IUP-TV is the university Educational-access television station for the Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA. The university is northeast of Pittsburgh. It is the largest university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is the commonwealth's fifth largest university...

. The Student television station

Student television station

A student television station is a television station run by university, high or middle school students that primarily airs school/university news and in many cases, student-produced soap operas, entertainment shows, and other programming....

 serves the IUP campus as well as Comcast

Comcast

Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...

 Cable viewers in the counties of Armstrong

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Armstrong County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 68,941. It is located northeast of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Armstrong County was added to the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2003.The county seat is Kittanning...

, Clearfield

Clearfield, Pennsylvania

Clearfield is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,631 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clearfield County.-Geography:Clearfield is located at ....

, Jefferson

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. In 2010, its population was 45,200. It was established on March 26, 1804, from part of Lycoming County and named for then-President Thomas Jefferson. Its county seat is Brookville...

, Indiana

Indiana County, Pennsylvania

-Government and politics:As of November 2008, there are 58,077 registered voters in Indiana County .* Democratic: 26,653 * Republican: 24,159 * Other Parties: 7,265 -County commissioners:*Rodney Ruddock, Chairman, Republican...

, Cambria

Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Cambria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It comprises the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 143,679....

, and Westmoreland

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 369,993 people, 149,813 households, and 104,569 families residing in the county. The population density was 361 people per square mile . There were 161,058 housing units at an average density of 157 per square mile...

 in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. IUP-TV airs programs aimed at college students, various IUP sports, and high school

High school

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 football

American football

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 and basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 games from around the area. The studios are based in the basement of Davis Hall at IUP.

History

IUP-TV signed on the air in 1975, operating on Channel 9 as a cable-only station on Adelphia cable. Identified as CIUP-TV (Cable Indiana University of Pennsylvania) The station later switched to channel 16 and changed its call letters to "WIUP". In 1999, when Adelphia added Shop at Home on Channel 16, WIUP moved to channel 20.

In 2009, the off campus channel was changed to channel 6 on Comcast cable, the previous channel number of WJAC-TV

WJAC-TV

WJAC-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Allegheny area of Pennsylvania that is licensed to Johnstown. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 34 from a transmitter northwest of the city in Laurel Ridge State Park along the Cambria and Westmoreland County line....

. Comcast also asked that the station drop the "W" in the call letters, since the station is not an over-the-air station. The station began calling itself IUP-TV during the summer of 2009.

When original programming is not airing; the station marquee airs during daytime hours, and The Classic Arts Showcase

Classic Arts Showcase

Classic Arts Showcase is a television channel in the United States promoting the fine arts. The television program content includes prepared media and recorded live performances...

 airs during late-night hours.

IUP-TV recently has tried to add programing to its station to build an audience and to make it more like a normal independent station. In 2006, it planned to team up with WPMY

WPMY

WPMY is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Western Pennsylvania that is licensed to Pittsburgh. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 42 from a transmitter located in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, WPMY is the sister station of...

 to become a MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

 affiliate for the region, and add other syndicated progamming to the line-up, but the deal fell through and MNTV signed up with the recently formed WHVL-LP

WHVL-LP

WHVL-LP serves as the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Allegheny area of Pennsylvania. WHVL is the first commercial television station to broadcast out of State College. The station is owned by Channel Communications, and broadcasts on UHF channel 29 and DTV signal on channel 27. Their call letters...

in State College.

Original Programming

• The Big Hit
• Indie Rocker's Ball
• IUP NewsCenter
• Mind Over Matter
• No-Brainer
• The Week In Review
• Urban Superior
• IUP-TV Sports

Former Programming

• Wayne Persang SportsTrain (2000–2002)
• Fuzzy Channels (2001–2002)
• GoodNight with Joel Goodling (2000–2004)
• Inside Entertainment (??-??)
• Jack in the Box (??-??)
• Primal Soup (??-??)
• Mystical Midnight Celluloid Cinema (??-??)
• BINGE Comedy Show (2007–2008)
• Health News Today (2009)
• Sketchzilla (2010)
• In A Nutshell/Hawk Talk (2006-2010)
• Teach a Man to Cook (2006-2011)
• The Issues (2010-2011)
• E-TV (circa 1990)