Full Text of HR0279 97th General Assembly
HR0279 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Milner | 4 | | Broadcasting Enterprises, L.L.C., and WVLI Radio 95.1 FM on | 5 | | receiving the 2011 Good Neighbor Business of the Year Award; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Tim Milner and his late brother, Tom, were on a | 8 | | road trip from Florida to see a White Sox game in Chicago; Tom | 9 | | turned on the radio to WBYG 99.9 FM in front of Comiskey Park; | 10 | | as Tim recalls, they got an idea: "If this station with such a | 11 | | great signal goes all the way to Chicago, advertisers would see | 12 | | the opportunity to reach Kankakee area people and south side | 13 | | Chicago people."; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Tim and Tom's father, Gene Milner, was legendary | 15 | | in Philadelphia radio during the big band years; being on the | 16 | | air wasn't enough for Gene, so he began to buy radio stations; | 17 | | with the input of Tim and Tom, Gene and his wife, Jackie, | 18 | | purchased WBYG and changed it to WBUS "The Bus" 99.9 FM; the | 19 | | family sold WBUS years later and now owns WVLI 95.1 FM, "The | 20 | | Valley", WIVR 101.7 FM, "River Country," and WFAV 103.7 FM; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, General Manager Tim Milner and Program Director | 22 | | Mickey Milner have assembled a team of professional and |
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| 1 | | dedicated radio personnel that tie the region together by their | 2 | | undeniable commitment to the communities they serve; WVLI 95.1 | 3 | | FM and its dedicated personnel reach out to thousands by | 4 | | providing local groups the opportunity to promote their events, | 5 | | by sponsoring, and giving of their time at, hundreds of | 6 | | community events throughout the region, by giving away | 7 | | countless prizes, by pairing with other businesses to promote | 8 | | the area, by informing listeners of traffic problems that they | 9 | | should avoid, and by letting their listeners know of any | 10 | | emergencies or possible incumbent weather; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Milner Broadcasting Enterprises, L.L.C., and WVLI | 12 | | 95.1 FM are supporters of many local charities and | 13 | | organizations, including, but not limited to: the local | 14 | | Chambers of Commerce, local schools, the Kankakee County | 15 | | Training Center, the Kankakee County Teen Court, My Favorite | 16 | | Book, Pledge for Life/IKAN, Rebuilding Together, the Kankakee | 17 | | Valley Theatre Association, Sugar Creek Symphony and Song, the | 18 | | Bradley Lions Club, the United Way of Kankakee, Easter Seals, | 19 | | Harbor House, Zonta, Youth for Christ, Youth Uplift Ministry, | 20 | | Kankakee River Clean Up, the Power Boat Nationals, the American | 21 | | Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Helen Wheeler Center, the | 22 | | YMCA, Catholic Charities, Indian Oaks Academy, the Manteno | 23 | | Veterans Home, the Kankakee County Fair, and the Bourbonnais | 24 | | Friendship Festival; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, One special listener notes that WVLI 95.1 FM "just | 2 | | brings a little bit of humor to everyone's day"; therefore, be | 3 | | it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate Milner Broadcasting Enterprises, L.L.C., and | 7 | | the entire WVLI 95.1 FM team and offer our best wishes for
| 8 | | continued success in the future; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 10 | | presented to Tim Milner, General Manager of Milner Broadcasting | 11 | | Enterprises, L.L.C., and WVLI 95.1 FM, as a symbol of our | 12 | | respect and esteem.
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