A planned power outage will temporary halt the operation of Eastern’s television station and computer network.

Eastern’s WEIU-TV station will not operate the majority of Sunday, March 11 while its computer network will be shut down for several hours March 10.

WEIU-TV serves an 11-county area of East Central Illinois and is available on cable systems in Mattoon, Charleston, Champaign, Effingham, Paris and Tuscola, a press release said.

According to the press release, it is expected that broadcast transmissions will resume sometime during the evening.

The entire network will be affected on March 10, including all dial-in connections; all Eastern Web sites; all Eastern e-mail systems for faculty, staff and students; Eastern’s mainframe computer for academic and administrative use; all internet access via any campus networking facilities; the residence hall cable television system and the Gregg Triad student computer labs, a press release said.

Electricians will also be working on the Student Services power on March 11 and 14, a press release said.

Interruptions to the Student Services Building are not anticipated, but could occur. Eastern’s power generator should provide power to the Services Building, preventing any network and server outages.