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Harding University's news station in Searcy, AR, serves White County and the surrounding area. Mike James and Lou Butterfield served as the faculty sponsors.

Featuring student-produced news and sports programming on two streaming channels. Harding University's television station launched its first broadcast on September 26, 1983, as TV12 on the White County Cable Television system in Searcy, Arkansas. The initial programming schedule was 12 hours per week beginning with a live 20-minute newscast at 6:30 each weeknight. Programming concluded at 8:50 wit

h a short devotional thought presented on a rotating basis by a number of students. Students also produced five original shows each week, ranging from 15 to 30 minutes each. Initial news anchors were Doug Hurst, Jeanne Stewart, and John T. Thompson, all of whom graduated and were offered employment in the news business. In 1989, the signal moved to Channel 19 on the cable system; and in the mid-1990s, the signal moved again to Channel 16. In recent years, the signal was expanded beyond the cable system to reach a worldwide audience through Internet streaming at streaming.harding.edu. In 2021, what was now branded as HU16 launched new apps that featured two live streams and video-on-demand programming for Amazon Fire, Android, AppleTV, iOS, and Roku platforms. In May of 2022, the station said farewell to its longstanding channel on the White County Cable system as audiences embraced cord-cutting and other TV options. The current broadcast schedule includes a weekday live newscast, "Live at Five," produced entirely by students each semester; Harding University's weekday chapel live from the Benson Auditorium; live and recorded Harding University and Harding Academy athletic events; and a number of other original programs and vignettes produced by Harding students. Numerous graduates from this program have gone on to land jobs in the industry, some of them award-winning leaders in the field.

10/04/2026

While you typically see us on camera or in the studio…this weekend look for us on stage during Spring Sing! A lot of our crew are involved this year so go out and support ✈️🐸🦋🐒🦆🐣🦜🐁🐀

02/04/2026

HU16 reunion! Ethan, Mattie, and I all worked together in college, and now we all work at different Little Rock news stations! Great to catch up with these friends!

31/03/2026

welcome back from spring break! we are excited to be back at the station and are writing more stories to report
be sure to tune in every weekday at 5 for your local news! brought to you by harding university students

18/03/2026

Wondering what’s going on on HU16 the rest of this week? Here’s some highlights!

And especially be sure to stream HU16 Live at Five Wednesday and Thursday before we leave for break!

03/03/2026

In case you haven’t heard…you can now find all HU media in one place on the new Front Lawn Media website!
Front Lawn Media includes HU16 Broadcasts, articles from The Bison, and KVHU 95.3 radio segments
Link in bio

27/02/2026

Support the baseball team! Go bisons!

20/02/2026

Coming up on streaming.harding.edu today!

13/02/2026

Happy (almost) Valentine’s day from HU16!
Live at 5pm every weekday…which means you’ve still got time to catch the Friday broadcast!

03/02/2026

After nearly a week of snow and ice we have finally returned to the news! Make sure to tune in to HU16 this spring semester
Live At 5pm every weekday

19/11/2025

Before we leave for Thanksgiving break be sure to make time to catch us LIVE AT 5pm!

12/11/2025

Even with the end of the semester so near, our HU16 news crew is still hard at work!
Live at 5pm every weekday

07/11/2025

There’s no better way to spend your friday evening than with HU16! Catch us live at 5pm with your daily news and weather reports

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+15012794641

Website

http://streaming.harding.edu/

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