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At Issue In Briefs give WTVP the ability to explore more topics of interest to Central Illinois viewers. Unlike regularly scheduled half-hour At Issue programs, In Briefs provide vignettes about people, events and issues that can be placed between programs, thus giving them more frequent play in the schedule and a chance for better exposure.
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Wind Farms Weather Radar - Precipitation
Episode #91007
Air Date: 01/2010
Length: 2:07
Wind farms are causing problems with the weather service radar to the extent that the weather service now blocks out the area where the wind farm is because it gives false estimates of precipitation.
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Wind Farms Weather Radar - Spotters
Episode #91006
Air Date: 01/2010
Length: 2:11
The National Weather Service is having to use weather spotters to a greater
degree because of the false returns wind farms create on the radar.
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In Brief - Weather Radar - Wind Farm Interference
Episode #91005
Air Date: 01/2010
Length: 2:10
The National Weather Service is concerned about the effect wind farms have on
the Lincoln radar and how they are working on a software package to 'cancel' the
false echoes from rotating blades.
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In Brief - Peoria Charter School Parent
Episode #91004
Air Date: 12/2009
Length: 1:50
Peoria parent, Kevin Evans, talks about what a charter school means to his family and what choices he has if a charter school doesn't start in Peoria.
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In Brief - Peoria Charter School Future Options
Episode #91003
Air Date: 12/2009
Length: 2:12
Discussion with Peoria Charter School Board Member Mac Pogue on the future options available for the charter school, depending on the action the District 150 school board takes on January 11, 2010.
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In Brief - Peoria Charter School Startup Costs
Episode #91002
Air Date: 12/2009
Length: 1:58
Discussion on funding of charter school with Kyle Ham, treasurer of the Peoria Charter School Initiative.
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In Brief - New PDC Recycling Program in Peoria
Episode #91001
Air Date: 11/2009
Length: 2:09
H. Wayne Wilson talks to Matt Coulter,PDC Vice President and Joe Roberts, PDC Sales Manager, about the new Curbside Recycling program.
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In Brief - New Peoria Zoo
Episode #90501
Air Date: 5/2009
Length: 1:59
At Issue in Brief looks at the new "Africa" addition to the Peoria Zoo, formally know as the Glen Oak Zoo.
Guest: Yvonne Strode, Peoria Zoo Director
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In Brief - Lakeview Wilds
Episode #90402
Air Date: 4/2009
Length: 2:22
At Issue in Brief talks to a not-for-profit group called Lakeview Wilds Inc. which is looking to develop a multi-use urban park and trail in the heart of Peoria, Illinois.
Guest: Jim Stuttle, President of Lakeview Wilds
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In Brief - Emerald Ash Borer
Episode #90401
Air Date: 4/2009
Length: 2:13
At Issue in Brief looks at the Emerald ash borer which is an exotic beetle that was discovered in 2002 and is killing ash trees.
Guest: Mike Miller of the Peoria Park District
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