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{{Short description|Television station in East St. Louis, Illinois}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WRBU
| city = East St. Louis, Illinois
| digital = 28 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 46
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''46.1:''' [[Ion Television]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| owner = [[Ion Media]]
| licensee = Ion Media License Company, [[LLC]]
| location = {{ubl|[[East St. Louis, Illinois]]|[[St. Louis]], Missouri}}
| country = United States
| founded = {{start date|1987|8|13}}
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1989|9|11|p=y}}
| callsign_meaning = {{ubl|[[Roberts Broadcasting]] (former owner)|UHF (channel position) or [[UPN]] (former affiliation)}}
| former_callsigns = WHSL (1989–2003)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 46 (UHF, 1989–2009)|'''Digital:''' 47 (UHF, until 2020)}}
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[HSN]] (1989–2003)|[[UPN]] (secondary 2002–2003, primary 2003–2006)|[[MyNetworkTV]] (2006–2014)|[[NBC]] (alternate, 2006–2014)}}
| erp = 1,000 kW
| haat = {{convert|334|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 57221
| coordinates = {{coord|38|23|18|N|90|29|16|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://iontelevision.com/}}
}}

'''WRBU''' (channel 46) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[East St. Louis, Illinois]], United States, broadcasting the [[Ion Television]] network to the [[St. Louis]], Missouri, area. [[Owned and operated]] by the [[Ion Media]] subsidiary of the [[E. W. Scripps Company]], the station has offices on Richardson Road in [[Arnold, Missouri]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ionmedia.com/business/stations/WRBU|title=WRBU Station Information|publisher=[[Ion Media Networks]]|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> and its transmitter is located near [[Missouri Route 21]] and East Four Ridge Road in [[House Springs, Missouri|House Springs]].