[Peace] WILL-TV election specials

[Kranich, Kimberlie]

Peaceniks,

Please find below WILL-TV's live, call-in election programs with candidates.

By the People: Election 2004
WILL-TV programs (tentative)
Thursday evenings in September/October 2004
UPDATED: September 1

All are planned to be live w/viewer phone calls, unless forced to tape
program.

September 23  (8:00pm) LIVE
Reporter Roundtable (ALL GUESTS CONFIRMED)

1. Bill Wheelhouse, reporter-anchor, WUIS-Radio Springfield
2. Bernard (Bernie) Schoenburg, reporter/columnist, Springfield State
Journal-
Register
3. Kate Clements, reporter/columnist, Champaign News-Gazette
4. Charles Wheeler, assoc. professor, University of Illinois-Springfield,
public affairs reporting and Institute for Legislative Studies

Topics: Election year in Illinois, state legislature, state house and senate
races, state issues, governor, state budget, US Senate race in Illinois


September 30  (7:00pm)
19th Congress-Illinois (LIVE SHOW, TAPED SHIMKUS INTVU)  

	1.	John Shimkus, U.S. Representative (R), Collinsville,
incumbent (TAPE)
	2.	Tim Bagwell, (D), Olney, Illinois, is President of New World
Sciences Corporation
	(Bagwell confirmed July 27 AM, Shimkus will appear via videotape,
taping is September 17 at his Springfield office.) Congress is in session
until October 1 and limits Shimkus participation.   



October 7 (8:00pm) LIVE
15th Congress-Illinois

	1.	Timothy Johnson, U.S. Representative (R), Urbana, incumbent
	2.	Dr. David Gill, (D), Clinton, emergency room doctor at John
Warner Hospital
	(BOTH GUESTS HAVE CONFIRMED, PENDING JOHNSON IS FREE FROM
CONGRESSIONAL DUTIES IN EARLY OCTOBER.)

October 14 (7:00pm) 
US Senate in Illinois  Likely to be live show, with taped interviews of
each.

US SENATE PROGRAM -not debate

	1.	Barack Obama, (D) Illinois State Senator, Chicago, first bid
for US Senate
	2.	Alan Keyes, (R) former presidential candidate, former
ambassador to UN, Maryland resident, just moved to Illinois

This program is likely to be live with videotaped interviews from each
candidate.
WILL will tape interview with Keyes, WSIU tapes interview with Obama.  Trade
tapes.

Note: WILL was rejected in attempt to land televised debate.  WILL is likely
to carry the WTTW Senate debate, scheduled for Tuesday, October 26 (time
TBA) in Chicago.


October 21 (7:00pm) (LIVE)
103rd State House of Representatives (Champaign-Urbana area)-all confirmed

	1.	Naomi Jakobsson, (D), Urbana, incumbent
(confirmed-tentatively)
	2.	Deborah Frank Feinen, (R), Champaign, Attorney, County board
member (confirmed, tentatively, has a county board meeting this same
evening)
	3.	Thomas Mackaman, (SE), (Socialist Equality party) Champaign
resident


October 28 (8pm) LIVE
Presidential Roundtable (only Edgar not confirmed)

	1.	(likely, not confirmed) Jim Edgar, former governor, (R),
chair of Bush for President in Illinois, former Governor
	2.	Avis LaVelle, (D) (confirmed) chair of Kerry for President
in Illinois
	3.	Scott Althaus (confirmed), professor, University of
Illinois, associate professor, Political science & speech communications
(avid presidential monitor)
	4.	Peter Nardulli (confirmed), Political Science Professor,
University of Illinois, recently completed research regarding 2004
presidential race

Topics: presidential race in Illinois, federal issues that will cause voters
to support Bush or Kerry, strategies in Illinois, presidential candidate
appearances in Illinois, history of presidential vote in Illinois,
geographics of presidential voting in Illinois