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WILL-FM

WILL-FM (90.9 MHz) is a public, listener-supported radio station owned by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and licensed to Urbana, Illinois, United States. It is operated by Illinois Public Media, with studios located at Campbell Hall for Public Telecommunications on the university's campus on North Goodwin Avenue on the north side of Urbana. Most of WILL-FM's schedule is classical music with NPR news programs heard in weekday morning and afternoon drive times. Weekends feature classical and other genres of music, including jazz and opera. WILL-FM dates back to the 1940s. It broadcasts with a grandfathered Effective Radiated Power (ERP) of 105,000 watts, more than double of what would be permitted today in Illinois. The transmitter is co-located with PBS member WILL-TV (channel 12) on East 1700th North Road in Amenia, Illinois, west of Monticello. The antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) is .

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WILL-FM (90.9 MHz) is a public, listener-supported radio station owned by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and licensed to Urbana, Illinois, United States. It is operated by Illinois Public Media, with studios located at Campbell Hall for Public Telecommunications on the university's campus on North Goodwin Avenue on the north side of Urbana. Most of WILL-FM's schedule is classical music with NPR news programs heard in weekday morning and afternoon drive times. Weekends feature classical and other genres of music, including jazz and opera. WILL-FM dates back to the 1940s. It broadcasts with a grandfathered Effective Radiated Power (ERP) of 105,000 watts, more than double of what would be permitted today in Illinois. The transmitter is co-located with PBS member WILL-TV (channel 12) on East 1700th North Road in Amenia, Illinois, west of Monticello. The antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) is .

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