WSIU-TV digital channel 8 is a PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

 member station based and located in Carbondale, Illinois

Carbondale, Illinois

Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...

, at Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public research university located in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1869, SIUC is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system...

. Programming can also be seen on WUSI-TV digital channel 19 in Olney, Illinois

Olney, Illinois

Olney is a city in Richland County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,631 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Richland County.-History:...

, a translator. Both stations serve the extreme southern part of Illinois and portions of Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

, Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 and Missouri

Missouri

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 and broadcast the full PBS schedule. It is a sister station to WSIU radio

WSIU (FM)

WSIU is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/information format. Licensed to Carbondale, Illinois, the station serves Southern Illinois...

, the NPR

NPR

NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...

 member and Public Radio International

Public Radio International

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 affiliate for the area.

WSIU-TV has been digital-only since January 29, 2009.

WUSI-TV is digital-only, effective 9pm on February 17, 2009.

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

Alt.news 26:46

alt.news 26:46 is a student-run television program from the College of Mass Communication & Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale that airs on the University's PBS member station, WSIU. This half hour magazine-style TV program has won national acclaim by capturing twenty-two...

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

The student-produced, Studio A is also back on the WSIU airwaves occasionally on Sundays at 10:00 p.m.

Digital subchannels

With the move from analog television to digital, WSIU/WUSI offers four distinct subchannels with a variety of programming:

WSIU/WUSI	Programming
8.1/16.1	Main WSIU/WUSI programming / PBS HD
8.2/16.2	PBS World PBS World PBS World is a 24-hour United States over-the-air digital subchannel showing public TV non-fiction, science, nature, news, public affairs and documentaries...
8.3/16.3	Create
8.4/16.4	Audio simulcast of WSIU WSIU (FM) WSIU is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/information format. Licensed to Carbondale, Illinois, the station serves Southern Illinois... with DTV reception information

External links

• WSIU home page