WMFE
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WMFE is the callsign for the PBS and NPR member stations in Orlando, Florida. The TV station broadcasts on UHF channel 24 while the radio station broadcasts on 90.7 FM.
History
In 1963, the public school systems of Orange, Volusia, Lake, Osceola, Seminole, Brevard and Flagler counties formed Florida Central East Coast Educational Television with the goal of winning the license for channel 24. In the meantime, WDBO-TV (now WKMG-TV) and WLOF-TV (now WFTV) donated air time for Spanish and Florida history programs produced by the group.WMFE finally went on the air on March 15, 1965 from the campus of Mid-Florida Technical Institute (now the University of Central Florida). After only two years of operation, the Orange County school board became the sole operator of the station. In the early 1970s, the school district sold the station to a nonprofit community board of trustees that still operates the station today. In 1978, WMFE moved to its current home in eastern Orlando.
In 1980, WMFE-FM signed on. Before then, Orlando had been the largest market without a public radio station.
External links
- [WMFE Official site]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for WMFE]
- [Query the FCC's FM station database for WMFE]
| Broadcast television in the Orlando / Daytona Beach / Melbourne market [(Nielsen DMA #20)] | ||
|---|---|---|
| WESH 2 (NBC) - WKMG 6 (CBS) - WFTV 9 (ABC) - WTMO 15 (TEL) - WCEU 15 (PBS) - WKCF 18 (The WB/The CW) - W21AU 21 (AZA) - WMFE 24 (PBS) - WVEN 26 (UNI) - WRDQ 27 (Ind) - WRCF 29 (A1) - WOFL 35 (Fox) - WZXZ 36 (MTV2) - WOTF 43 (TFU) - WLCB 45 (Ind) - WOGX 51 (Fox) - WTGL 52 (Ind) - WOPX 56 (i) - WRBW 65 (UPN/MNTV) - WBCC 68 (PBS) | ||
| Local digital television channels | ||
| WACX 40 (TBN) | ||
| [[Template:Gainesville TV|Gainesville]] channels serving Ocala, part of the Orlando market | ||
| WUFT 5 (PBS) - WCJB 20 (ABC) | ||
| Local cable television channels | ||
| Central Florida News 13 |
| FM radio stations in the Orlando, Florida market | ||
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By frequency:
88.3 | 89.1 | 89.9 | 90.7 | 91.5 | 92.3 | 94.5 | 95.3 | 96.5 | 98.1 | 98.9 | 100.3 | 101.1 | 101.9 | 103.1 | 104.1 | 105.1 | 105.9 | 106.7 | 107.7
By Call letter: WCFB | WHTQ-FM | WJHM | WJRR | WLAZ | WLOQ | WMGF | WMFE | WMMO | WNUE | WPRK-FM | WPYO | WRUM | WTKS-FM | WWKA | WXXL |
| PBS Member Stations in the state of Florida | |
|---|---|
| WPBT 2 ([[Template:Miami TV|Miami]]) - WEDU 3 ([[Template:Tampa Bay TV|Tampa]]) - WUFT 5 ([[Template:Gainesville TV|Gainesville]]) - WJCT 7 ([[Template:Jacksonville TV|Jacksonville]]) - WFSU 11 / WFSG 56 ([[Template:Tallahassee TV|Tallahassee]] / [[Template:Panama City TV|Panama City]]) - WCEU 15 ([[Template:Orlando TV|Daytona Beach]]) - WUSF 16 ([[Template:Tampa Bay TV|Tampa]]) - WLRN 17 ([[Template:Miami TV|Miami]]) - WSRE 23 ([[Template:PensacolaMobileTV|Pensacola]]) - WMFE 24 ([[Template:Orlando TV|Orlando]]) - WGCU 30 ([[Template:Ft. Myers TV|Fort Myers]]) - WXEL 42 ([[Template:WPB TV|West Palm Beach]]) - WBCC 68 ([[Template:Orlando TV|Cocoa]]) | |
| See also: [[Template:ABC Florida|ABC]], [[Template:CBS Florida|CBS]], [[Template:Fox Florida|Fox]], [[Template:NBC Florida|NBC]], [[Template:UPN Florida|UPN]], [[Template:WB Florida|WB]], [[Template:Florida Religous Stations|Religious]], [[Template:Florida Spanish Stations|Spanish]] and [[Template:Other Florida Stations|Other]] stations in the state of Florida | |
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