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Oct 28, 2026
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Katie Harley, and I'm from Davenport, and WVIK is my NPR station.
Gregory O'NeillSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hi, I'm Gregory O'Neill.
Gregory O'NeillSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I live in Rock Island, Illinois, and WVIK is my NPR station.
Gregory O'NeillSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I love WVIK News, and I love WVIK Classical.
speaker_2NARRATOR
You're listening to WVIK Classical on 98.3 FM, W252 EM Davenport, and 90.3 HD2 WVIK Rock Island.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
Composer Valerie Coleman was Performance Today's 2020 Classical Woman of the Year and is the founding flutist of the Grammy-nominated woodwind quintet Imani Winds.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
She wrote her work Shotgun Houses for clarinet and string quartet as a tribute to Muhammad Ali.
2 HRS 3 MINS LATER
Carrie ConnCORRESPONDENT
He then flew to Ecuador and finally to the U.S. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
Ole Schmidt led the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony in Nordic Folk Tunes for String Orchestra by the Danish composer Hikon Borensen.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
Support for WVIK Quad Cities NPR comes from the Regional Development Authority, distributing funds from the Rhythm City Casino Resort to help make the Quad Cities a more vibrant and inclusive community.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
Learn more at rdauthority.org.
speaker_12ADVERTISER
The Singh Group at Merrill in Davenport, Iowa supports WVIK.
speaker_12ADVERTISER
Senior Financial Advisor, Aliza Singh.
Aliza SinghADVERTISER
My name is Aliza Singh.
Aliza SinghADVERTISER
We like to work with people who think big, who are level-headed, fair, and creative.
Aliza SinghADVERTISER
We know the programming on WVIK reflects those same values and attracts the listeners we'd like to know.
John BarkerHOST
Question for you.
John BarkerHOST
You worked at WVIK.
John BarkerHOST
Did you also, when you were at Augie, work at WAUG?
Bob ShomperGUEST
No, there wasn't an AUG back then.
Bob ShomperGUEST
WVIK was not the FM station it is today.
Bob ShomperGUEST
It has been for decades.
Bob ShomperGUEST
WVIK was...
Bob ShomperGUEST
the closed circuit to the dorms, and had a 10-watt signal.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
Here's how, and thank you.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
Visit WVIK.org and click the Donate button to give your support.
GregSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Greg, and WVIK is my favorite classical music station.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
You're listening to WVIK Classical on 98.3 FM, W252EM Davenport, and 90.3 HD2 WVIK Rock Island.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
Many composers have been inspired to write music about the classic love story, Romeo and Juliet.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
One of those composers was Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who wrote a fantasy overture on the story, which premiered in 1870.
2 HRS 4 MINS LATER
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
It's four after 12 on this Monday.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
Hope you're well.
Jared JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
This is WVIK's General Manager, Jared Johnson, and I'm very sorry to share with you that this week we lost a good friend and generous colleague with the passing of Jazz After Hours host Tom Tallman.
Jared JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
We'll miss him here at the station, and we know that you will all miss him on our airwaves.
Jared JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
As we work to figure out what is next for Jazz After Hours here at WVIK, Our friends over at Northern Public Radio are kindly making available their program, Jazz Spectrum, hosted by Chicago legend Bobby Broom.
Jared JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
We are excited to bring Broom to the Quad Cities, even though it's happening on such a sad occasion, and we hope you enjoy the program.
Jared JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
Thanks so much for listening.
Brenna BirdGUEST
Glad to do it.
speaker_1NARRATOR
You've been listening to Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson, a presentation of WVIK Quad Cities NPR.
speaker_1NARRATOR
You can follow Heartland Politics at WVIK.org or wherever you subscribe to podcasts.
speaker_0ADVERTISER
listener, you have the power to make a lasting, positive influence in the Quad Cities and surrounding community through planned gifts to the causes you find most important.
speaker_0ADVERTISER
If WVIK-FM has been important to you, please consider a planned gift to WVIK.
speaker_0ADVERTISER
For more information, contact your financial advisor or call WVIK at 309-794-7500.
speaker_0ADVERTISER
You're listening to WVIK Classical on 98.3 FM, W252-EM Davenport, and 90.3 HD2
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
WVIK Rock Island.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
A tracery in architecture is the delicate stonework above Gothic windows.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
That is likely what 20th century American composer William Grant Still had in mind when composing his Seven Traceries in 1940.
35 MINS LATER
Elliot ForrestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Join us for the next broadcast from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
and thank you.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
Visit WVIK.org and click the Donate button to give your support.
Linda ManningSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Linda Manning from Bettendorf, and I love WVIK Classical.
Linda ManningSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's on 24-7.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
You're listening to WVIK Classical on 98.3 FM, W252EM Davenport and 90.3 HD2 WVIK Rock Island.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
Before Béla Bartók became one of the world's first ethnomusicologists and dedicated himself to the collection and preservation of Hungarian folk music, he showed a distinct interest in French Impressionism, especially the music of Claude Debussy.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
In 1910, when the composer was in his late 20s, he wrote a work called Two Images.
1 HR 31 MINS LATER
Bobby BroomSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Bobby Broom, and each week we'll explore the music that defines jazz, past and present.
Brian MackeyHOST
I'm Brian Mackey.
Brian MackeyHOST
We'll talk with Daniel Kraus for the hour today on The 21st Show, which is a production of Illinois Public Media, airing on WILL in Urbana, WUIS in Springfield, WNIJ in Rockford DeKalb, WVIK in the Quad Cities, WSIU in Carbondale, and Tri-States Public Radio in Macomb, Galesburg, and Keokuk.
Brian MackeyHOST
But first, news.
Brian MackeyHOST
From Illinois Public Media, this is The 21st Show.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
Good afternoon.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
This is NPR for the Quad Cities, WVIK.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
I'm Jim O'Hara with news at 12.04. An Illinois nonprofit is urging residents to leave the leaves this fall.
Jim O'HaraCORRESPONDENT
Here's WVIK's Marlee Haley.
Marlee HaleyCORRESPONDENT
The Prairie Rivers Network, Illinois affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation, is discouraging leaf collection and promoting the benefits they provide to the local ecosystem.
Marlee HaleyCORRESPONDENT
Nina Struess, river health and resiliency organizer, says that leaf collection does more harm than good to wildlife populations.
Nina StruessSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
wildlife that was trying to get established or maintain a home in your yard and relocating it, and in some cases, destroying them because they're not able to survive in the landfill.
Marlee HaleyCORRESPONDENT
Struess also says there are alternatives to bagging leaves, including relocating them to your garden bed, using them in landscaping, or creating a dedicated leaf pile in your yard.
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