WSIL-TV News 3

Overview

WSIL-TV (channel 3), licensed to Harrisburg, Illinois, is the ABC affiliate for southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, and the Purchase area of western Kentucky, with studios in Carterville, Illinois. It operates full-time satellite station KPOB-TV in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and is owned by Gray Media alongside CBS/CW affiliate KFVS-TV.

History

WSIL-TV signed on December 6, 1953, as the first television station in southern Illinois, built by the Turner-Farrar Association. The station moved from UHF channel 22 to VHF channel 3 in 1959. Mel Wheeler, Inc. purchased the station in 1983, and the Wheeler family moved WSIL's studios to their current Carterville location in April 1989. Quincy Media acquired WSIL and KPOB in a $24.5 million deal that closed January 15, 2019. Allen Media Group acquired the station in 2021. Gray Media acquired WSIL as part of a multi-station transaction with Allen Media that received final FCC and Department of Justice approval and closed in 2026.

Location and contact info

Address
1416 Country Aire Drive
Carterville, IL 62918
Phone
(618) 985-2333
Email
news@wsiltv.com
Website
https://www.wsiltv.com