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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the owners and
4employees of the Illini Media Company on the occasion of the
5organization's 100th anniversary; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Illini Media Company is a non-profit
7corporation that is totally self-supported and independent;
8the company provides an unsurpassed educational opportunity
9and hands-on media training for approximately 300 students
10attending the University of Illinois; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Daily Illini began publication in 1871; the
12Illini Publishing Company was chartered on May 11, 1911 by the
13State of Illinois as a non-profit corporation established to
14organize and operate student media at the University of
15Illinois; directed by a student/faculty board, the IPC was one
16of the first collegiate publishing companies to practice
17successfully; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Over the years, the Illini Media Company has
19produced numerous publications, including The Daily Illini,
20Illio, The Illinois Magazine, The Siren, Illinois Technograph
21Magazine, The Illinois Agriculturalist, The Entrepreneur, The
22Architectural Year Book, and The R.O.T.C. Journal; today, the

 

 

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1Illini Media Company owns and operates The Daily Illini, the
2Illio yearbook, the Illinois Technograph engineering magazine,
3and WPGU-FM radio; and
 
4    WHEREAS, In 1954, WPGU began broadcasting as a pirate radio
5station wired through the ROTC barracks; in 1959, WPGU joined
6the Illini Publishing Company; in 1973, WPGU began broadcasting
724 hours a day; and
 
8    WHEREAS, In August of 1988, Illini Media Company moved its
9print operations from its original location at 620 E. John
10Street to a new location at 57 E. Green Street; the
11organization remained there until 2006, when it moved into its
12new facility at 512 E. Green Street; and
 
13    WHEREAS, In 1998, the Daily Illini changed from a paid
14circulation to a free distribution paper, which increased the
15paper's circulation from 10,000 to 20,000; the Illini's current
16circulation is 15,000; the following year, The Daily Illini
17launched Buzz, a new weekly entertainment magazine; in 2008,
18the217.com, an entertainment website covering events going on
19in the Champaign-Urbana Area, was launched; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The Illini Media Company and its employees serve
21as models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the
22people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we congratulate the owners and employees of the Illini Media
4Company on the occasion of the organization's 100th anniversary
5and wish them continued success and happiness in the future;
6and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the Illini Media Company as a symbol of our esteem
9and respect.