WEIU-TV
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Charleston, Illinois United States |
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| Branding | WEIU |
| Slogan | Watch, Listen, Learn |
| Channels |
Digital: 50 (UHF) Virtual: 51 () |
| Subchannels | 51.1 PBS 51.2 MHz Worldview 51.6 WEIU-FM |
| Affiliations | PBS (since 1992) |
| Owner | Eastern Illinois University |
| First air date | July 1, 1986 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Eastern Illinois University |
| Sister station(s) | WEIU (FM) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 51 (UHF, 1986–2009) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1986–1992) |
| Transmitter power | 255 kW (digital) |
| Height | 146 m (479 feet) |
| Facility ID | 18301 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°34′15″N 88°18′25.5″W / 39.57083°N 88.307083°W (digital) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.weiu.net |
WEIU-TV channel 51 is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member public television station in Charleston, Illinois. Its headquarters are at Eastern Illinois University, which is the origin of the call sign's letters. WEIU also airs EIU sporting events, such as football and basketball.
WEIU's digital transmission facilities are located near Humboldt, Illinois. The station is licensed to broadcast a digital signal of 255 kW covering roughly an area between Effingham and Champaign, and between Decatur and Terre Haute.
WEIU covers Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Jasper, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby, and Vermilion counties in Illinois and Vigo County in Indiana.
WEIU-TV began operation on July 1, 1986 offering local news, public affairs, and instructional programming. On January 30, 1992 WEIU officially joined PBS. In 2006 it launched its digital broadcast signal on Channel 50 (tuned as channel 51).
WEIU also operates a non-commercial WEIU-FM 88.9 ("Hit Mix 88.9"), and a college radio internet radio station, The Odysssey.
The station does not air the regular PBS network schedule, as other stations in the market carry it.
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
WEIU-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 51, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 50. Through the use of , digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 51.
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