Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WEIU-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Your New Choice for PBS
station_branding =
analog = 51 (UHF)
digital = 50 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = July 1, 1986
location = Charleston, Illinois
callsign_meaning = Eastern
Illinois
University
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Eastern Illinois University
licensee =
sister_stations = WEIU (FM)
former_affiliations = independent (1986-1992)
effective_radiated_power = 46.8 kW (analog)
255 kW (digital)
HAAT = 70 m (analog)
146 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 18301
coordinates = coord|39|28|43|N|88|10|21|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|39|34|14.4|N|88|18|27.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.weiu.net/ www.weiu.net]

WEIU-TV channel 51 is a PBS member station in Charleston, Illinois. Its headquarters are at Eastern Illinois University, which is the origin of the call sign's letters. WEIU also airs EIU sporting events, such as football and basketball.

Technical Information

The station broadcasts an analog signal of 46.8 kw from its tower on the campus of Eastern Illinois University.

Its digital transmission facilities are located near Humboldt, Illinois. The station is licensed to broadcast a digital signal of 255 kw covering roughly an area between Effingham and Champaign, and between Decatur and Terre Haute.

WEIU covers Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Jasper, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, and Vermilion counties Illinois and Vigo County, Indiana.

History

WEIU-TV began operation on July 1, 1986 offering local news, public affairs, and instructional programming. On January 30th, 1992 WEIU officially joined the PBS network. In 2006 it launched its digital broadcast signal on Channel 50 (tuned as channel 51)7.

WEIU also operates a non-commercial WEIU-FM 88.9 ("Hit Mix 88.9"), and a student-run internet radio station, The Odysssey.

Related Channels

In addition to its main station, WEIU also operates Your 13, a cable station offered to Consolidated Communications subscribers that presents educational, sports, informational and local access programming, plus Classic Arts Showcase overnight. Unlike WEIU itself, some of the programs on Your 13 are funded by commercials.

WEIU also broadcasts a variety of international programming on its second digital sub-channel 50.2/51.2.

News Scan / News Watch

When WEIU signed on in 1986 it launched its first student-run news program called "News Scan". When the program began a group of about 50 students produced two newscasts airing at 5:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. daily.

The news took a brief departure from WEIU in 1990 when the amount of students involved in the program began to drop. The news returned to the air later that year in February.

Between 2000 and 2002 the program changed its name from "News Scan" to "News Watch". A half-hour newscast currently airs at 5:30 p.m. and a five minute headline and weather broadcast airs at 9:57 p.m.

The theme used is a production theme called This Just In by 615 Music, a theme sounding fairly similar to Al Ham's Move Closer to Your World.

External links

* [http://www.weiu.net/ WEIU-TV home page]
* [http://www.your13.com/ Your 13]
* [http://www.weiuhitmix.net/ Hit Mix 88.9]
* [http://www.eiuodyssey.com/ The Odyssey]
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