11:00 Charlie Rose (1:00 am 11/25, 11/27; 12:30 am 11/26, 11/28, 11/29)

Friday Night Public Affairs 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Now on PBS 8:00 Bill Moyers Journal

BritCom Saturday Night

8:00 As Time Goes By 8:30 Keeping Up Appearances 9:00 Are You Being Served? 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 YourWeather 10:04 Red Green Show 10:26 Doctor Who 11:10 Doctor Who Confidential NOTE: Winterfest programming preempts Britcom Saturday on Nov. 29.

Note: During Winterfest, beginning November 26, daytime programming may vary. Please check listings and the article on PBS Kids specials, page 1. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2008

WILL-TV Ever Decreasing Circles

u 9:30 pm Saturdays and 9:30 pm Wednesday, November 12

The Laughs Go ’Round and ’Round There’s a new addition to the BritCom

family on WILL! Ever Decreasing Circles features Martin Bryce, a busybody knowit-all who runs (or tries to run) the community. He’s a great organizer—the Residents’ Association, the football team, the Rotary Club—whatever he can get involved with. Regarded as a pompous bore by most of the local residents, Martin’s faithful supporters include friends Howard and Hilda, as well as his wife, Anne. How they cope with Martin’s personality makes for hilarity all around. Richard Briers headlines the cast as Martin, with Penelope Wilton as Anne.

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dential election, Antiques Roadshow celebrates the keepsakes of political battles long past. With objects from both red and blue states, Politically Collect features an extensive collection of campaign buttons; a court affidavit submitted by Jimmy Carter to the state of Maine on the eve of the 1976 election appealing its decision to list him on the ballot as James Earl Carter; an heirloom desk and chair used at the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1873; and signed photos of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Antiques Roadshow: Politically Collect u 7 pm Monday, November 3 Repeated 4 am Wednesday and 7 pm Saturday.

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1Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Jackpot! Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 5. 11:25 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) My Morning Jacket.

2 Sunday

7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) The Cheetah Orphans. Veteran filmmaker Simon King takes on the role of mother to two orphaned cheetah cubs. Repeated 4 am Tuesday and 3 am Wednesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Contemporary (TV-PG) (DVS) The Last Enemy. Part 5 of 5. An arresting and compelling look at how technology could transform Britain into a surveillance society. Repeated midnight and 2 am Tuesday. 9:00 America at a Crossroads (TV-PG) Dissonance and Harmony: Arabic Music Goes West. An eclectic mix of Middle Eastern and American musicians collaborate to find common ground between two cultures in conflict. Repeated 1 am Monday and 3 am Tuesday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Sweden & Denmark. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Celebration of Bluegrass.

3 Monday

7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Politically Collect. See article page 6. Repeated 4 am Wednesday and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 Frontline (DVS) The Choice 2008. This program examines the biographies of John McCain and Barack Obama to discover how they arrived at this moment and what their candidacies say about America. Repeated midnight; 1 am Wednesday; and 1 am Sunday. 9:58 Your Weather

4 Tuesday

7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Missing In MiG Alley. This program demonstrates the duels between the American F-86 Sabre and the Soviet MiG15 in the skies over Korea, and follows the efforts of family members to discover what happened to pilots who went missing over a half century ago. Repeated midnight and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Newshour Election Night Coverage 11:00 Charlie Rose

5 Wednesday 7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) (DVS) Dogfight Over Guadalcanal. A forensic expedition recreates the 1942 showdown between two ace fighter pilots—one American and one Japanese—by relying on each pilot’s detailed memoirs. Repeated 4 am Friday and 4 am Monday.

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8:00 Medal of Honor (TV-PG) See article page 3. Repeated midnight; 2 am Thursday; and 2:30 am Monday. 9:30 Air Group 16: We Came to Remember (TV-PG) This film follows the pilots, radiomen and gunners on the aircraft carrier USS Lexington as they gather for a final reunion at the dedication of the National World War II Memorial in May 2004. Repeated 1:30 am and 3:30 am Thursday. 9:58 Your Weather

6 Thursday

7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Prairie Fire Orpheum Children’s Science Museum/ Great Pumpkin Patch/Lego Competition/ George Rogers Clark. 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday and 3 pm Sunday. 9:00 Spain...On The Road Again (TV-G) (DVS) 9:58 Your Weather

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7:00 Public Affairs See page 5. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Knee Deep. After his mother reneged on an agreement that Josh Osborne would inherit the family dairy farm in Maine, Josh

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The first of three new Nature episodes this month, Clever Monkeys,

examines the complex traits—love, language, guilt, envy, generosity, secrets, lies and sophisticated family structure—we share with our primate cousins. As the babies of two different species are reared, viewers learn how and what monkeys teach their young, and how they use that knowledge to adapt to the variety of environments they now call home. A look at the diverse range of species on several continents shows just how much of the human experience they share.

Nature Debuts New Episodes

Unique to North America, the bald eagle is the continent’s most recognizable aerial predator, with a bright white head, electric yellow beak and penetrating eyes. Photographed by Emmy-winning cinematographer Neil Rettig, American Eagle tells the story of a year in the lives of these majestic raptors on a breathtaking stretch of the Mississippi. The latest in camera technologies gives viewers unprecedented high-definition access into the nests—and into the skies—with these amazing birds. In fall 1893, a young bounty hunter from New York arrived in the wilds of New Mexico to kill the wolf leader of a marauding, cattlekilling pack. By the time Ernest Thompson Seton finally met the renegade Lobo, the wolf had become a hero in his eyes. Seton’s tale of the encounter captured the essence of the vanishing wilderness and led both to the establishment of the national park system and the Boy Scout movement in America. The Nature Wolf That Changed America brings alive the confrontation Clever Monkeys between Seton and Lobo to showcase how, together, 7 pm Sunday, November 9 u they began the American conservation movement. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. American Eagle

u 7 pm Sunday, November 16 Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

The Wolf That Changed America 7 pm Sunday, November 23 Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

launches a hare-brained scheme to kill her. Repeated 2 am Saturday. 10:28 Your Weather 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 5. 11:30 Austin City Limits Sharon Jones and the Dup-Kings/ Carolyn Wonderland

7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Politically Collect. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

7:00 Nature (TV-PG) Clever Monkeys. See article above. Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

8 Saturday

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9 Sunday

8:00 Masterpiece Contemporary (TV-PG) (DVS) God on Trial. Facing extermination in Auschwitz, a group of prisoners solemnly weighs the case against the Lord God. Stellan Skarsgard, Antony Sher, Rupert Graves and Dominic Cooper head the program’s cast. Repeated midnight and 2 am Tuesday. 9:30 Marketing The Message (TV-G) In this award-winning documentary, filmmakers Joe and Katie Bly travel from Washington D.C. to Orlando, Florida, to survey the ways Christian evangelism is changing to fit within mainstream pop culture.

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9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Food Hour: Southern India. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Celebration of the Mountain Dulcimer.

10Monday

7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Milwaukee, Wis. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) The Berlin Airlift. A detailed look at how Allied forces supplied two million civilians and 20,000 soldiers in West Berlin following the Soviet Union’s 1948 blockade of the city’s railroads and streets. Repeated midnight; 3 am Wednesday; and 1 am Sunday. 9:00 Journey to Palomar (TV-G) A fascinating look at American astronomer George Ellery Hale’s struggles to build the world’s four largest telescopes, setting the stage for 20th century discoveries in astronomy and space exploration. Repeated 1:30 am Nov. 17. 10:28 Your Weather 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose

11Tuesday

7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Alien from Earth. Exclusive coverage of the 2007 excavations at Ling Bua on the island of Flores, Indonesia, fuels the scientific

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Hamlet Anon(ymous) Dessert and Conversation: Hamlet Concert Prep: Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra Global Transfer Afterglow: Yang Ying Band Krannert Uncorked Traffic Jam: Candy Foster and Shades of Blue Sinfonia da Camera: The Brandenburg Concertos Concert Artists Guild Winner: Parker String Quartet Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa Roméo et Juliette November Dance: Reimagining the Proscenium Dresden Staatskapelle Libretto: Roméo et Juliette Tiffany Poon, piano Takács Quartet/Muzsikás/Márta Sebestyén Bebe Miller: Necessary Beauty

debate related to discovery of tiny human fossil bones at the site in 2004. Repeated 2 am Wednesday and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Frontline Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story. A revealing biography of this controversial political operative traces his rise to the White House, his battle with cancer and his final search for forgiveness. Repeated midnight and 2 am Thursday. 9:30 About Benjamin 9:58 Your Weather

12 Wednesday

7:00 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (TV-G) (DVS) The State Visit. Parts 1 and 2. See article page 2. Repeated midnight; 3 am Friday; and 3 am Monday, and 8 pm Sunday, November 30. 9:00 Keeping Up Appearances 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles See article page 6. 9:58 Your Weather

13 Thursday

7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Prairie Fire Desafinado/Drum Corps/Rubel/Kilborn Alley 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) 9:00 Spain...On The Road Again (TV-G) (DVS) 9:58 Your Weather

14Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See page 5. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Lioness. The historic story of the first female Army soldiers sent into direct ground combat in some of the bloodiest counterinsurgency battles of the Iraq war. Repeated 2 am Saturday. 10:28 Your Weather 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose

15 Saturday

7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Milwaukee, Wis. Part 1 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 5. 11:30 Austin City Limits Amee Mann/Iron and Wine

16 Sunday

7:00 Nature (TV-PG) American Eagle. See article page 8. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Contemporary (TV-PG) Filth. The story of Mary Whitehouse and her struggle to clean up the BBC in the ’60s, featuring Julie Walters as Whitehouse and Hugh Bonneville as BBC DirectorGeneral Hugh Greene. Repeated midnight and 2 am Tuesday. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2008

WILL-TV NOVA The Bible’s Buried Secrets u 7 pm Tuesday, November 18 Repeated midnight and 3 am Thursday.

NOVA takes viewers on a scientific

journey to the beginnings of modern religion in this new two-hour special, including fresh examinations of the origins of ancient Israelites, the evolution of their belief in one God and the creation of the Bible. For the first time, more than a century of literary detective work and decades of archeological excavation in the Holy Land will challenge viewers with provocative new insights, including that most Israelites worshiped pagan gods and many believed that God had a wife, who was venerated as an idol. A story of science, history and faith, The Bible’s Buried Secrets could become the definitive documentary on the Bible for generations to come.

Digital TV—What You Need to Do u 9 pm Wednesday, November 19 Repeated 3 pm Saturday and 12:30 pm Sunday

Excavating Be more prepared

Answering Your Digital TV Questions

Email your questions to will-tv@ illinois.edu by November 12 and Caldwell, program director David Thiel and other experts will answer as many questions as possible during the program.

WILL managers and engineers

The local segments will be interspersed with how-to guidance and tips from famous do-it-yourselfers Norm Abram and Kevin O’Connor of This Old House, and award-winning correspondent for NOW on PBS, Maria Hinojosa.

answer your questions about the digital television transition in a special presentation, Digital TV—What You Need to Do. “We know people still have questions about what to do to prepare for the analog shut-off,” said WILL-TV station manager Carl Caldwell. “We want to help people understand their options.”

The hour-long program will help you prepare for a successful switch to digital television before February 2009.

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9:30 Charles Banks Wilson, Portrait of an Artist 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Indian Ocean Islands. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Jorma Kaukonen and David Bromberg.

17Monday

7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Milwaukee, Wis. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday; 3 am Saturday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Oswald’s Ghost. A fresh look at Kennedy’s assassination, the public’s reaction, and the government investigations that followed. Repeated midnight and 2 am Wednesday. 9:30 Get Ready for Digital TV (TV-G) Norm Abram and Kevin O’Connor of This Old House offer guidance on successfully switching to digital television. Maria Hinojosa of NOW shares the latest news on DTV. Repeated 3:30 am Tuesday; 2:30 am Friday; 4 am and 10:32 pm Sunday; 9:30 pm Tuesday, 11/25; 1:30 am Wednesday, 11/26; 4:30 am Thursday, 11/27; and 1:30 am Sunday, 11/30. 9:58 Your Weather

18Tuesday

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7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) The Bible’s Buried Secrets. See article above. Repeated midnight and 3 am Thursday. 9:00 Power of Forgiveness (TV-G) An award-winning exploration of forgiveness through first-person narratives and interviews with renowned figures from the Buddhist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths, including Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, Buddhist master Tich Nhat Hanh, the Reverend James Forges, as well as

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Champaign-Urbana’s premier natural foods store has more of what you love: • • • • • • •

Organic and natural groceries and produce All natural cosmetics and body care products Vitamins and supplements Sandwiches, salads and soups to go Coffee bar, smoothees and bakery breads Bulk foods department Box lunches

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best-selling authors Thomas Moore and Marianne Williamson. 9:58 Your Weather

Marking the November cen-

19Wednesday

tenary of the birth of longtime Masterpiece Theatre host Alistair Cooke, The Unseen Alistair Cooke is a revealing portrait of one of the most celebrated broadcasters of the 20th Century. Seen for the first time are extraordinary 8mm home movies shot by Cooke from 1933 onward, charting his discovery of America, his passions and his relationships with stars such as Paulette Goddard and Charlie Chaplin.

7:00 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (TV-G) (DVS) Headquarters/Head of State. See article page 2. Repeated midnight; 3 am Friday; and 2 am Monday. 9:00 Digital TV—What You Need to Do See article page 10. Repeated 3 pm Saturday and 12:30 am Sunday. 9:58 Your Weather

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7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Prairie Fire 15th Anniversary Special. De-Tassling/ Coney Island/Peter McCue/Woodhenge/ Moonshine/Breezy’s Tattoo Parlor/Central Prairie Ilama Farm/Chilli Man Chilli. 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday and 3 pm Sunday. 9:00 Spain...On The Road Again (TV-G) (DVS) 9:58 Your Weather

A Masterpiece of a Man

21Friday

7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Milwaukee, Wis. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 5. 11:30 Austin City Limits Gnarls Barkley/Thievery Corporation

Told in his own voice and in interviews with family and close friends—including Masterpiece Theatre executive producer Rebecca Eaton—this is a chance to see America as Cooke first saw it: the raw material for a lifetime of journalism. Masterpiece Theatre: The Unseen Alistair Cooke u 8 pm Sunday, November 23 Repeated midnight and 2 am Tuesday.

7:00 Public Affairs See page 5. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) March Point. Three teens from the Swinomish Tribe investigate the impact of two oil refineries on their tribal community. 9:58 Your Weather

22 Saturday

Listen to Susan the first Monday of every month at 1 p.m. on AM 580’s Afternoon Magazine with Celeste Quinn or visit her from 3-5 p.m. every Monday at Strawberry Fields.

23Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) The Wolf That Changed America. See article page 8. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Special (TV-G) The Unseen Alistair Cooke. See article above. Repeated midnight and 2 am Tuesday.

9:00 Live from Lincoln Center (TV-G) Gil Shaham and Orpheus at the Penthouse. See article page 4. 10:28 Your Weather 10:32 Get Ready for Digital TV (TV-G) Repeated from 9:30 pm Monday. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Cliff Eberhardt and Celtic Spring. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2008 11

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24 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Milwaukee, Wis. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday and 3 am Saturday. 8:00 Rape of Europa A look at the heroic young art historians and curators from America and Europe who fought to rescue and return millions of art treasures that were lost, hidden or stolen by the Nazis. Repeated 2 am Wednesday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:02 Suze Orman: Women and Money

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25Tuesday

7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Ocean Animal Emergency. Warming seas and man-made pollutants are combining to unleash toxic algae blooms that are decimating marine mammals. NOVA explores this crisis through the work of a San Francisco veterinarian who is trying to save the animals while figuring out the science behind what’s killing them. 8:00 Frontline (DVS) The Hugo Chavez Show. A look at Venezuela’s controversial president and the revolution he claims is turning his country into an anti-capitalist beacon for Latin America and the world. Repeated 3 am Thursday. 9:30 Get Ready for Digital TV 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert

26 Wednesday

7:00 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (TV-PG) (DVS) The Queen and Us/Inside The Firm. See article page 2. Repeated 2 am Friday. 9:00 Great Performances (TV-G) Pavarotti: A Life In Seven Arias. In celebration of Pavarotti’s vocal talent and international impact, this performance documentary reviews his legendary career, utilizing the arias with which he was most closely associated as a narrative framework. 11:00 Berlin Celebration Concert Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, this Christmas Day 1989 concert marked the fall of the Berlin Wall with a moving performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Repeated 11 am Thursday.

27Thursday

11:00 am Berlin Celebration Concert Repeated from 11 pm Wednesday. 1:00 Andre Rieu: Live In Vienna (TV-G) Repeated 7 pm tonight. 3:00 Celtic Woman - A New Journey Repeated 9 pm tonight. 5:30 Nightly Business Report 6:00 The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

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7:00 Andre Rieu: Live In Vienna (TV-G) 9:00 Celtic Woman - A New Journey 11:00 Barry Manilow: Songs from the Seventies (TV-G)

28 Friday

7:00 Public Affairs See page 5. 9:00 American Masters (TV-PG) Pete Seeger: The Power of Song. 11:00 Who at Kilburn 1977 (TV-PG)

29 Saturday

9:00 am Last Lecture (TV-G) 10:58 Picnics, Potlucks and Tailgates 2:04 pm Made In Spain Live! 3:01 Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound Repeated midnight and 4 pm Sunday. 4:30 Lawrence Welk: God Bless America 7:00 Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey Holiday Special Repeated 9:50 Sunday. 8:50 Vicar of Dibley 9:55 Vicar of Dibley 11:00 Yanni: Voices

30 Sunday 2:00 Suze Orman: Women & Money(TV-G) 4:00 Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound 5:30 Happy Holidays: The Best of the Andy Williams Christmas Shows (TV-G) 7:00 Panda Tales See article page 1. 8:00 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (TV-G) (DVS) Repeated from Wednesday, November 12. 9:20 Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey Holiday Special Repeated from 7 pm Saturday. 11:00 Woodsongs Kruga Brothers and the Chocolate Chocolate Drops

Bold Listing = National/International News Italics = Agriculture and Marketing Reports

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Monday–Friday 5:00 8:49 9:00 9:49 10:06

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Morning Edition with Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep (NPR) and Jay Pearce Pre-Opening Market Report BBC World Briefing Opening Market Report Focus 580 with David Inge 11/5 Cooking 11/11 Lawn & Garden 11/17 Home Maintenance 11/21 Personal Finance Market Update 11/10 Family Health 11/17 Women’s Health Market Update The Afternoon Magazine with Celeste Quinn Ag and Stock Market Report 11/3 Diet & Nutrition 11/7 Dog Behavior 11/17 Computers & You uSpecial 11/27 3rd Coast Audio Festival uSpecial 11/28 Competing Against Discrimination Settlement Prices Closing Market Report uSpecial Illinois Edition The World All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, Michele Norris (NPR) Public Square (4:45 & 6:45 F) Environmental Almanac (4:45 & 6:45 Th) Fresh Air uSpecial 11/4 Election Night (7 pm until major races decided)

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Thurs: New Letters on the Air Fri: Washington Week

Saturday 5:00 6:00 6:30 7:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 11:30 Noon 1:00 2:00 4:00 5:00

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BBC Overnight Continued Commodity Week with Todd Gleason Illinois Gardener Weekend Edition with Scott Simon (NPR) Car Talk Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me

City Club Forum Inside Europe with Helen Seeney

State Week in Review Commodity Week with Todd Gleason Travel with Rick Steves This American Life (repeated 6 pm Sunday) The Midnight Special with Rich Warren All Things Considered (NPR) The People’s Pharmacy

Car Talk

6:00

Sidetrack (11/1) America Abroad: Winning the Peace (11/8) Radio Lab: Race (11/15) Intelligence Squared: Guns Reduce Crime (11/22) Intelligence Squared: Google Violates Its “Don’t Be Evil” Motto (11/29)

7:00 8:00 8:30 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:005 am

Living on Earth Latino USA

Weekend Edition with Lianne Hansen (NPR) Says You

On the Media Media Matters with Bob McChesney The Tavis Smiley Show All Things Considered (NPR) Keepin’ the Faith with Steve Shoemaker This American Life To the Best of Our Knowledge with Jim Fleming

World Vision Report Alternative Radio CounterSpin

New Dimensions with Michael Toms Le Show with Harry Shearer

Humankind BBC World Service

BBC World Service

Agriculture Dave Dickey, agriculture director; Todd Gleason, host, Closing Market Report and Commodity Week

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

To listen to archived ag reports, sign up for the AM 580 Ag E-Letter, or download our agricultural podcasts, visit www.willag.org.

Mon: Commonwealth Club Tue: City Club Forum Wed: A World of Possibilities Thurs: Bookworm Fri: State Week in Review

Weather Kieser, chief meteorologist; Mike Sola, weather producer Ed Talk to Ed & Talk to Mike Monday-Friday

11:00- BBC World Service 5 am High Power, Low Power AM 580 broadcasts at high power from local sunrise to local sunset. Your reception may also vary depending on other atmospheric factors. Beginning November 2, WILL-AM will broadcast at high power (5,000 watts) between 6:45 am and 4:45 pm. A clear digital signal of the news and information service is available 24 hours a day on FM 90.9 HD2 and HD3.

Weather Forecast: 5:35, 6:35, 7:35, 8:35, 9:35 am; 12:35, 4:33, 5:33 pm Saturday and Sunday Occasional Updates

Fridays 7:50 am & 12:40 pm Call (217)333-9455 or (800)222-9455 with your weather-related questions. Watch WILL-TV for nightly YourWeather.

AM 580 News Tom Rogers, news director

The news from AM 580’s award-winning staff of reporters —Tom Rogers, Jim Meadows, Michael Koliska and Jeff Bossert—can be heard during Morning Edition, The Afternoon Magazine and All Things Considered.

For further news, weather and Webcasts, visit us online at will.illinois.edu. AM 580 Listener Comments: (217) 333-0853 / willamfm@illinois.edu PATTERNS • November 2008 13

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Saturday at 6 pm is Special It treads the halls of the Pentagon, Foggy Bottom and Capitol Hill to see how many of the problems of rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan begin here at home. And it heads to Baghdad to examine how U.S. military and civilian teams have made a course correction that could help to stabilize Iraq. The program also revisits lessons learned and s Radio Lab hosts Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich forgotten from past U.S. efforts to help reconstruct broken Once again, our Saturday Specials kick nations after war. off with a local focus in the news/ magazine show Sidetrack at 6 pm Imagine, after a lifetime of considering November 1, and continue with a variety yourself African American, discovering of timely topics. that your genetic makeup is anything but. That was Wayne Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience Former Secretary of State Colin Powell after taking a new ethnic DNA test. was fond of citing the so-called Pottery Barn Rule, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You break it, you own The Radio Lab program, Race, on Noit.â&#x20AC;? The U.S. had no trouble breaking vember 15 at 6 pm tackles what happens the Talibanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hold in Afghanistan and when the biological and social realities of Saddam Husseinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regime in Iraq, but rerace collide. The program also assesses building those nations has proven much the science behind racial differences more difficult. and uncovers the surprising effects of stereotypes. On November 8 at 6 pm, Winning the Peace: The U.S. and Post-Conflict ReconIntelligence Squared presents live struction on America Abroad takes a Oxford-style debates on some of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at why the U.S. has struggled to most challenging issues. This initiative restore order in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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A Veterans Day

Remembrance In fitting tribute, WILL-AM will re-air

some of the World War II stories produced and aired in 2007 as part of the effort to document the experiences of central Illinois veterans. On November 11, during Morning Edition, The Afternoon Magazine and All Things Considered, AM 580 listeners can experience segments of this series, including the Illinois Tuskegee Airmen, Battle of the Bulge, POW camps and the USS Indianapolis. The stories, written by news director Tom Rogers and reporters Jim Meadows and Jeff Bossert, were winners of a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in electronic journalism from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. The series also was recognized by the Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association Journalism Excellence Contest.

Thanksgiving Travel? Get Your Forecast from Ed To accommodate your holiday travel

plans, we moved the Thanksgiving week Talk to Ed from its usual Friday slot to Tuesday, November 25, at 12:40 pm and Wednesday, November 26, at 7:50 am. Call meteorologist Ed Kieser at (217) 333-9455 or (800) 222-9455 with your weatherrelated questions.

Weekdays

Jake Schumacher, program director

WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 101.1 in Champaign-Urbana 106.5 in Danville

5 am Early Morning Music John Zech provides classical music appropriate to the hour.

7 am The Morning Show Kevin Kelly gets you up to speed weekdays with classical music, weather, NPR news headlines at 7:01 am and Garrison Keillor’s almanac at 7:55 am.

9:01 am NPR News Headlines

sLeonidas Kavakos (8 pm, 11/10)

9:06 am Mid-Day Classics Vic Di Geronimo, Julie Amacher, Valerie Kahler and others keep you company every weekday with classical music, weather, and NPR news headlines at a minute past 1 pm. One Wednesday each month at 9:06 am you’ll also hear Wednesday Matinee, a morning concert chosen specifically for our morning listeners: 11/19 Beethoven Festival in Bonn Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, cond; Julia Fischer, violin SIBELIUS, BEETHOVEN

6 pm (M-Th) Performance Today Fred Child presents concert performances, along with interviews, commentary and features, with news headlines from NPR at 6:01 and 7:01 pm. 11/4 uSPECIAL: Election Returns. From 7 pm until the major races are decided, wall-towall coverage from National Public Radio and the WILL Radio News team.

8 pm (M-Th) The Evening Concert Great orchestras from the great concert halls!

Monday: New York Philharmonic 11/3

Marin Alsop, cond; Rafal Blechacz, piano BARTOK, CHOPIN, DVORAK 11/10 David Robertson, cond; Leonidas Kavakos, violin MOZART, BARTOK, BRAHMS

Detroit Symphony Orchestra 11/17 Hans Graf, cond; Ken Thompkins, trombone R. SCHUMANN, TOMASI, BRAHMS 11/24 Arild Remmereit, cond; Garrick Ohlsson, piano NIELSEN, MOZART, MENDELSSOHN

s Julia Fischer (9:06 am, 11/19)

Tuesday: Live @ The Concertgebouw! uSPECIAL: Election Returns. Until the major races are decided, wall-to-wall coverage from National Public Radio and the WILL Radio News team. 11/11 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Ivan Fischer, cond; Richard Goode, piano WEBER, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS/ SCHOENBERG 11/18 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Valery Gergiev, cond; Yuri Bashmet, viola STRAVINSKY, BARTOK, TCHAIKOVSKY 11/25 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Daniele Gatti, cond WAGNER, R. STRAUSS, BEETHOVEN 11/4

Wednesday: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra 11/5

Nicholas McGegan, John Eliot Gardiner, cond; Robert Levin, piano HANDEL, SHOSTAKOVICH, BEETHOVEN, R. SCHUMANN 11/12 Charles Dutoit, cond; Evgeny Kissin, piano RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, STRAVINSKY, RAVEL, BRAHMS 11/19 Harry Bicket, Nicholas McGegan, cond; Jennifer Gunn, piccolo; Yuan-Qing Yu, violin VIVALDI, RAMEAU, HAYDN

11/26 uSPECIAL: Thanksgiving with the Dale Warland Singers. American choral classics celebrating Thanksgiving and harvest. followed by uSPECIAL: Harvest Home. Americana harvest music from Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Peter Ostroushko with James Galway, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger and more! (Airs again 10 pm 11/29)

Thursday: Cleveland Orchestra 11/6

Franz Welser-Moest, cond Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Choir J. STRAUSS, HAYDN, BRAHMS, R. STRAUSS 11/13 Franz Welser-Moest, cond MOZART, DEBUSSY, DVORAK 11/20 Giancarlo Guerrero, cond; Midori, violin SIERRA, TCHAIKOVSKY, MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL 11/27 uSPECIAL: Giving Thanks. A thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday.

10:01 pm NPR News Headlines 10:06 pm (M-Th) Classical Music Ward Jacobson, Bob Christiansen or Alison Young keep you company through the wee hours.

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Friday evening 3 pm From the Top A weekly rebroadcast of the previous Saturday’s live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians. Pianist Chris O’Riley hosts.

3:59 pm Living Music To guide your choices, a calendar of weekend musical events in our area, presented by Roger Cooper.

4:01 pm NPR News Headlines 4:06 pm Broadway Revisited The American musical theater, explored by Art Hilgart. 11/7 How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying. Frank Loesser’s advice for opportunists. 11/14 Country Broadway. Authentic country music sometimes reaches New York stages; we sample most of these shows from 1934 to now. 11/21 New Fall Paper and Plastic. The season’s new compact discs, books, and videos. 11/28 Turkey Leftovers. For our post-Thanksgiving show, good songs from shows that closed almost before they opened.

5:06 pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm Michael Lasser’s Peabody Award-winning program examines the history of American popular song. 11/7 They Were All Out of Step but Jim. November 11, 2008, commemorates the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. Here’s an hour of songs that do much the same. 11/14 Simple Pleasures. A blaze in the fireplace, a blooming garden and a simple melody are the simple pleasures that are supposed to be the most pleasing. 11/21 Silent Movies & Songs. Movies were never silent; piano always accompanied the action. Outside, the streets were filled with the syncopated thump of ragtime. 11/28 You’re Blasé. As pop songs move past the ’20s, even into the gritty days of the Great Depression, they take on a new sophistication in the way they think and sing about love.

6 pm The Song is You Bonnie Grice talks with all sorts of people about the sorts of music that influenced them. 11/7 Robert Wilson. An avant-garde visionary best known for his collaboration with composer Philip Glass on the opera Einstein on the Beach. 11/14 Victoria Lustbader. Her latest novel, Stone Creek, released this past spring, is a contemporary adult love story and features a wide range of musical imagery. 11/21 Hank O’Neil. A renowned writer, producer and founder of the classic jazz label,

WILL-FM 90.9 Chiaroscuro, stops by the studio to spin a few stories and some all-time favorite jazz. 11/28 Patricia Watt. She’s written and produced her own works for theater, including the award-winning Love, Janis, inspired by the life and music of Janis Joplin.

7 pm Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz Great playing, great conversation! 11/7 Paul Winter. Saxophonist and band leader Paul Winter has created his own unique style of environmentally conscious music. 11/14 Tardo Hammer. A much sought-after bop piano sideman, with experiences backing such luminaries as Lionel Hampton, Art Farmer, and Abbey Lincoln. 11/21 Mimi Fox. A rising star, invigorating the jazz guitar tradition with an amazing set of chops and a crystal pure tone; she cooks whether playing bop or ballads. 11/28 Geri Allen. A Detroit-born pianist, composer and educator who teaches at the University of Michigan.

8 pm Riverwalk, Live from the Landing The Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays classic jazz. David Holt co-hosts with Jim. 11/7 Davenport Blues: The Bix Beiderbecke Letters. The music of Jazz Age cornetist Bix Beiderbecke accompanies readings from rare personal letters to his family. 11/14 Two of a Kind: Swinging Duos at The Landing. Nicholas Payton with Topsy Chapman, Andy Stein with Marty Grosz, and Leon Oakley with tuba player Mike Walbridge. 11/21 Jazz Legends Play the Blues: Boogie Woogie to Kansas City Blues. Kansas City bluesmen Jay McShann and Joe Williams share the stage with trumpet legend Clark Terry. 11/28 Nice Work If You Can Get It: A Gershwin Cabaret. In the 1920s much of America was humming his tunes. Dick Hyman shares his love of all things Gershwin.

Midnight Bluegrass Breakdown Nashville’s Dave Higgs presents bluegrass music, often with live performances in the mix.

1 am The Bluegrass Review More bluegrass music, interviews and features, with host Phil Nusbaum providing an historical perspective.

2 am The Folk Sampler From the foothills of the Ozarks, Mike Flynn presents folk, traditional, bluegrass and blues.

3 am The Art of the Song Exploring creativity in songwriting and other arts.

4 am Celtic Connections From Carbondale, Brian Crow plays music of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany.

9 pm Rhythm, Sweet & Hot Rare and wonderful recordings from the ’20s through the ’50s, primarily from 78s.

10 pm Radio Deluxe Jazz singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli and his vocalist wife, Jessica Molaskey, host a two-hour weekly music party from their “deluxe living room!” Snappy patter, classics from the American Popular Songbook and a lot of fun! Catch it Sundays from 4 to 6 pm as well!

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s Mimi Fox (7 pm, 11/21)

KT Tunstall (Saturday, E-Town, 7 pm, 11/15)

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5 am Classical Music

7 pm E-Town

Originally from Carbondale, Gillian Martin helps you wake up, or go to sleep, depending.

A variety show recorded live in front of an audience, featuring top bluegrass, folk and country artists, as well as conversation about our communities and our world. 11/1 BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet / Ryan Shaw. 11/8 Taj Mahal / Martha Wainwright. 11/15 KT Tunstall / Adrienne Young. 11/22 Lila Downs / Gregory Alan Isakov. 11/29 Joan Baez / Brett Dennen.

7 am The Morning Show Vincent Trauth is your Saturday morning companion, with classical music, weather, the occasional interview, NPR news headlines at 7:01 and Garrison Keillor’s almanac at 8:01 am.

9:01 am NPR News Headlines

8 pm American Routes

s Andy Palacio (11 pm, 11/1)

9:06 am Classics by Request John Frayne plays requests at this time each Saturday morning. Submit requests at classreq@ illinois.edu or (217) 265-5084.

10 am Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of classical music from the pre-digital recording era. 11/1 Great Recordings of the Century IX: Von Karajan’s 1963 Beethoven Cycle 11/8 Hi-Fi Marvels: Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. 11/15 Pablo Casals in Exile. The Prades Festival of 1950 and beyond. 11/22 Thanksgiving. Pilgrims and harvest festivals. 11/29 Leonard Bernstein: The Columbia Years. 1950 to1976.

11 am From the Top A live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians! Pianist Chris O’Riley hosts. (Each program can be heard again the following Friday at 3pm.) 11/1 In New Albany, Ohio, a teenage trio from nearby Columbus. 11/8 Finalists in the International Piano Competition of the International Institute for Young Musicians. 11/15 A saxophone quartet from Chicago at the Virginia Arts Festival in Newport News. 11/22 Talented teens studying at the renowned Aspen Music Festival and School. 11/29 TBA

12:01 pm NPR News Headlines 12:06 pm Afternoon at the Opera Duff Murphy hosts the remainder of the Houston season, and Margaret Juntwaite introduces the Met season. John Frayne provides the extras. 11/1 THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Mozart. Houston Grand Opera Or-

chestra, William Lacey, cond, with Pamela Armstrong & Paul Groves. 11/8 THE MAGIC FLUTE: Mozart. HGOO, Steven Sloane, cond, with Rebekah Camm, Eric Cutler, Patrick Carfizzi, Albina Shagimuratova & Raymond Acetoi. 11/15 BILLY BUDD: Britten. HGOO, Patrick Summers, cond, with Daniel Belcher, Andrew Kennedy, Phillip Ens, Liam Bonner, Ryan McKinny & Joseph Evans. 11/22 LAST ACTS (THREE DECEMBERS): McNally. (World Premiere) HGOO, Patrick Summers, cond, with Frederica von Stade, Kristin Clayton & Keith Phares. followed by THE REFUGE: Theofanidis. (World Premiere) HGOO, Patrick Summers, cond, with Albina Shagimuratova, Faith Sherman, Beau Gibson & Jamie Barton. 11/29 THE DAMNATION OF FAUST: Berlioz. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, cond, with singers TBA.

4:01 pm NPR News Headlines 4:06 pm Footlight Parade Bill Rudman presents musical theater from Broadway to Hollywood. 11/1 A Tribute to Burton Lane (Part 1: Mostly Hollywood). One of our finest composers for theater and film. 11/8 A Tribute to Burton Lane (Part 2: Mostly Broadway). Including selections from Finian’s Rainbow along with interviews. 11/15 1948 on Screen. A month-long celebration of the Golden Age of the Movie musical. 11/22 1953 on Screen. The best of the year including Kiss Me, Kate, The Bandwagon, Calamity Jane and Road to Bali. 11/29 1954 on Screen. Including Garland in A Star Is Born, and Keel and Grayson in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

5 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. You can also hear each week’s program at 2 pm Sunday on FM 90.9!

A program of and about all the roots and branches of American music, with host Nick Spitzer. 11/1 Election 2008. Music by, for and of the people, songs about our current presidential contenders. 11/8 George Jones & Sam Moore. Two men with legendary voices in country and soul. 11/15 David Amram & Marcus Roberts. Men that began in classical and jazz and moved in differing directions. 11/22 Making New Orleans Music. We visit two great eras of New Orleans music: the ’40s/’50s R&B hit factory, and the funk era of The Meters. 11/29 Families in Music. James and Troy Andrews and Cody and Willy Braun, of Reckless Kelly.

10 pm The Saturday Special Jazz concert from the NPR mini-series Discoveries @ Disney and more! 11/1 A Horace Silver Tribute. A tribute to the bop piano icon by Christian McBride, Cedar Walton and Dee Dee Bridgewater. 11/8 McCoy Tyner. Grammy-winning pianist Tyner at Walt Disney Concert Hall. 11/15 The Charles Mingus Epitaph Orchestra. A full jazz orchestra gives a thrilling performance of Epitaph by the late Charles Mingus. 11/22 Giving Thanks. A contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday. 11/29 Harvest Home. Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Peter Ostroushko performing with James Galway, The Red Stick Ramblers, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger and more!

11 pm The World Music Hour Dan Storper and Rosalie Howarth take you through music of many different cultures. 11/1 The Day of the Dead. To mark the holiday honoring family and friends who have passed away, we’ll pay tribute to Lucky Dube, Andy Palacio and others.

Midnight Blues Before Sunrise Where every month is Black History Month! Steve Cushing explores the highways and byways of African-American music on the best blues show on the radio!

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5 am Classical Music

11/23 A Sinfonia da Camera Silver Anniversary Gala. Archival performances dating from the early ’90s forward, and an interview with Ian Hobson. 11/30 Sinfonia da Camera (10/7/08) George Enescu Faculty Recital With soloists Sherban Lupu, violin; Csaba Erdelyi, viola; Mirel Iancovici, cello; and Ian Hobson, piano, in works by Enescu for small ensemble and for orchestra.

Gillian Martin selects classical music for your Sunday morning, with NPR news headlines at 7:01 am and Garrison Keillor’s daily almanac at 8:01 am.

9 am Sunday Baroque

10:01 pm NPR News Headlines

Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, at this new time. You’ll also hear NPR news headlines at 9:01 am and 12:01 pm.

10:06 pm Harmonia

1 pm The Thistle and Shamrock Fiona Ritchie hosts this program from Scotland, featuring traditional and contemporary music from Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere. 11/2 Samhain. Mark the ancient Celtic New Year this week with enchanting music of the supernatural. 11/9 Thistlepod Introduces... Emerging artists featured in our new releases podcast. 11/16 Heart of the Session. Join in the merriment of communal music making at locations such as Matt Molloy’s Pub in Mayo, and Edinburgh’s famous folk pub Sandy Bell’s. 11/23 St. Andrew’s Ceili. St. Andrew’s Day is a time for dances and music-fueled fun. 11/30 A Visit with Jean Ritchie. A performance by author, songwriter and dulcimer player Jean Ritchie at the Swannanoa Gathering folk arts workshop in North Carolina.

2 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends with skits, music, comedy and the news from Lake Wobegon!

4 pm Radio Deluxe Singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli and his singing wife, Jessica Molaskey, host a two-hour weekly music party from their “deluxe living room!” Snappy patter, classics from the American Popular Songbook, interesting guests and a lot of fun!

6 pm Performance Today Fred Child with music in concert from around the country and around the world, plus NPR news headlines at 6:01 and 7:01 pm.

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s Chu-Fang Huang (8 pm, 11/2)

8 pm The Evening Concert: Prairie Performances Roger Cooper hosts a season of regional concert broadcasts, along with interviews, reviews and previews from a variety of contributors. 11/2 Illinois Symphony Orchestra (9/19-20/08) Russian Romance Karen Lynne Deal, cond; Chu-Fang Huang, piano GLINKA, RACHMANINOV, TCHAIKOVSKY 11/9 Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra (9/20/08) Russian Legends and Rachel Lee Steven Larsen, cond; Rachel Lee, violin BALAKIREV, PROKOFIEV, LIADOV, STRAVINSKY 11/16 Prairie Ensemble (9/26/08) A Post-Summer Potpourri Kevin Kelly, cond; Blake Duncan, oboe; Terry Maher, bassoon; Margaret Jones, violin; Barbara Hedlund, cello KODALY, HAYDN, SIBELIUS, SHOSTAKOVICH

Angela Mariani presents an hour of Baroque and early music. 11/2 Moira Smiley and VOCO. The highlight of this year’s Bloomington, Ind., Early Music Festival was a performance Smiley and her group entitled Circle, Square, Diamond, & Flag, featuring old and experimental folk hymns going back to the 18th Century. 11/9 The Early Music Guild of Seattle. One of the Pacific Northwest’s most exciting live music series includes local and international artists performing music of the Spanish and Italian Renaissance, French Baroque and Bach. 11/16 Traditions: Births. This week we begin a new series exploring traditions in early music by highlighting the arrival of a newborn from many musical perspectives. 11/23 Traditions: Songs and Hymns. Singing has always been part of the human experience. 11/30 Traditions: Thanksgiving. Today, the holiday can mean many things. This was not the case for those who celebrated it in early America, over 200 years ago.

11 pm The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance, seamlessly woven by Mona Golabek. 11/2 Love letters of Mozart, Robert Schumann, Lewis Carroll and others. 11/9 Former Poet Laureate of America, and head of the NEA, Dana Gioia. 11/16 Selections from A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 11/23 Writings on love by Peter Ustinov, James Thurber, Friedrich Nietzsche and others. 11/30 Letters from poet Emily Dickinson to her mentor, Thomas Higginson.

Midnight Classical Music Scott Blankenship eases you into the new week.

Inside WILL Messiah Sing-along

Photo: Michael Owen Thomas

Sunday, November 30, 2008 3:00 pm

s Members of WILL’s Community Advisory Committee: (L-R) Front row: Phyllis Dougherty, Lori Williamson, Lois Pausch, Maxine Kaler; Second row: David Grothe, Kathy Munday, Alice Vernon, Barbara Shenk; Back row: Geoff Merritt; Maggie Unsworth, Patti Swinford. Not pictured: Thom Moore, Kevin Breheny, Gregory Ray.

WILL AM-FM-TV Community Advisory Committee Selects New Members ages new sources of funding for specific Geoff Merritt, Barbara Shenk, and

Maggie Unsworth, Urbana; Kevin Breheny, Forsyth; Maxine Kaler, Champaign; Gregory Ray, Mattoon; and Kathy Munday, St. Joseph, are new members of the WILL AM-FM-TV Community Advisory Committee. The committee helps gather information and opinions about community issues and needs; helps heighten community awareness of WILL and its services; advocates for broad-based support of WILL; identifies and encour-

projects to improve or expand service to the community; and reviews and advises on legislation designed to improve the quality of public telecommunications. Officers of the committee for the coming year will be Lori Williamson, Champaign, chair, and Phyllis Dougherty, Danville, vice-chair.

Join Music Director Chester Alwes and a quartet of soloists for BACH’s annual singalong performance of the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah. Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine, 1011 S. Wright St., Champaign, $5 Purchase tickets online, by email at info@baroqueartists.org or by phone at 217-378-6802. www.baroqueartists.org

Other members of the committee are Dave M. Grothe, Savoy; Thom Moore, Champaign; Lois Pausch, St. Joseph; Patti Swinford, Decatur; and Alice Vernon, Oakwood.

WILL-TV has been awarded a $120,000 grant from the PBS Foundation’s Adobe Youth Voices Venture Fund to continue and expand the Youth Media Workshop project. The grant will allow the Youth Media Workshop to work with 30 economically-diverse African-American students to create video shorts exploring social issues from an inter-generational perspective using the latest portable digital technology. The students’ work will be distributed on a special project page of the Youth Media Workshop Web site that youth participants will help design and maintain.

“I love the fact that with this grant, we can purchase portable video cameras for the students that they can keep so they can continue to do this work. They’ll be able to upload their videos to the Youth Media Workshop Web site and their My Spaces pages, even after our year of work together is over,” said Kimberlie Kranich, co-director of the Youth Media Workshop at WILL. WILL will train teachers from local schools and students from the College of Media in the summer of 2009 to work with 10 students at each of three public schools for the 2009-10 school year.

Photo: Michael Owen Thomas

Grant Supports Youth Media Workshop

The Youth Media Workshop is co-directed by Kranich and founder Dr. William Patterson (shown above), associate director of the African American Cultural Center at the University of Illinois.

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A Personal Look at the Ripple Effect Editor’s note: David Grothe entered the University of Illinois as a James Scholar in Fall 1964. His U of I experience was life-changing, so Dave has decided to give back to the institution that made such an impact. All of us at WILL are incredibly thankful for Dave’s long-time financial support, and we’re pleased to have his valuable guidance as a member of our Community Advisory Committee. We’re also honored that Dave is inviting you to support WILL and the University through a charitable gift annuity as described in his letter below. It seemed entirely fitting since Dave, an AM 580 and FM 90.9 listener, learned of CGAs through announcements that air on WILL. Dear Friends, My experience at the U of I was quite special. The courses were excellent, and beyond that, the ability to participate in such a significant research project as the supercomputer Illiac IV was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The group of graduate students and professors who comprised that group were top-notch in every respect. It is truly rare to be able to work in such an atmosphere. Beyond computing, the U of I also offered numerous cultural opportunities. I have been a lifelong lover of

classical music and took advantage of what the School of Music had to offer while I was on campus. Naturally, I became familiar with the U of I’s FM radio station, WILL, and have continued as a listener and supporter ever since. Which brings me to the charitable gift annuity (CGA). I had two bequeathals written into my will for several years. One was for WILL and the other for a memorial fund in the name of Dan Slotnick, the principal investigator for the Illiac IV project. Recently I was reminded of the U of I Foundation’s CGA and realized it is an ideal vehicle for these gifts. Using the CGA will allow

us to lower our tax bill this year from the immediate deduction we received. Given the uncertainty of estate tax laws, there may not be any tax savings had we waited until we are gone. Also, more than 60 percent of the guaranteed lifetime income we receive is going to be tax free. This is a tremendous benefit over other income-producing options we might have chosen. Perhaps the U of I played a significant role in your life like it did in mine and you’ve considered providing support; or maybe the university is already part of your estate plans. If so, I urge you to contact the Foundation’s Office of Gift Planning to see how you might benefit from a CGA; or to let them know about your plans to provide support through your estate plan. Either way, your current support or future gift can be included in the Brilliant Futures campaign, which will help ensure its success! David Grothe ’69 MS, Computer Science