WSIU-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WSIU-TV / WUSI-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog =
WSIU: 8 (VHF)
WUSI: 16 (UHF)
digital =
WSIU: 40 (UHF)
WUSI: 19 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = WSIU: November 6, 1961
WUSI: August 19, 1968
location = WSIU: Carbondale, Illinois
WUSI: Olney, Illinois
callsign_meaning = WSIU:
Southern
Illinois
University
WUSI: anagram of WSIU
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Southern Illinois University
licensee = Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = WSIU:
316 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
WUSI:
1150 kW (analog)
46 kW (digital)
HAAT = WSIU:
271.3 m (both)
WUSI:
283 m (analog)
283.8 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = WSIU: 4297
WUSI: 4301
coordinates = WSIU:
coord|38|6|11.7|N|89|14|40.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
WUSI:
coord|38|50|18.8|N|88|7|47.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WUSI-TV
homepage = [http://www.wsiu.org/ 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,Tennessee 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.

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 occasionally airs on Sundays at 10:00 p.m.

External links

* [http://www.wsiu.org/ WSIU home page]
*TVQ|WSIU
*TVQ|WUSI
*BIA|WSIU|TV|TV
*BIA|WUSI|TV|TV