WSIU-TV

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WSIU-TV
Channels
BrandingPBS WSIU
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
November 6, 1961(63 years ago) (1961-11-06)
Former call signs
WSIU (CP, 1959–1960) [1]
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 8 (VHF, 1961–2009)
  • Digital: 40 (UHF, until 2009)
NET (1961–1970)
Call sign meaning
Southern Illinois University
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 4297
ERP 53 kW
HAAT 271.3 m (890 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 38°6′11″N89°14′40″W / 38.10306°N 89.24444°W / 38.10306; -89.24444
Translator(s) 28 (DRT) Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Links
Public license information
Website www.wsiu.org
Satellite station
WUSI-TV
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
History
First air date
August 19, 1968(56 years ago) (1968-08-19)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 16 (UHF, 1968–2009)
  • Digital: 19 (UHF, until 2020)
Call sign meaning
anagram of WSIU
Technical information [3]
Facility ID 4301
ERP 46 kW
HAAT 283.8 m (931 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 38°50′19″N88°7′47″W / 38.83861°N 88.12972°W / 38.83861; -88.12972 (WUSI-TV)
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Public license information

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.

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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.

History

SIU had been interested in educational television since 1950, but the educational television channel assigned to Carbondale—UHF channel 61—was deemed unsuitable as unable to cover a wide area. In 1958, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned VHF channel 8 in its stead, and the university announced it would file to use it. [4] The FCC granted the WSIU construction permit on November 18, 1959, and add the -TV suffix to its call sign on January 1, 1960. [1] Over the course of 1961, construction on the transmitter experienced a series of setbacks, but the station began broadcasting educational programs to 70 area schools on November 6, 1961. [5]

In 1966, SIU obtained a construction permit to build a UHF station in Olney to rebroadcast WSIU-TV and expand its coverage area. [6] WUSI-TV signed on August 19, 1968. [7] From 1980 to 1982, the Olney station produced limited opt-out programming from the Carbondale station after receiving a $420,000 grant for equipment; however, budget cuts at SIU and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting led to these programs being dropped. [8] [9]

Programming

During Southern Illinois University's academic year, WSIU-TV broadcast a live student-produced newscast, River Region Evening Edition, which airs Monday through Thursday (on days when classes are held) at 5 p.m., with repeats of WSIU InFocus shown on Friday at 5 p.m. Three other student-produced programs also air on WSIU/WUSI, alt.news 26:46 , Studio A, and Scholastic Hi-Q. Both alt.news 26:46 and Studio A occasionally air on the station on Sundays at 10 p.m. with Scholastic Hi-Q airing each Sunday at 5 p.m. Since WUSI-TV operates as a full-time satellite of WSIU-TV, it simulcasts the programs produced from WSIU-TV, with no local insertion.

Technical information

Subchannels

The stations' signals are multiplexed:

Subchannels of WSIU-TV [10] and WUSI-TV [11]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
WSIU-TVWUSI-TVWSIU-TVWUSI-TV
8.116.1 720p 16:9 WSIUWUSI HDMain programming / PBS
8.216.2 480i WORLD World
8.316.3CREATE Create
8.416.4KIDS247 PBS Kids
8.516.5WSIU FMAudio simulcast of WSIU with DTV reception information

Translator

LocationCall signChannel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates
Cape Girardeau, Missouri WSIU-TV (DRT) 285 kW202 m (663 ft)4297 37°24′23″N89°33′44″W / 37.40639°N 89.56222°W / 37.40639; -89.56222 (WSIU-TV (DRT))

Analog-to-digital conversion

WSIU-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, at 9 p.m. on January 29, 2009. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 40 to VHF channel 8 for post-transition operations. [12] [13]

WUSI-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 16, at 9 p.m. on February 17, 2009, the original target date on 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 19, [12] [14] using virtual channel 16.

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References

  1. 1 2 "History Cards for WSIU-TV". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WSIU-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WUSI-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "Channel OK'd For Carbondale: SIU Eyes VHF TV Station". The Southern Illinoisan. March 23, 1958. p. 1. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  5. ↑ "70 Schools Get Programs: WSIU-TV Goes On Air". The Southern Illinoisan. November 6, 1961. p. 3. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  6. ↑ "SIU Olney Satellite: TV Station Airing Planned". The Herald and Review. September 22, 1968. p. 45. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  7. ↑ "WUSI-TV Channel 16 Has Good Signal Reception". The Kinmundy Express. October 3, 1968. p. 4. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  8. ↑ "SIU's Olney station gets $420,000 grant". Daily Republican-Register. Mount Carmel, Illinois. July 11, 1980. p. 7. Retrieved June 18, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Cvetan, Dana (April 15, 1982). "SIU will continue operating Olney TV station". Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois. p. A6. Retrieved June 18, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WSIU
  11. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WUSI
  12. 1 2 "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  13. ↑ WSIU sets digital conversion for later this month, PETE ROSENBERY, SIUC University, January 22, 2009 Archived January 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ Hale, Caleb (February 5, 2009). "DTV switch delay will keep some local stations on analog longer". The Southern. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
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