PBS member station in Bloomington, Indiana
WTIU
,
virtual channel
30 (
UHF
digital
channel 33), is a Public Broadcasting Service (
PBS
)
member
television station
serving
Indianapolis
,
Indiana
, United States that is
licensed
to
Bloomington
. Owned by
Indiana University
, it is a
sister station
to National Public Radio (
NPR
) member
WFIU
(103.7 FM). The two stations share studios on the Indiana University campus on East 7th Street in Bloomington; WTIU's transmitter is located on Sare Road on the city's southeast side.
On
cable
, WTIU is available on
Comcast Xfinity
channel 5 in Bloomington &
AT&T U-verse
channel 30 in Indianapolis in
standard definition
, and in
high definition
on Xfinity
digital
channel 1022 in Bloomington & AT&T U-verse channel 1030 in Indianapolis.
The station also serves as the default PBS member station for the
Terre Haute
market, despite having
WVUT
(channel 22) in Vincennes from the
Vincennes University
. It is carried by most cable providers in west-central Indiana.
History
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In late 1968, after receiving support from University president Herman B. Wells, Indiana University applied for a
license
from the
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) to operate an
educational
television station. The station first signed on the air on March 3, 1969 as a member station of
National Educational Television
(NET); the first program ever broadcast on WTIU was
The Friendly Giant
, a Canadian-produced children's show. WTIU became a member of PBS when NET was reorganized on October 6, 1970.
Channel 30 originally maintained a very small staff of only three employees, and initially broadcast on Mondays through Saturdays for five hours a day during the afternoon hours. As the station was unable to afford equipment to allow programming to be transmitted in
color
, much of the programming broadcast by WTIU was aired in
black and white
in the early years. Through PBS' Program Differentiation Plan, the network's programming was eventually divided between it and three other PBS members in the Indianapolis market ?
WFYI
(channel 20),
Muncie
-based
WIPB
(channel 49) and by 1992, WTBU (channel 69, now
Daystar
owned-and-operated station
WDTI
).
Digital television
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Digital channels
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]
The station's digital signal is
multiplexed
:
Channel
|
Video
|
Aspect
|
Short name
|
Programming
[2]
|
30.1
|
720p
|
16:9
|
WTIU-HD
|
Main WTIU programming /
PBS
|
30.2
|
480i
|
WTIU-D2
|
World
("TIU World")
|
30.3
|
WTIU-D3
|
Create
("TIU Create")
|
30.4
|
WTIU-D4
|
Echo ("TIU Echo")- two-day delays of PBS' signature series, plus same-day repeats of news shows
[3]
|
30.5
|
WTIU-D5
|
PBS Kids
("TIU Kids")
|
In 2009, WTIU upgraded the station's primary digital channel to allow the transmission of programming in
high definition
, originally maintaining a schedule separate from that of WTIU's main channel. The station also launched a secondary service on digital subchannel 30.2, branded as "TIU-2," which primarily aired educational programming and college
telecourses
; the subchannel was converted into "TIU World," serving as an affiliate of PBS World in 2010. At the same time, WTIU added two additional subchannels, respectively carrying programming from the lifestyle and how-to service Create (branded as "TIU Create"), safety and emergency network Echo (branded as "TIU Echo") and the respectively carrying programming from the children's service PBS Kids (branded as "TIU Kids").
Analog-to-digital conversion
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WTIU began operating its digital signal in 2007, broadcasting on UHF channel 14. WTIU shut down its analog signal, over
UHF
channel 30, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television in the United States
transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts
under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 14.
[4]
Through the use of
PSIP
, digital television receivers display the station's
virtual channel
as its former UHF analog channel 30.
Programming
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WTIU's flagship original production is the
public and cultural affairs
program
The Weekly Special
, in production since 2005.
The Friday Zone
, in production since 1999, is a children's program syndicated on seven PBS stations across Indiana. WTIU also regularly produces
documentaries
, typically focusing on local or regional topics. Documentary series produced by the station have included
Our Town
(which focus on a single community's culture and history) and
The Spirit of
Monroe County
(which focuses on the people and places of interest in Monroe County). WTIU also produces news updates in the form of twice-daily five-minute
NewsBreak
segments as well as the half-hour weekly newsmagazine
Indiana Newsdesk
. In 1973, WTIU collaborated with the IU Opera Theater to produce a telecast of the opera
Myshkin
, which earned the station a
Peabody Award
.
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
WFIU
.
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Full power
|
- WTTV 4 / WTTK 29
(.1
CBS
, .2
Ind.
, 4.3
Comet
, 4.4
TBD
, 29.3
Cozi
)
- WRTV 6
(.1
ABC
, .2
Grit
, .3
Laff
, .4
QVC
, .5
HSN
, .6
HSN2
)
- WISH-TV 8
(.1
CW
,
.2
Get
, .3
Radar
, .4
Diya
)
- WTHR 13
(.1
NBC
, .2
Dabl
,
.3
MeTV
, .4
Crime
, .5
Quest
, .6
Nest
)
- WFYI 20
(.1
PBS
, .2
PBS Kids
, .3
Create
/IN Ch./
CAS
)
- WNDY-TV 23
(.1
MNT
, .2
Bounce
, .3
NewsNet
, .4 TBA)
- WHMB-TV 40
(.1
Rel.
Ind.
, .2
QVC
, .3
HSN
, .4 TBA)
- WCLJ-TV 42
(.1
Bounce
)
- WXIN 59
(.1
Fox
, .2
Antenna
, .3
Rewind
, .4
Charge!
)
- WIPX-TV 63
(.1
Ion
, .2
Court
, .3
Scripps
, .4
Ion Mystery
, .5
Defy
, .6
JTV
, .8
QVC2
)
- WDTI 69
(.1
Daystar
, .2 Daystar Espanol. .3 Daystar Reflections)
|
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Low power
|
- WIIH-CD 17
(
.1
CW
)
- WDNI-CD 19
(.1
TMD
)
- WSWY-LD 21
(.1
Heartland
. .2
Retro
, .3
Rev'n
, .4
Action
, .5
FAM
, .6
Revival TV
, .7 Inspiration TV)
- WUDZ-LD 28
(.1
Buzzr
, .2
The365
(soon), .3
Outlaw
, .4
LC
, .5
LX
, .6
Oxygen
, .7
Movies!
)
- WFYI-LD 29
(.3
PBS
, .4
PBS Kids
, .5
Create
/IN Ch./
CAS
)
- WSDI-LD 32
(.1
Vision Latina
, .2
Law & Crime
, .3
NTD America
, .4
Novelisima
, .5
Sonlife
, .6 blank, .7
JTV
)
- WQDE-LD 33
(.1 Info, .2
The365
(soon), .3
Outlaw
, .4 Info, .5 Info, .6 Info)
- WIPX-LD 34 (Silent/future station, TBA)
- WALV-CD 46
(.1
MeTV
, .2
Crime
, 3.
Shop LC
, .4 blank, .5 QVC2, .6
H&I
)
- WBXI-CD 47
(.1
Start
, .2
Catchy
, .3
Story
, .4
Movies!
)
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Outlying areas
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ATSC 3.0
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Cable
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Defunct
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
cable television
|
Local stations
|
- WTWO
(2.1
NBC
, 2.2
Laff
, 2.3
Mystery
, 2.4
ANT
)
- WTHI-TV
(10.1
CBS
, 10.2
Fox
/
MNTV
, 10.3
CW+
, 10.4
Ion
)
- WVUT
(22.1
PBS
, 22.2
Create
, 22.3
PBS Kids
)
- WAWV-TV
(38.1
ABC
, 38.2
Grit
, 38.3
Bounce
, 38.4
REW
)
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Adjacent locals
| Indianapolis
|
- WTTV
(4.1
CBS
, 4.2
Ind.
, 4.3
Comet
)
- WRTV
(6.1
ABC
, 6.2
Grit
, 6.3
Laff
, 6.4
QVC
, 6.5
HSN
)
- WISH-TV
(8.1
CW
, 8.2
GetTV
, 8.3
Radar
, 8.4
Diya TV
)
- WTHR
(13.1
NBC
, 13.2
Dabl
,
13.3
MeTV
, 13.4
Crime
, 13.5
Quest
, 13.6
Circle
)
- WFYI
(20.1
PBS
, 20.2
PBS Kids
, 20.3
Create
/IC/
CAS
)
- WNDY-TV
(23.1
MNTV
, 23.2
Bounce
, 23.3
NewsNet
)
- WTTK
2
(29.1
CBS
, 29.2
Ind.
, 29.3
Cozi
)
- WTIU
(30.1
PBS
, 30.2
World
, 30.3
Create
, 30.4 Echo, 30.5
PBS Kids
)
- WHMB-TV
(40.1
Rel.
Ind.
, 40.2
QVC
, 40.3
HSN
)
- WCLJ
(42.1
Bounce
)
- WXIN
(59.1
Fox
, 59.2
ANT
, 59.3
REW
, 59.4
Charge
)
- WIPX-TV
(63.1
Ion
, 63.2
Court
, 63.4
Mystery
, 63.5
Defy
, 63.6
TrueReal
)
|
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Evansville
|
- WTVW
(7.1
CW
, 7.2
Bounce
, 7.3
Mystery
, 7.4
Ion
)
- WNIN
(9.1
PBS
, 9.2
Create
, 9.3
WNIN-FM
)
- WFIE
(14.1
NBC
, 14.2
MeTV
, 14.3
Circle
, 14.4
Grit
, 14.5
Dabl
, 14.6
Crime
)
- WEHT
(25.1
ABC
, 25.2
Laff
, 25.3
Cozi
, 25.4
REW
)
|
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Little Egypt
| |
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Central Illinois
|
- WCIA
(3.1
CBS
,
3.2
MNTV
, 3.3
Bounce
, 3.4
Grit
)
- WICD
(15.1
ABC
, 15.2
Comet
, 15.3
TBD
, 15.4
Charge!
)
- WAND
(17.1
NBC
, 17.2
Cozi
, 17.3
Ion
, 17.4
Defy
, 17.5
Newsy
)
- WCIX
(49.1
MNTV
,
49.2
CBS
, 49.3
Mystery
, 49.4
Laff
)
- WEIU-TV
(51.1
PBS
, 51.2
FNX
, 51.6
WEIU-FM
)
|
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St. Louis
|
- KTVI
(2.1
Fox
, 2.2
ANT
, 2.3
Mystery
, 2.4
Dabl
)
- KMOV
(4.1
CBS
, 4.2
Cozi
, 4.3
MNTV
, 4.4
Laff
, 4.5
Circle
)
- KSDK
(5.1
NBC
, 5.2
Bounce
, 5.3
Crime
, 5.4
Quest
, 5.5
Twist
)
- KPLR-TV
(11.1
CW
, 11.2
Court
, 11.3
Comet
, 11.4
REW
)
- KNLC
(24.1
MeTV
, 24.2 NLEC TV, 24.3
H&I
, 24.4
Movies!
, 24.5
Catchy
, 24.6
Start
, 24.7
MeTV+
, 24.8
Story
)
- KDNL-TV
(30.1
ABC
, 30.2
TBD
, 30.3
Charge!
, 30.4
Stadium
)
- WRBU
(46.1
Ion
, 46.2
Court
, 46.3
Grit
, 46.4
Laff
, 46.5
Defy
, 46.6
TrueReal
)
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Defunct stations
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1
Relocated to the Indianapolis area.
2
ATSC 3.0
TV station
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PBS
member stations licensed to and serving the state of
Indiana
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Primary*
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Secondary**
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(*) ? indicates station is in one of Indiana's primary
TV markets
(**) ? indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Indiana
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