WXEL-TV
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| WXEL-TV | |
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| West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Branding | WXEL |
| Channels | 42 (UHF) analog, 27 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Barry University (Barry Telecommunications, Inc.) |
| Founded | July 8, 1982 |
| Call letters meaning | W EXcELlence |
| Former callsigns | WHRS-TV (1982-1985) |
| Website | www.wxel.org/ |
WXEL-TV is the PBS member station in the Palm Beach market, licensed to West Palm Beach. WXEL is owned by Barry University, a Catholic university based in Miami; despite the Catholic-based ownership, WXEL shows no religious programming (other than documentaries provided by PBS). In addition, Barry also owns public radio station WXEL (FM) 90.7.
WXEL is one of at least two PBS members owned and operated by a Catholic-related organisation (WLAE-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana is the other), and one of at least three run by a religious organisation in general (counting Provo, Utah's KBYU-TV).
Barry University has recently announced that WXEL-TV-FM will be purchased by Educational Broadcasting Corporation, owners of WNET and WLIW, in cooperation with Community Broadcast Foundation of Palm Beach and the Treasure Coast, a volunteer organization supporting public broadcasting in South Florida. [1]
The WXEL call sign was previously used on channel 8 in Cleveland, Ohio, on what is now WJW.
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WPTV 5 (NBC) - WFPI-LP 8 (Ind) - WPEC 12 (CBS) - WTCE 21 (TBN) - WPBF 25 (ABC, The AccuWeather Channel on DT2) - WFLX 29 (Fox, The Tube on DT2) - WWCI-CA 32 (S@H) - WTVX 34 (The CW) - WXEL 42 (PBS) - WTCN-CA 43 (MNTV) - WWHB-CA 48 (AZA) - WFGC 61 (CTN) - WPPB 63 (Ind/Edu.) - WPXP 67 (i)
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See also: Broadcast television stations in Miami - Fort Lauderdale
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| PBS Member Stations in the state of Florida | |
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WPBT 2 (Miami) - WEDU 3 (Tampa) - WUFT 5 (Gainesville) - WJCT 7 (Jacksonville) - WLUF-LP 10 (Gainesville) - WFSU 11 / WFSG 56 (Tallahassee / Panama City) - WCEU 15 (Daytona Beach) - WUSF 16 (Tampa) - WLRN 17 (Miami) - WSRE 23 (Pensacola) - WMFE 24 (Orlando) - WGCU 30 (Fort Myers) - WXEL 42 (West Palm Beach) - WBCC 68 / BPS-TV 68.3 (Cocoa / Viera) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, Religious, Spanish and Other stations in the state of Florida | |
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