WILL (Urbana, IL)

Administrative History/Information:

• First started as WRM, broadcasting from the University of Illinois Electrical Engineering Laboratory: 1922
• Changed call letters to WILL: 1928
• First full-time employee, Frank Schooley, hired: 1929
• WILL-AM starts on current frequency 580: 1935
• Chief Engineer, A. James Ebel designs station's first FM transmitter: 1937
• WILL-FM (then WIUC) starts with first FM license issued to a university: 1941
• WIUC changes call letters to WILL-FM: 1954
• University of Illinois dedicates WILL-TV: 1956
• WILL-FM begins stereo broadcasting: 1970
• WILL-TV begins receiving programs via satellite: 1978

Related Collections:

• A. James Ebel Papers
• Burt Harrison Papers - Interviews:
  • Hugh V. Cordier
  • John A. Regnell
  • Frank Schooley
• Jim Robertson Papers: Frank Schooley Interview
• Frank E. Schooley Papers

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