WTVP

WTVP

WTVP studios on State Street in downtown Peoria
Peoria–Bloomington–Normal, Illinois United States
Channels	Digital: 35 (UHF) Virtual: 47
Branding	WTVP PBS
Programming
Affiliations	47.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation
History
First air date	June 27, 1971 (53 years ago) (1971-06-27)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 47 (UHF, 1971–2009) Digital: 46 (UHF, until 2020)
Call sign meaning	Television Peoria
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	28311
ERP	155 kW
HAAT	213.8 m (701 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°37′44″N 89°34′12″W / 40.62889°N 89.57000°W / 40.62889; -89.57000
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wtvp.org

WTVP (channel 47) is a PBS member television station in Peoria, Illinois, United States, owned by the Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation. The station's studios are located on State Street in downtown Peoria, and its transmitter is located along Interstate 474 in East Peoria.

Serving as the Peoria area's public television station since 1971, WTVP broadcasts PBS and local programming. Originally housed on studios at the campus of Bradley University but separately owned, WTVP moved to its present facility in 2003. However, borrowing costs from construction and insufficient pledge revenues led to a near-foreclosure and shutdown of the station in January 2008 by its lender. Sufficient support from the community allowed WTVP to settle its debts and remain on the air. In 2023, a financial crisis was revealed at the station following the suicide of its general manager.