WUFT (TV)

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WUFT
Gainesville, Florida

Branding	WUFT-TV "Florida's 5"
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 5.1 (PSIP)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	University of Florida (Board of Trustees, University of Florida)
First air date	November 17, 1958
Call letters' meaning	University of Florida Television
Sister station(s)	WUFT-FM WRUF (AM) WRUF-FM WRUF-LD
Former channel number(s)	5 (VHF analog, 1958-2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1958-1970)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	263 m
Facility ID	69440
Transmitter coordinates	29°42′35.4″N 82°23′41.1″W / 29.709833°N 82.394750°W / 29.709833; -82.394750 (WUFT)
Website	www.wuft.org/

WUFT channel 5 is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Public television station owned by the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. WUFT first signed on the air November 17, 1958; the Gainesville television market is unique in that a public television station is the market's oldest television station. (Gainesville's first commercial television station, WCJB-TV, did not sign on until the 1970s.) It serves a 16-county area which includes the cities of Gainesville and Ocala, and is also available on cable in Jacksonville.

Newscasts

WUFT-TV broadcasts local newscasts staffed and produced by students in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. WUFT-TV broadcasts two main newscasts, along with a variety of special reports and half-hour specials. "First Edition", currently a six-minute newscast, airs weekdays at noontime for 100 shows per year. "News 5" (the main newscast, formerly known as "WUFT News", "Report 5" and "Evening News") is a half-hour weekday newscast at 5:30pm which airs 200+ days per year.

WUFT rebranded in August 2010, calling itself "Florida's 5".

Digital television

WUFT's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Programming
5.1	Main WUFT programming / PBS
5.2	The Florida Channel (6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.) Create (6:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m.)
5.3	World

References

On the set of News 5 (note previous logo)

External links

v t e Broadcast television in Gainesville, Florida

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WUFT (5.1 PBS, 5.2 Create, 5.3 World) WNBW (9.1 NBC, 9.2 Me-TV) WRUF-LD (10.1 Ind/Weather) WCJB (20.1 ABC, 20.2 The CW Plus) WGFL (28.1 CBS, 28.2 MNTV) WBXG-CA 33 (MTV2) W40CQ-D 40 (Ind/Religious) WYME-CA 45 (Me-TV) WYKE-CD 47 (FN) WOGX (51.1 Fox, 57.2 Movies!)

Local news	GTN News

Adjacent locals	Orlando WESH (2.1 NBC) WOPX-TV (56.1 Ion) Jacksonville WJXT (4.1 IND)

Florida broadcast television areas by city Fort Myers Gainesville Jacksonville Miami Orlando Pensacola Panama City Tallahassee Tampa/St. Petersburg West Palm Beach

v t e PBS member stations in the State of Florida

WPBT 2 (Miami) WEDU 3 (Tampa) WUFT 5 (Gainesville) WJCT 7 (Jacksonville) WFSU 11 / WFSG 56 (Tallahassee / Panama City) WUSF 16 (Tampa) WLRN 17 (Miami) WSRE 23 (Pensacola) WUCF 24 (Orlando) WGCU 30 (Fort Myers) WXEL 42 (West Palm Beach)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Florida

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