Illinois SR 173: MEMORIAL-JAY PEARCE

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SR0173LRB104 12690 LAW 23513 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Jay Pearce, who passed away on August 

421, 2024; and

5 WHEREAS, Jay Pearce was born on December 27, 1954; he was a 

6native of Detroit, Michigan, and he was raised Winnetka, 

7Illinois; he received his Bachelor of Science in 

8Communications and Fine Arts from Southern Illinois University 

9Carbondale; and

10 WHEREAS, Jay Pearce led a dedicated career in TV and radio 

11for 40 years, spending half of that time working in public 

12broadcasting; his early career included work at radio stations 

13in southern Illinois, including WCIL in Carbondale and WDDD in 

14Marion before joining WSIU at Southern Illinois University 

15Carbondale; he was news director for the Illinois Radio 

16Network, a statewide service that delivered news stories to 

17local stations, and WEBX, "the Web", a Urbana-Champaign FM 

18station that was one of the first broadcasters to stream 

19programming online; and

20 WHEREAS, Jay Pearce served as radio program director and 

21station manager for WILL of Illinois Public Media, a 

22not-for-profit public media service of the University of 

SR0173- 2 -LRB104 12690 LAW 23513 r

1Illinois, beginning in 1998; after leaving WILL in 2012, he 

2served as CEO and general manager of WVIK in the Quad Cities, 

3where he was also the station's local Morning Edition host, 

4retiring in 2022; and

5 WHEREAS, Jay Pearce most recently served as executive 

6director of the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council and, 

7during his battle with cancer, was co-host of the Pancreatic 

8Cancercast with his brother, Gary Pearce; and

9 WHEREAS, Jay Pearce served on several board