Bill Text: IL HR0389 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors the employees of WSIU Public Television for their efforts to enrich the lives of Illinois residents by combining the power of public media with the power of people to strengthen our communities over the past five decades.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-20 - Resolution Adopted [HR0389 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0389-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, WSIU Public Television, Carbondale, the Public | ||||||
3 | Broadcasting Service member station licensed to the Southern | ||||||
4 | Illinois University Board of Trustees, will celebrate 50 years | ||||||
5 | of educational and public service television broadcasting on | ||||||
6 | November 6, 2011; and
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7 | WHEREAS, WSIU-TV has broadcast high-quality Public | ||||||
8 | Broadcasting Service (PBS) programs for
viewers of all ages to | ||||||
9 | more than 1.2 million television households in Illinois, | ||||||
10 | Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee; WSIU-TV devotes | ||||||
11 | over 80 hours per week to PBS Kids programs and extends the | ||||||
12 | educational experience by hosting workshops for teachers, | ||||||
13 | childcare providers, families, and other caregivers, | ||||||
14 | distributing books, and coordinating events focusing on | ||||||
15 | literacy, science, and health; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The people of Illinois have been well served by | ||||||
17 | the station's long history of producing and broadcasting | ||||||
18 | award-winning local programming created by students, staff, | ||||||
19 | and faculty at SIU Carbondale that reflect the State's unique | ||||||
20 | historical, cultural, and artistic heritage; and
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21 | WHEREAS, The station's historic commitment to providing | ||||||
22 | hands-on learning opportunities to generations of |
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1 | Radio-Television students has prepared thousands of SIU | ||||||
2 | Carbondale graduates for careers in television production, | ||||||
3 | news, public affairs, and station operations and | ||||||
4 | administration, earning SIU Carbondale a reputation as a | ||||||
5 | national leader in broadcast education; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The talents of broadcasters, producers, and | ||||||
7 | journalists at WSIU-TV have been brought together by WSIU-TV to | ||||||
8 | inform the people of Illinois about the State's legislative | ||||||
9 | process and political
system through programs like the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Lawmakers series, regularly scheduled interviews with members | ||||||
11 | of the General Assembly, Illinois executive officers, and | ||||||
12 | members of the Illinois congressional delegation, and | ||||||
13 | election-year forums, debates, and candidate interviews; and
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14 | WHEREAS, WSIU-TV is a nationally-recognized educational | ||||||
15 | institution that has been honored by Congress and the White | ||||||
16 | House for its creativity in implementing Ready to Learn, as | ||||||
17 | well as other school readiness and enhancement programs, like | ||||||
18 | PBS Kids Raising Readers and PBS TeacherLine; WSIU-TV also | ||||||
19 | inspires positive change through community engagement by | ||||||
20 | addressing local issues with programs, panel discussions, and | ||||||
21 | local specials; therefore, be it
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22 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
23 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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1 | we honor the employees of WSIU Public Television for their | ||||||
2 | efforts to enrich the lives of Illinois residents by combining | ||||||
3 | the power of public media with the power of people to | ||||||
4 | strengthen our communities over the past five decades; and be | ||||||
5 | it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That the special efforts of the thousands of | ||||||
7 | students, faculty, and staff who have worked at WSIU Public | ||||||
8 | Television since its inception be recognized in this | ||||||
9 | anniversary season; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to WSIU Public Broadcasting Executive Director Greg | ||||||
12 | Petrowich as an expression of our esteem.
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