WSIU-TV

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WSIU-TV / WUSI-TV
WSIU: Carbondale, Illinois
WUSI: Olney, Illinois
Channels Analog:
WSIU: 8 (VHF)
WUSI: 16 (UHF)

Digital:
WSIU: 40 (UHF)
WUSI: 19 (UHF)
Affiliations PBS
Owner Southern Illinois University
(Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University)
First air date WSIU: November 6, 1961
WUSI: August 19, 1968
Call letters’ meaning WSIU:
Southern
Illinois
University
WUSI: anagram of WSIU
Transmitter Power WSIU:
316 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
WUSI:
1150 kW (analog)
46 kW (digital)
Height WSIU:
271.3 m (both)
WUSI:
283 m (analog)
283.8 m (digital)
Facility ID WSIU: 4297
WUSI: 4301
Transmitter Coordinates WSIU:
38°6′11.7″N, 89°14′40.1″W
WUSI:
38°50′18.8″N, 88°7′47.5″W
Website www.wsiu.org

WSIU channel 8 is a PBS member station based and located in Carbondale, Illinois, at Southern Illinois University. Programming can also be seen on WUSI-TV channel 16 in Olney, Illinois, a translator. Both stations serve the extreme southern part of Illinois and portions of Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri, and broadcast the full PBS schedule.

WSIU also operates FM radio stations, which are all members of NPR and PRI. WSIU's radio stations are WSIU Carbondale, 91.9 FM, WUSI Olney, 90.3 FM, and WVSI Mt. Vernon, 88.9 FM.

[edit] Programming

While classes are in session, River Region Evening Edition, a live student-produced newscast, is shown Monday through Thursday at 5:00 p.m. CT, with repeats of WSIU InFocus shown on Friday at 5:00 p.m. CT.

The Emmy winning, student-produced alt.news 26:46 occasionally airs on Sundays at 10:00 p.m.

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Broadcast television in the Paducah (KY) / Cape Girardeau (MO) / Harrisburg (IL) market  (Nielsen DMA #79)

WSIL 3 / KPOB 15 (ABC) - WPSD 6 (NBC) - WSIU 8 (PBS) - WQWQ-LP 9 / WQTV-LP 24 (The CW) - KFVS 12 (CBS) (The CW on DT2) - WPXS 13 (RTN) - W15BU 15 (3ABN) -
WKMU 21 / WKPD 29 (PBS / KET) - KBSI 23 (FOX) - WUWT-CA 26 (A1) - WTCT 27 (TCT / TBN) - WDKA 49 (MNTV)
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Broadcast television in the Terre Haute market  (Nielsen DMA #151)

WTWO 2 (NBC) - WTHI 10 (CBS) - WUSI 16 (PBS) - WHFE 18 / WVGO 54 (A1) - WVUT 22 (PBS) - WFXW 38 (Fox) - W43BV 43 (TBN)
Cable-only station
WBI 3 (CW)
Significantly-viewed out-of-market stations
WTTV 4 (CW) - WRTV 6 (ABC) - WTVW 7 (FOX) - WTHR 13 (NBC, SkyTrak Weather Network on DT2) - WPXS 13 (RTN) - WFIE 14 (NBC, 24/7 Weather on DT2) - WEHT 25 (ABC, Weather radar on DT2) - WTIU 30 (PBS)- WICD 15 (ABC) - WEIU 51 (PBS)
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Broadcast television in the Evansville market (Nielsen DMA #101)

Local television stations
WJPS-LP 4 (Ind) - WTVW 7 (FOX) - WNIN 9 (PBS) - WFIE 14 (NBC, 24/7 Weather on DT2) - WAZE 19/17 (The CW) - W23BV 23 (3ABN) - WEHT 25 (ABC, Weather radar on DT2) - WKOH 31 (PBS/KET) - W38BK 38 (TBN) - WTSN-LP 41 (MNTV) - WEVV 44 (CBS, WTSN-LP (MNTV) on DT2)

Outlying areas
W06BD 6 (Ind) - WCJT-LP 12 (Ind) - WJTS-LP 27 (A1) - WKMA 35 (PBS/KET)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location; some stations may be available only on cable.
WUSI 16 (PBS, Olney) - WVUT 22 (PBS, Vincennes) - WDRB 41 (FOX, Louisville)
See also Broadcast television in the St. Louis, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky markets
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Broadcast television in the Champaign-Urbana/Decatur/Springfield market  (Nielsen DMA #84)

WCIA 3 (CBS, WCFN on DT2) - WSIU 8 / WUSI 16 (PBS) - WILL 12 (PBS) - WSEC 14 (PBS) - WICD 15 / WICS 20 (ABC) - WAND 17 (NBC) - WBUI 23 (The CW) - W29BG 29/W34DL 34 (TBN) - WLCF-LP 45 (CTN/FamilyNet) - WBXC 46 (MTV2) - WCFN 49 (MNTV, WCIA on DT2) - WEIU 51 (PBS) - WRSP 55 / WCCU 27 (Fox)

Defunct stations:

WJJY 14 (ABC)
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Broadcast television in the St. Louis market  (Nielsen DMA #21)

KTVI 2 (Fox) - KMOV 4 (CBS) - KSDK 5 (NBC)  (NBC WX+ on DT2) - KPTN-CA 7 (HSN) - KETC 9 (PBS) - KPLR 11 (The CW) - KNLC 24 (FamilyNet) - KEFN-CA 28 (EWTN) - KDNL 30 (ABC) - K33GU 33 / K22HG 22 (TBN) - WRBU 46 (MNTV) - W50CH 50 (REL) - KUMO-LP 51 (RTN) - KDTL-LP 64 (DS)
Outlying Areas:
K07SD 7 (NBC) - WSIU 8 (PBS) - KFVS 12 (CBS) - K16FE 16 (TBN) - W29CI 29 (3ABN)

Local cable television channels
Bostel - FSN Midwest - WUTV 22 (Washington University)
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PBS Member Stations in the state of Illinois
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other Stations in Illinois
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NPR Member Stations in the state of Illinois
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