WSIU-TV

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WSIU-TV / WUSI-TV
WSIU: Carbondale, Illinois WUSI: Olney, Illinois United States

Branding	WSIU
Channels	Digital: WSIU: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8 (PSIP) WUSI: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 16 (PSIP)
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: University of Southern Illinois (anagram of WSIU)
Sister station(s)	WSIU
Former channel number(s)	Analog: WSIU: 8 (VHF, 1961–2009) WUSI: 16 (UHF, 1968–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1961–1970)
Transmitter power	WSIU: 53 kW WUSI: 46 kW
Height	WSIU: 271.3 m WUSI: 283.8 m
Facility ID	WSIU: 4297 WUSI: 4301
Transmitter coordinates	WSIU: 38°6′11″N 89°14′40″W / 38.10306°N 89.24444°W / 38.10306; -89.24444 WUSI: 38°50′19″N 88°7′47″W / 38.83861°N 88.12972°W / 38.83861; -88.12972 (WUSI-TV)
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 located in 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 (00.0 FM). WSIU 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. WUSI maintains transmitter facilities located along US 51, near Tamaroa.

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).^[1]

WSIU first signed on the air on November 6, 1961; WUSI signed on as a satellite of WSIU on August 19, 1968.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name (WSIU)	PSIP Short Name (WUSI)	Programming^[2]^[3]
8.1 / 16.1	1080i	16:9	WSIU HD	WUSI HD	Main WSIU/WUSI programming / PBS HD
8.2 / 16.2	480i	4:3	WSIU 2	WORLD	PBS World
8.3 / 16.3		4:3	WSIU 3	CREATE	Create
8.4 / 16.4		16:9	WSIU 4	WUSI 4	Audio simulcast of WSIU with DTV reception information

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 remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 40 to its former analog-era VHF channel 8.^[4]^[5]

WUSI-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 16, at 9 p.m. on February 17, 2009, the original date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 19.^[4]^[6] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 16.

Programming

During Southern Illinois University's academic year, the station broadcasts a live student-produced newscast, River Region Evening Edition, which airs on Monday through Thursday evenings (on days when classes are held) at 5:00 p.m., with repeats of WSIU InFocus shown on Friday at 5:00 p.m. Three other student-produced programs also air on WSIU, 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 10:00 p.m. with Scholastic Hi-Q airing each Sunday a 5:00 p.m.

References

↑ http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/wsiu-tv-gets-approval-for-three-more.html
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WSIU
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WUSI
↑ 4.0 4.1 "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
↑ WSIU sets digital conversion for later this month, PETE ROSENBERY, SIUC University, January 22, 2009
↑ http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2009/02/05/breaking_news/doc498b49384ba24582324724.txt

External links

v t e Television stations in the Jackson Purchase, the Bootheel, and Southern Illinois, including Paducah, Kentucky and Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable or satellite television

Local stations	WSIL/KPOB/K10KM-D (3.1/15.1/10.1 ABC) WPSD (6.1 NBC, 6.2 RTV, 6.3 Antenna TV) WSIU (8.1 PBS, 8.2 PBS World, 8.3 Create) WQWQ 9/WQTV 24 (The CW/Me-TV) KFVS (12.1 CBS, 12.2 The CW/Me-TV) WPXS (13.1 Daystar, 13.2 RTV) W15BU-D 15 (3ABN) WKMU/WKPD (21.1/29.1 PBS/KET) KBSI (23.1 Fox, 23.2 MNTV) WUWT-CA 26 (A1) WTCT (27.1 TCT) K39CP WDKA (49.1 MNTV, 49.3 TCN)

Adjacent locals	Evansville WTVW (7.1 The CW) WNIN (9.1 PBS) WFIE (14.1 NBC, 14.2 WX, 14.3 This TV) WEHT (25.1 ABC) WEVV (44.1 CBS, 44.2 Fox/MNTV) St Louis KMOV 4 (CBS) KSDK 5 (NBC) KETC 9 (PBS) KDNL 30 (ABC) Jonesboro KAIT 8 (ABC) KTEJ 19 (PBS/AETN) Memphis WMC 5 (NBC) WATN 24 (ABC) Jackson, Tennessee WBBJ 7 (ABC) WLJT 11 (PBS) WJKT 16 (Fox) Nashville WTVF 5 (CBS)

Kentucky broadcast television areas by city Bowling Green Charleston, WV Cincinnati, OH Evansville, IN Knoxville, TN Lexington Louisville Paducah Tennessee broadcast television areas by city Chattanooga Jackson Knoxville Memphis Nashville Paducah, KY Tri-Cities See also Little Rock TV Springfield, Missouri TV Springfield, Illinois TV Terre Haute TV

v t e Television stations in the Wabash Valley, including Terre Haute, Indiana

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WTWO (2.1 NBC) WTHI (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Fox/MNTV) WVUT (22.1 PBS, 22.2 Create) WAWV (38.1 ABC) W43BV 43 (silent)

Cable channel	WBI 3 (CW)

Adjacent locals	Indianapolis WTTV (4.1 CW) WRTV (6.1 ABC) WISH (8.1 CBS) WTHR (13.1 NBC) Bloomington WTTV (4.1 CW) WTIU (30.1 PBS) Evansville WTVW (7.1 CW) WFIE (14.1 NBC) WEHT (25.1 ABC) Southern IL WPXS (13.1 Daystar) WUSI (16.1 PBS) Central IL WICD (15.1 ABC) WEIU (51.1 PBS)

Defunct stations	WHFE 18 / WVGO 54 (A1/WSTV)

v t e Broadcast television in the Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky Tri-State Area, including Evansville, IN and Owensboro, KY

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WTVW (7.1 CW) WNIN (9.1 PBS, 9.2 Create, 9.3 WNIN-FM) WFIE (14.1 NBC, 14.2 WX, 14.3 This TV) W23BV-D (23.1 3ABN, 23.2 Dream, 23.3 3ABN Latino, 23.4 3ABN Radio, 23.5 Radio 74) WEHT (25.1 ABC) WKOH (31.1 PBS/KET) WYYW-CD (36.1 Me-TV) WEVV (44.1 CBS, 44.2 Fox/MNTV in SD) W47EE-D (47.1 Fox/MNTV in HD)

Outlying areas	W06BD 6 (Ind) WJTS-CD 18 (A1) WKMA (35.1 PBS/KET)

Adjacent locals	WUSI (16.1 PBS, Olney) WVUT (22.1 PBS, Vincennes) WDRB (41.1 Fox, Louisville)

Defunct or silent	WCJT-LP 12 (Ind) W38BK 38 (TBN) WLCN/WWAZ/WAZE 19 (Ind, WB, CW) WAZE-LP 17 / WJPS 4 / WIKY-LP 5 (CW)

Kentucky broadcast television areas by city Bowling Green Charleston, WV Cincinnati, OH Evansville, IN Knoxville, TN Lexington Louisville Paducah See also St Louis TV Springfield TV Memphis TV Indianapolis TV

v t e Broadcast television in South Central Illinois (including Champaign-Urbana, Springfield and Decatur)

WCIA (3.1 CBS, 3.2 MNTV) WILL (12.1 PBS, 12.2 PBS World, 12.3 Create) WSEC 14 (14.1 PBS, 14.2 PBS World, 14.3 Create) WUSI (16.1 PBS, 16.2 SD, 16.3 Create) WAND (17.1 NBC, 17.2 local weather) WICS 20.1 / WICD 15.1 (ABC) WBUI (23.1 The CW, 23.2 This TV) W29BG 29 / W34DL 34 (silent) WLCF-LD (45.1 CTN) WBXC-CA 46 (A1) WCIX (49.1 MNTV, 49.2 CBS) WEIU (51.1 PBS, 51.2 MHz WorldView) WRSP 55.1 / WCCU 27.1 (Fox)

See also Peoria-Bloomington Chicago, Quincy St. Louis Quad Cities Evansville Terre Haute Lafayette Paducah TV

v t e Broadcast television in the Greater St. Louis and Metro East Illinois areas

Local stations	KTVI (2.1 Fox, 2.2 Antenna) KMOV (4.1 CBS, 4.2 Me-TV, 4.3 Live Well) KSDK (5.1 NBC, 5.2 Bounce) KPTN-LD (7.1 HSN, 7.2 SBN, 7.3 QVC, 7.4 Punch TV) KETC (9.1 PBS, 9.2 PBS Kids, 9.3 World, 9.4 Create) KPLR (11.1 CW, 11.2 This) KDTL-LD 16 (Daystar) KNLC (24.1 Religious Ind., 24.2 RES) KDNL (30.1 ABC, 30.3 Country) K33GU 33 K38HD (38.1 HSN) WRBU (46.1 ION) W50CH 50 (Religious Ind.) KUMO-LD 51.1 (Daystar)

Outlying stations	Illinois WSIU (8.1 PBS, 8.2 PBS World, 8.3 Create, 8.4 WSIU-FM; Carbondale) WPXS (13.1 Daystar, 13.2 RTV; Mt. Vernon) W29CI-D 29 (3ABN; Salem) Missouri K07SD 7 (NBC; Rolla) K16FE 16 (silent; Rolla) K22HG 22 (silent; St. Charles) LUTV (cable-only; St. Charles)

See also Quincy Columbia/Jefferson City Springfield MO Springfield IL Evansville Memphis Paducah TV

v t e PBS Member Stations in the state of Illinois

WSIU 8 / WUSI 16 (Carbondale / Olney) WTTW 11 (Chicago) WILL 12 (Urbana) WSEC 14 / WMEC 22 / WQEC 27 (Jacksonville / Macomb / Quincy) WYCC 20 (Chicago) WQPT 24 (Moline) WTVP 47 (Peoria) WEIU 51 (Charleston)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Illinois

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.