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FULL HOUSE MANSION!

The People's House is full Wednesday, November 28 as hundreds of NPR Illinois supporters gather to talk about public radio and see the renovated Governor's Mansion including holiday decorations and the Art of Illinois bicentennial exhibit.  Click the photo of the mansion (above) to start the slide show of the event.

See more of the art in the Governor's Mansion in this Rachel Otwell report from September 4, 2018.

A few items in this Mission Control:

• The first drive.  
• Amanda Vinicky Moving to Chicago.  
• Election 2016.  Explained.  
• Past Due.  

NPR | Illinois Public Radio has been fortunate to be supported by listeners over the years enabling us to develop comprehensive converage of state government and politics.  Now NPR Illinois will grow further with the launch of a collaboration with other Illinois public media to increase coverage of education,  health/environment, and government. 

ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES ADDED!  See below.

Join NPR Illinois listeners, staff, board, and donors December 10, 4:30-7:30 PM for our Holiday Thank You Fest.

RSVP - It helps us have the right amount of refreshments!

Illinois Issues is going digital.  Digital only.  Well, digital and broadcast.  Which means August will be the last printed magazine version of Illinois Issues.

Last week I alluded to the responses WUIS has received since announcing program cuts and promised to share the drift of their content.  Some of the following comments stand on their own, for other thoughts, I provide an explanation.

Significant budget cuts are being made at WUIS / Illinois Issues to best steward us through the uncertain state budget process.  WUIS is ending our affiliation with Public Radio International (PRI).  Unfortunately, this means the following programs will not be broadcast by WUIS come July: 

SPRINGFIELD, IL - John B. Wallenstein, 72, of Springfield, passed away at 2:55 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, at Memorial Medical Center.

John was born April 3, 1942, in Cincinnati, Ohio, a son of Bert and Betty Feldman Wallenstein. He married Gracia Vossman on Dec. 22, 1974, in Wichita, Kan.

When I started working at the state Capitol as a Public Affairs Reporting intern, I never would have imagined that I would be writing this column.

A key point in the PAR program comes in the fall when the interns are matched with their bureaus. It is exciting and nerve-wracking. Classmates and friends become competitors. Who will end up at the Chicago metro papers? Who will the Associated Press pick? While many of my classmates dreamed of the fast-paced atmosphere of a daily paper’s Statehouse bureau, I had a clear top choice in my sights: Illinois Issues. 

Category: Academic Professional 
Title: Multimedia Journalist-Education at WUIS 
Location: Springfield 
Close Date: 05/30/2014  

Join WUIS in an important community conversation at the first 

A WUIS ENGAGE BREAKFAST
May 2, 2014, 8-9:30 a.m.
Hoogland Center for the Arts - Theatre III
AUDIO SPECIAL COMING SOON!

Special guest, Chris Farrell, is coming to Springfield to share his thoughts and take your questions about education and our local economy.   

The spring 2014 drive marks the return of the mug!  Increase your Calendar Club monthly commitment by $5+ or start one or make a $60+ single gift and you'll be sent the new mug.

The first WUIS year end on-air drive ran December 12-16, 2013.  December is the month more charitable decisions are made than any other month.  A large reason for this is you have a better sense of your tax picture.  If you need a 2013 deduction, your support of WUIS will count*.  Please consider your first or an added gift to support WUIS news and public radio programs.  Click here to give now.

Over $57,000 was raised in the year end drive. 

Join WUIS in honoring Kelly McEvers for her world class reporting on international affairs October 31, 2013 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts.  

Learn more about Kelly and read her recent stories.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS or call 217-523-2787.

Kelly previously reported for WUIS and, when vesting family recently, agreed to do this event as a fundraiser to help support her home town public radio station.  There are two ticket levels:

Sangamon State University Journal 

Central Illinois listeners will soon be able to dial a new FM station and hear the call letters of WSSR, as Sangamon State's radio station goes on the air. The SSU radio facility has received notification from the Federal Communications Commission of the award of WSSR as the official identification for the station.

The 50,000-watt station is currently under construction and plans to begin operation in late fall at 91.9 on the stereo FM dial.