217 Today: WILL’s first development director discusses origins of the station’s fundraising

217 Today: WILL’s first development director discusses origins of the station’s fundraising

BySydney Wood

Monday, September 26, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois will sell $2.6 billion worth of corn and soybeans to Taiwan over the course of two years. The University of Illinois on Friday unveiled plans for a $250 million academic and research facility in the South Loop of Chicago. A team of researchers at the University of Illinois…

WILL at 100: Debbie Day on how WILL audience members became ‘Friends of WILL’
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WILL at 100: Debbie Day on how WILL audience members became ‘Friends of WILL’

ByJim Meadows

Starting in the 1970s, WILL and other public broadcasters began turning to listeners and viewers for part of their operating funds. Debbie Day, WILL’s first development director, talks about how the Friends of WILL helped Illinois Public Media grow.