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WFSU-TV / WFSG
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WFSU: Tallahassee, Florida
WFSG: Panama City, Florida
Branding WFSU
Channels Analog:
WFSU: 11 (VHF)
WFSG: 56 (UHF)

Digital:
WFSU: 32 (UHF)
WFSG: 38 (UHF)
Affiliations PBS
Owner Florida State University
First air date WFSU: September 20, 1960
WFSG: July 1988[1]
Call letters’ meaning WFSU:
Florida
State
University
WFSG: WFSU Gulf Coast
Sister station(s) WFSU-FM
WFSQ
WVFS
WFSW
Former affiliations WFSU: NET (1960-1970)
WFSG: none
Transmitter Power WFSU:
316 kW (analog)
937.8 kW (digital)
WFSG:
1150 kW (analog)
49.2 kW (digital)
Height WFSU:
232 m (analog)
237 m (digital)
WFSG:
155 m (analog)
137 m (digital)
Facility ID WFSU: 21801
WFSG: 6093
Transmitter Coordinates WFSU:
30°21′30.1″N, 84°36′39.3″W (analog)
30°21′31.7″N, 84°36′37.7″W (digital)
WFSG:
30°22′3″N, 85°55′28.3″W
Website www.wfsu.org

WFSU-TV is the PBS member station in Tallahassee, Florida. It is owned by Florida State University, with studios located at the Public Broadcast Center on the Florida State campus.

WFSU-TV is seen on analog channel 11, digital channel 32, in Tallahassee and serves north central Florida and southwestern Georgia with the full PBS line-up. It went on the air for the first time on September 20, 1960. The Federal Communications Commission had allocated only one VHF channel to Tallahassee. After a large chunk of southwest Georgia was collapsed into the Tallahassee market, Florida State persuaded the FCC to make channel 11 a noncommercial license as UHF was not seen as viable at the time.

WFSU's programming is also seen in the Panama City area on WFSG, analog channel 56 and digital channel 38. WFSG signed on in 1988, replacing a low-powered translator on channel 22 that had served Panama City since the late 1970s.

WFSU also operates a statewide public affairs network, The Florida Channel, that covers the state legislature, a local version of C-SPAN. This network is seen on selected cable systems and government access channels throughout the state of Florida.

WFSU also operates "4FSU", which carries simulcasts of The Florida Channel and programming related to the university community; it also provides a training ground for students studying for careers in the broadcasting field.

[edit] Digital television

WFSU and WFSG's digital channels are multiplexed:

Channel Programming
.1 WFSU SD (6AM to 6PM)
WFSU HD (6PM to 6AM)
.2 The Florida Channel
.3 Create (6AM to 6PM only)
.4 Florida Knowledge Network (weekdays, 6AM to 6PM only)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says WFSG signed on July 11, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on July 22.
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Broadcast television in the Tallahassee market  (Nielsen DMA #108)

W03AO 3 / WACX-LP 9 (Ind/Rel) - WCTV 6/WSWG 43 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - WFSU 11 (PBS) - WSFD-LP 18 (Ind)
W21BK 21 (Ind) - WTLF 24 / WFXU 57 (The CW) - W25CP 25 / W38CM 38 (TBN) - WTXL 27 (ABC) - WTWC 40 (NBC) - WBXT-CA 43 (MTV2) - WVUP-CA 45 (CTN) - WTLH 49 / WBVJ-LP 35 (Fox) (The CW on DT2) - WTBC-LP 65 (FN)
Regional cable television channels
Availability may vary by geographical location
4FSU - The Florida Channel - WCOT - Sun Sports - Comcast Sports Southeast - SportSouth - FSN South - FSN Florida
Defunct Television Channels
Florida's News Channel
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
Albany: WALB 10 (NBC) - WABW 14 (PBS/GPB) | Panama City: WJHG 7 (NBC) - WMBB 13 (ABC) | Dothan: WTVY 4 (CBS) | Jacksonville: WJXT 4 (Ind.) - WJCT 7 (PBS) - WXGA 8 (PBS/GPB) | Gainesville: WUFT 5 (PBS) - WCJB 20 (ABC) | Atlanta: WSB 2 (ABC)
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Broadcast television in the Panama City, Florida market  (Nielsen DMA #154)

WPAF-LP 2 (Ind) - WTVY 4 (CBS, MNTV on DT2 & The CW on DT3) - W06CQ 6 (Ind) - WJHG 7 (NBC, The CW on DT2 & MNTV on DT3) - WMBB 13 (ABC) - WPFN-CA 22 (A1) - WWEO-CA 24 (FamilyNet) - WPGX 28 (Fox) - W34DH 34 (TBN) - WPCT 46 (Info) - WBIF 51 (RTN) - WFSG 56 (PBS)
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
Tallahassee: WCTV 6 (CBS) - WTXL 27 (ABC)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Dothan, Pensacola-Mobile and Tallahassee Markets
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PBS Member Stations in the state of Florida
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