Peoria Life
Whatever you're excited about. Whatever you're good at. Let's hear about it. Peoria Life. From Peoria, About Peoria, and For Peoria. We're Better together
Peoria Life is a streaming video network about the Greater Peoria Area in Central Illinois. We are an internet publication designed to reach a very local (Peoria Area) audience. We broadcast to PeoriaLife.com, facebook.com, YouTube.com and more. All shows are archived on PeoriaLife.com for continued content and showings. We provide cost effective social media content.
Talk Shows
Interested in joining Peoria Life's Talk Show Network? Contact us. We are always adding more content. Talkshows are recorded weekly. Some live, some pre-recorded. In July we have over 19 hours of talk shows recorded every week... and more are joining all of the time. These talk shows are not infomercials but professionals providing expertise and entertaining in the greater Peoria Area. They provide educational information. Yes we have well over 100 years of professional broadcast experience at our microphones... but we have many people who have just started... which we coach along the way. Sometimes show costs can be covered by advertising. We produce / record your show, edit it and post it to social media. and always here to coach you along the way. If you have an idea for a show... let us talk... start by filling out the form below.
LOCAL FOCUS
Why work alone where few will find your work? Why appeal to a national audiences, when what you really want to do is reach people from the Greater Peoria Area. Many writers, bloggers and podcasters in the area create content to promote their business or organization. They place them on their own site, or on national blog sites to increase their visibility on the web. But if you're a local business, local talent, or local service organization, you want to grab the attention of local people. Now you can reach that local audience with the local poly-media website like Peoria Life. Since it's an internet publication about living in Peoria, it can draw local attention to your own website through Conversational Marketing. Once content is published, it remains on Peoria Life. This is great news because search engines like that you're established and continue to create new content.... people will be able to find your information.
Quick Flicks
Quick Flicks are quick video shorts designed to post to social media. An average Quick Flick is 3:30 minutes long. Designed to post to your website or social media. Quick Flicks can provide you with quality social media content. Most individuals, companies, and churches record a month worth of shows once a month. A professional video that will often cost less and be more effective than doing them yourself.
Stories and voices from Greater Peoria
At Peoria Life, we bring together local writing, interviews, podcasts and video about life in Peoria and Central Illinois. We are interested in the people behind the places, businesses and community projects that give our region its character. That includes local history, creative work, neighborhood stories and the experiences of people who live and work here.
Ways to tell a local story
Not every story needs the same format. An article can explore a piece of local history, while an interview lets someone explain a decision, a challenge or an idea in their own words. A podcast makes room for a longer conversation. We use these different approaches to share perspectives that might otherwise stay within one neighborhood, workplace or circle of friends.
People make the story
A local business is more than its products, and an arts project is more than its opening night. We want to hear about the people doing the work, the reasons they started and the difference they hope to make. That approach also gives community organizations, writers and independent creators a way to talk about their work without reducing every story to an advertisement.
Podcasts, local music and creative projects
Our All Talk Peoria area features conversations connected to the city, while NominatedMic focuses on discovering and showcasing area musicians. Artist interviews and performance videos can introduce a band to people who may not have heard it before. Local podcasts offer another way to hear voices and ideas from around Peoria.
A community of local contributors
Through the Peoria Life Collective, we welcome creators and community members who want to contribute to a broader picture of the region. Some people have a story to write; others have music to share or a subject they would rather discuss on camera. Together, those contributions reflect more of the place we call home than any single program could.
Support for content creation
Widecast works with creators on developing and producing content, from shaping an idea to preparing a finished piece. Businesses and organizations can also use interviews and videos to explain their work in a more personal way. We see production and local storytelling as related parts of the same process: first find something worth saying, then choose the format that helps people understand it.
Explore Peoria Life by interest
Whether you want to read a local perspective, hear a conversation or learn about producing a video, these sections provide a starting point.
| Interest | What to expect | Section |
|---|---|---|
| Local writing | Stories and interviews connected to the Peoria area. | Blogs In Peoria |
| Podcasts | Local conversations and video discussions. | All Talk Peoria |
| Music | Artist discovery, interviews and performances. | NominatedMic |
| Community | Ideas and contributions from the local creative community. | Peoria Life Collective |
| Production | Information about developing and producing digital content. | Widecast |
Have an idea for a Peoria story?
We welcome conversations about people, places and projects that deserve attention in Greater Peoria. You do not need a finished video or a fully written article to start. If you have an interview idea, a community story, a band to nominate or a subject for a show, tell us what makes it worth sharing.
When you get in touch, it helps to include:
- The subject: who or what the story is about, and its connection to the region.
- The angle: what makes this person, place or project interesting now.
- The format: whether you have an article, interview, podcast or video in mind.
- The participants: people or organizations who could contribute to the conversation.
Use the contact options on Peoria Life to introduce the idea. We can discuss its fit with our local storytelling and production work. Above all, we want the stories we share to sound like the people and communities they are about.