WVUT (channel 22), branded Vincennes PBS, is a PBS member television station in Vincennes, Indiana, United States. It is owned by Vincennes University alongside campus radio/adult album alternative station and NPR member WVUB (91.1 FM). The two stations share studios at Davis Hall on the campus of Vincennes University on North 2nd Street (near Rosedale Avenue) in Vincennes; WVUT's transmitter is located southeast of the city off SR 61.
WVUT serves as the PBS member station of record for the Terre Haute television market, where Vincennes is located.
History
The station's history traces back to the launch of a television station in Princeton, WRAY-TV (channel 52), a commercial independent station that signed on in December 1953; it was co-owned with radio station WRAY (1250 AM), which shared studio space with WRAY-TV. With competition from two television stations—WEHT and WFIE—out of the nearby Evansville market, WRAY-TV was never successful and ceased operations after seven months, except for annual March of Dimes telethons through 1960. In late 1960, Vincennes University purchased the studio equipment; WRAY-TV's license was surrendered to the