WSIU-TV

WSIU-TV and WUSI-TV
Channels for WSIU-TV
Channels for WUSI-TV
BrandingPBS WSIU
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
  • WSIU-TV: November 6, 1961 (1961-11-06)
  • WUSI-TV: August 19, 1968 (1968-08-19)
Former call signs
  • WSIU-TV: WSIU (CP, 1959–1960)
Former channel numbers
  • WSIU-TV:
    • Analog: 8 (VHF, 1961–2009)
    • Digital: 40 (UHF, until 2009)
  • WUSI-TV:
    • Analog: 16 (UHF, 1968–2009)
    • Digital: 19 (UHF, until 2020)
  • WSIU-TV: NET (1961–1970)
  • WUSI-TV: NET (1968–1970)
Call sign meaning
  • WSIU-TV: Southern Illinois University
  • WUSI-TV: anagram of WSIU
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID
  • WSIU-TV: 4297
  • WUSI-TV: 4301
ERP
  • WSIU-TV: 53 kW
  • WUSI-TV: 46 kW
HAAT
  • WSIU-TV: 271.3 m (890 ft)
  • WUSI-TV: 283.8 m (931 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)28 (DRT) Cape Girardeau, MO
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wsiu.org

WSIU-TV (channel 8) is a PBS member television station in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. It is owned by Southern Illinois University alongside NPR member WSIU (91.9 FM). The two stations share studios on the university's campus in Carbondale; WSIU-TV's transmitter is located along US 51 near Tamaroa, Illinois.

WSIU also operates full-time simulcast WUSI-TV (channel 16) in Olney, Illinois; from a transmitter on North Shipley Road (County Road 900 E) near Dundas, WUSI-TV serves the southeastern part of the state, including Olney and Effingham, and also covers Vincennes, Indiana. A digital replacement translator of WSIU-TV is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on UHF channel 28. SIU also owns WSEC, based in Springfield, which leads a three-station network serving viewers in Springfield, Macomb, and Quincy.