WRBU

WRBU
East St. Louis, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; ; United States;
City	East St. Louis, Illinois
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF); Virtual: 46;
Programming
Affiliations	46.1: Ion Television; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Ion Media; (Ion Media License Company, LLC);
History
Founded	August 13, 1987
First air date	September 11, 1989 (35 years ago)
Former call signs	WHSL (1989–2003)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 46 (UHF, 1989–2009); Digital: 47 (UHF, until 2020);
Former affiliations	HSN (1989–2003); UPN (secondary 2002–2003, primary 2003–2006); MyNetworkTV (2006–2014); NBC (alternate, 2006–2014);
Call sign meaning	Roberts Broadcasting (former owner); UHF (channel position) or UPN (former affiliation);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	57221
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	334 m (1,096 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°23′18″N 90°29′16″W / 38.38833°N 90.48778°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	iontelevision.com

WRBU (channel 46) is a television station licensed to East St. Louis, Illinois, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the St. Louis, Missouri area. Owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, the station has offices on Richardson Road in Arnold, Missouri,^[2] and its transmitter is located near Missouri Route 21 and East Four Ridge Road in House Springs.