WUFT (TV)
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| WUFT | |
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| Gainesville, Florida | |
| Branding | WUFT |
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| Affiliations | PBS (1970-Present) |
| Owner | University of Florida (Board of Trustees, University of Florida) |
| First air date | November 1958[1] |
| Call letters’ meaning | University of Florida Television |
| Sister station(s) | WUFT-FM |
| Former affiliations | NET (1958-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | 100 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 264.3 m (analog) 263 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 69440 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 29°42′35.4″N 82°23′41.1″W / 29.709833°N 82.39475°W |
| Website | www.wuft.org/ |
WUFT channel 5 is a PBS member station owned by the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. WUFT first signed on the air on November 17, 1958 as North Central Florida's 1st Television Station as on NET and went to PBS on October 5, 1970.
It is also available on cable in Jacksonville.
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[edit] Newscasts
WUFT produces two newscasts every weekday. First Edition, a six-minute cast, airs weekdays at 11:59am, with a different cast for each day of the week. WUFT News at 5:30 is a half-hour newscast, airing weekdays at 5:30pm.
[edit] Digital television
WUFT's digital channel is multiplexed:
| Channel | Programming |
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| 5.1 / 36.1 | Main WUFT programming |
| 5.2 / 36.2 | PBS HD |
| 5.3 / 36.3 | Florida Knowledge Network (Weekdays 6 a.m. to 6PM) WLUF-LP (nightly, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. only) |
[edit] References
- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says November 10, while the Television and Cable Factbook says November 17
[edit] External links
- WUFT website
- WUFT-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WUFT
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WUFT-TV
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