WSIU-TV
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WSIU-TV: Carbondale, Illinois WUSI-TV: Olney, Illinois United States |
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| Branding | WSIU-TV |
| Channels |
Digital: WSIU-TV: 8 (VHF) WUSI-TV: 19 (UHF) Virtual: WSIU-TV: 8 () WUSI-TV: 16 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | PBS (1970–present) |
| Owner |
Southern Illinois University (Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University) |
| First air date |
WSIU-TV: November 6, 1961 WUSI-TV: August 19, 1968 |
| Call letters' meaning |
WSIU: Southern Illinois University WUSI: University of Southern Illinois (anagram of WSIU) |
| Sister station(s) | WSIU; WUSI |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: WSIU-TV: 8 (VHF, 1961–2009) WUSI-TV: 16 (UHF, 1968–2009) Digital: WSIU-TV: 40 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1961–1970) |
| Transmitter power |
WSIU-TV: 53 kW WUSI-TV: 46 kW |
| Height |
WSIU-TV: 271.3 m (890 feet) WUSI-TV: 283.8 m (931 feet) |
| Facility ID |
WSIU-TV: 4297 WUSI-TV: 4301 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
WSIU-TV: 38°6′11″N 89°14′40″W / 38.10306°N 89.24444°W WUSI-TV: 38°50′19″N 88°7′47″W / 38.83861°N 88.12972°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
/ WUSI-TV Profile / WUSI-TV CDBS |
| Website | www.wsiu.org/ |
WSIU-TV, virtual channel and VHF digital channel 8, is a PBS member television station licensed to Carbondale, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by Southern Illinois University, and is a sister station to NPR member and Public Radio International affiliate WSIU (91.9 FM), also licensed to Carbondale. WSIU-TV maintains studio facilities on the university's campus in Carbondale, and its transmitter is located along US 51, near Tamaroa.
WUSI-TV, virtual channel 16 (UHF digital channel 19), licensed to Olney, Illinois, operates as a satellite station of WSIU-TV. The transmitter facilities of WUSI-TV are located at 7350 North Shipley Road (County Road 900 E) near Dundas. WUSI-TV is a sister station to WUSI (90.3 FM), also licensed to Olney, which airs the programming of WSIU(FM).
WSIU-TV also operates several UHF translators at the edges of its main coverage area where the station's signal is hard to receive, although it also operates as a translator that serves Carbondale. All of these translators map to virtual channel 8 and use the WSIU-TV callsign even though the translators broadcast on different channels. These translators are located in Carbondale (operating on UHF channel 40), Cape Girardeau, Missouri (operating on UHF channel 28), Edwardsville, Illinois (operating on UHF channel 41), and Vienna, Illinois (operating on UHF channel 43).
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