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| Branding | PBS WSIU |
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First air date | November 6, 1961 |
Former call signs | WSIU (CP, 1959–1960)[1] |
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Call sign meaning | Southern Illinois University |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 4297 |
| ERP | 53 kW |
| HAAT | 271.3 m (890 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°6′11″N 89°14′40″W / 38.10306°N 89.24444°W |
| Translator(s) | 28 (DRT) Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
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| Website | www |
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First air date | August 19, 1968 |
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Call sign meaning | anagram of WSIU |
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| Facility ID | 4301 |
| ERP | 46 kW |
| HAAT | 283.8 m (931 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°50′19″N 88°7′47″W / 38.83861°N 88.12972°W |
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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.
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.