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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the owners and | ||||||
4 | employees of the Illini Media Company on the occasion of the | ||||||
5 | organization's 100th anniversary; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Illini Media Company is a non-profit | ||||||
7 | corporation that is totally self-supported and independent; | ||||||
8 | the company provides an unsurpassed educational opportunity | ||||||
9 | and hands-on media training for approximately 300 students | ||||||
10 | attending the University of Illinois; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The Daily Illini began publication in 1871; the | ||||||
12 | Illini Publishing Company was chartered on May 11, 1911 by the | ||||||
13 | State of Illinois as a non-profit corporation established to | ||||||
14 | organize and operate student media at the University of | ||||||
15 | Illinois; directed by a student/faculty board, the IPC was one | ||||||
16 | of the first collegiate publishing companies to practice | ||||||
17 | successfully; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Over the years, the Illini Media Company has | ||||||
19 | produced numerous publications, including The Daily Illini, | ||||||
20 | Illio, The Illinois Magazine, The Siren, Illinois Technograph | ||||||
21 | Magazine, The Illinois Agriculturalist, The Entrepreneur, The | ||||||
22 | Architectural Year Book, and The R.O.T.C. Journal; today, the |
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1 | Illini Media Company owns and operates The Daily Illini, the | ||||||
2 | Illio yearbook, the Illinois Technograph engineering magazine, | ||||||
3 | and WPGU-FM radio; and
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4 | WHEREAS, In 1954, WPGU began broadcasting as a pirate radio | ||||||
5 | station wired through the ROTC barracks; in 1959, WPGU joined | ||||||
6 | the Illini Publishing Company; in 1973, WPGU began broadcasting | ||||||
7 | 24 hours a day; and
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8 | WHEREAS, In August of 1988, Illini Media Company moved its | ||||||
9 | print operations from its original location at 620 E. John | ||||||
10 | Street to a new location at 57 E. Green Street; the | ||||||
11 | organization remained there until 2006, when it moved into its | ||||||
12 | new facility at 512 E. Green Street; and
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13 | WHEREAS, In 1998, the Daily Illini changed from a paid | ||||||
14 | circulation to a free distribution paper, which increased the | ||||||
15 | paper's circulation from 10,000 to 20,000; the Illini's current | ||||||
16 | circulation is 15,000; the following year, The Daily Illini | ||||||
17 | launched Buzz, a new weekly entertainment magazine; in 2008, | ||||||
18 | the217.com, an entertainment website covering events going on | ||||||
19 | in the Champaign-Urbana
Area, was launched; and | ||||||
20 | WHEREAS, The Illini Media Company and its employees serve | ||||||
21 | as models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the | ||||||
22 | people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
2 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | we congratulate the owners and employees of the Illini Media | ||||||
4 | Company on the occasion of the organization's 100th anniversary | ||||||
5 | and wish them continued success and happiness in the future; | ||||||
6 | and be it further
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7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to the Illini Media Company as a symbol of our esteem | ||||||
9 | and respect.
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