ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO – QUINCY PUBLIC RADIO TO AIR
ILLINOIS GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE
St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU and Quincy Public Radio | 90.3 WQUB will air live coverage of the Illinois Gubernatorial debate between Democrat Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner on Thursday, October 8 at 8:00 p.m. The debate, which will take place in Peoria, is co-sponsored by WTVP-TV, WILL-AM-FM-TV, WUIS-FM, WSIU-FM-TV and the League of Women Voters of Illinois.
Moderator and panelists: Jak Tichenor, host of Illinois Lawmakers, from WSIU will moderate. A panel of three journalists will question the candidates: H. Wayne Wilson, host/producer of WTVP’s At Issue; Amanda Vinicky, statehouse bureau chief, from WUIS; and Jamey Dunn, statehouse bureau chief of Illinois Issues magazine.
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St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU and Quincy Public Radio | 90.3 WQUB provide the St. Louis and Quincy regions award-winning, in-depth news on-air and online, insightful discussion, and entertaining programs that focus on the issues and people who shape our communities, our country and our world. Signature programs include: Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, This American Life, Marketplace, Car Talk, St. Louis on the Air, BBC World Service, The Tavis Smiley Show, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! and A Prairie Home Companion.
St. Louis Public Radio, which broadcasts in HD on 90.7, 90.7-2 and 90.7-3, and is online at www.stlpublicradio.org reaches 429,000 people a month in the bi-state area. Quincy Public Radio, which broadcasts in HD on 90.3, reaches nine counties in western Illinois and northeastern Missouri.
St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU and Quincy Public Radio | 90.3 WQUB are member-supported services of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
