Indiana State PBS

Not to be confused with WISU-FM, an NPR affiliate that broadcasts out of Indiana State university in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Indiana State PBS, or WISU-TV, is a broadcast television station that is located in Terre Haute, Indiana at Indiana State University, and serves Terre Haute, Indiana, Harrisburg, Illinois, Charleston, Illinois, and Bloomington, Indiana.
== History ==
Indiana State PBS first signed on as WXIS-TV on April 1, 1964 as an ABC affiliate. They were owned by Terre Haute newspaper Tribune Star and produced many popular statewide shows, such as Indiana Inside Business (PBS/NBC), and local sports games of both the Indiana State Sycamores and the Indiana Hoosiers. (CBS/FOX) They continued this tradition until WAWV-TV signed on as an ABC affiliate rights on the exact same day they changed operations, April 3, 1973, which led to WAWV-TV becoming an ABC affiliate, while WISU-TV became a PBS affiliate. However, the shows and games still remained on the station until June 7th, 1978, when they merged with WTIU-TV in Bloomington and remove their independent fraction of PBS permanently. 
The shows were sold off to parent station WFYI and its repeater, W39AA (now WFWA), and the games were sold off by each individual category: Football games were broadcasted on CBS (WISH-TV, now a CW affiliate), Basketball games were broadcasted on ABC (WTHR-TV, now an NBC affiliate) and Soccer games were broadcasted on NBC (WRTV-TV, now an ABC affiliate). WISU-TV was funded in fourths, 1/4 by the U.S. Department of Education, 1/4 by viewer donations (which was mildly strong), 1/4 by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and 1/4 by The Indiana State University. They also aired PTV Park/The Game, which WFYI repeatedly refused to air, since they already had a local kids block in place. Later, when PTV Park became PBS Kids, they did the exact same thing. During the 9/11 attacks, they aired the national PBS Kids feed from a repeater at WETA-TV in Washington, D.C. 24/7 for one week during and after the attacks.
== Slogans ==
These are all local slogans.
“Television that Indiana loves!” 1964-1973
“There’s more on the inside.” 1973-1978
“Indiana’s favorite TV for learning!” 1978-1989
“Hoosier TV Worth Watching” 1989-1999
“All about kids, and nothing else!” PTV Park version, 1993-1999
“Discover more with your TV” 1999-present
“Laughter and fun for everyone!” PBS Kids version, 1999-present
“Create something new, see the result.” Create version, 2006-present
"Autism friendly programming" Kids And Family Autism-Friendly, 2013-present
“Hoosiers have more in their world.” World TV, 2006-present
“La televisión española es algo digno de contemplar.” Univision version, 1999-present
== Subchannels ==
36-1: PBS
36-2: PBS Kids
36-3 PBS You (2000-2006) Create (2006-2013)
36-4: World
36-5: PBS Eñ Espanól PBS Kids Eñ Espanól (1999-2006) Univision (2006-present)
== Schedule ==
PBS and PBS Kids on PBS block follow the WFYI-TV schedule, and PBS Kids, Kids And Family Autism-Friendly, World, & Univision follow their national schedules.
== More Info ==
In 2013, Indiana State PBS (WISU-TV) removed their Create subchannel and replaced it with Kids And Family Autism-Friendly, which aired kid-friendly movies and TV shows from other networks, such as Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Freeform, The Hub, PBS Kids, Nick Jr, Noggin, The N, Nick GAS, Nicktoons, Nick At Nite, TV Land, Sprout, Jetix, CBeebies, and CBBC, all of which had autism sensitive and violent portions edited out for viewers on the spectrum.
Indiana State PBS (WISU) has partnered with the Vigo County School District for "PBS Kids At The Park", a PBS Kids-themed meet and greet with meals, activities, and mascots of PBS Kids characters to be held in Deming Park, with vendors and booths of local businesses around Terre Haute, Bloomington, and the Wabash Valley. High schoolers volunteer and wear the mascot costumes, and are paid $18/hour. Middle schoolers create advertisements for the event. This has started since 2012, and continues every year. Students in grades 3-12 make radio and TV commercials on WISU-TV 36, and WISU-FM 89.7 to advertise the event until the day it comes. WISU-TV in Terre Haute, IN and KAMU-TV in College Station, TX are the only 2 stations still running it.
DirecTV, Dish, CableOne-Sparklight, New Wave Telephone, and Spectrum carry WISU-TV on their own channels, and WISU-FM has a private SiriusXM channel exclusive to Terre Haute and Dish Network, channel 603.
Donations can be made to Radio, TV, or Radio And TV.
50 family foundations across Indiana support the radio and TV stations.