WTIU

WTIU, virtual channel 30 (UHF digital channel 14), is a PBS member television station located in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Indiana University, and is a sister station to NPR member radio station WFIU (103.7 FM). WTIU maintains studio facilities located on the Indiana University campus on East 7th Street in Bloomington, and its transmitter is located on Sare Road on the city's southeast side.

On cable, WTIU is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 5 in Bloomington in AT&T U-verse channel 30 in Indianapolis in standard definition, and in high definition on Xfinity digital channel 1022 in Bloomington and AT&T U-verse channel 1030 in Indianapolis.

The station is also the default PBS member for the Terre Haute market, which doesn't have a PBS member of its own. It is carried by most cable providers in west-central Indiana, including the area's primary provider, Time Warner Cable.

History

In late 1968, after receiving support from the university's president Herman B. Wells, Indiana University applied for a license from the Federal Communications Commission to operate a educational television station. The station first signed on the air on March 3, 1969 as a member station of National Educational Television; the first program ever broadcast on WTIU was The Friendly Giant. WTIU became a member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) when NET was reorganized on October 6, 1970.