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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 15

with the Carle Foundation Hospital (Urbana) to develop a family practice residency program at that hospital is now proposed. Specifically, the Carle Foundation Hospital would provide 640 hours of professional services for graduate medical education program development for the period November 1, 1975, through June 30, 1976. The hospital would be reimbursed in an amount not to exceed $12,700. Funds are available from the current contract with the Federal government. Approval of the subcontract by Federal officials has been obtained. The Chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended approval of this subcontract. The Vice President for Administration and the Vice President for Academic Affairs concur. I recommend approval.

The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Conlon, Mr. Summers, Mr. Szegho; no, none. On motion of Mr. Howard, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Walker.

Application for an AM Broadcasting License in Cicero

(10) Consistent with earlier actions by the Board of Trustees with respect to an application for an AM broadcasting license serving the Cook County area, 1 it is desirable for the Board to adopt a formal resolution authorizing an application for the 1,000-watt station on 1450 KHz (formerly W V O N ) , licensed to Cicero, Illinois. As previously indicated to the Board, for more than twenty years the University has recognized the need to deliver better radio service to Cook County. It has been the desire of the University to make available a service of the same standard of excellence which has been delivered to other areas of the State by W I L L since 1922. T h e problem has been studied repeatedly, but AM frequencies have not been available and F M frequencies which are available are limited to only ten watts of power. Through unusual circumstances, a frequency has become available for a 1,000watt station on 1450 KHz, licensed to Cicero, Illinois. The staff of the broadcasting service believes there is great need for the kind of service which could be delivered by this station, both in Cicero and in the surrounding communities which would be in the station's primary coverage area. The kind of service needed is consistent with the University's purposes as an educational institution whose mission is to serve all of the people of the State. With the intention of developing a unique service in the Cicero area, this facility could contribute significantly to the University's ability to be of service and to bring its diverse resources to those who need them. T h e President of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Comptroller and the Secretary of this public corporation are authorized to submit to the Federal Communications Commission applications on behalf of this public corporation for a construction permit and a license to broadcast on 1450 KHz, with a station to be licensed in the Town of Cicero, Illinois, and any necessary amendments thereto.

The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Conlon, Mr. Szegho; no, none. Mr. Summers asked to be recorded as not voting.

1 This action supplements and clarifies the action of the Board of June 18, 1975, which failed to specify the physical location of the license as being Cicero, Illinois.