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Local bands are showcased along with national touring acts such as Of Montreal, Man Man, Yo La Tengo, Andrew Bird, Wavves, Black Mountain, Iron & Wine, Dan Deacon, and Okkervil River. It has expanded in scope each year since its inception, and received coverage on sites such as Pitchfork Media , [ 2 ] Daytrotter , [ 3 ] and Tiny Mix Tapes .
WILL-FM's HD2 digital subchannel is a 24-hour music stream with the C-24 classical music service, along with WILL-FM's locally produced classical music shows. This programming is relayed by translator station W266AF 101.1 MHz in Urbana, but moved exclusively to a webstream on February 1, 2024.
WHMS-FM (97.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Champaign, Illinois. It broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. WHMS-FM calls itself "Lite Rock 97.5" and is owned by The News-Gazette, the primary newspaper in the Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area.
WILL is a public broadcasting 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 Telecommunication on the university campus.
The Virginia Theatre hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year. Classic films play on the 56-foot-wide screen several nights every month. The theatre is also a popular venue for touring musical acts and comedians. From 1992 until 2010, the Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company, or CUTC, performed plays at the theatre.
In the silent film days, live music always accompanied movies, and movies were events. "Over the years, theaters got smaller," said Steve Linder.
On June 1, 2024, after Champaign Multimedia Group completed their acquisition of Neuhoff Media's Decatur stations, the WKIO callsign would move to the Neuhoff-acquired former WCZQ on 105.5 FM, with 107.9 taking on new callsign WDWS-FM; on June 18, the branding and part of the format would make its official move to said frequency, shifting to a ...
The Foellinger Auditorium, located at 709 S. Mathews Avenue in Urbana, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a concert hall and the university's largest lecture hall. It is the southernmost building on the main quad.