WUSF

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WUSF is the callsign of both an National Public Radio-member radio station (WUSF-FM frequency 89.7 FM) and a PBS member television station (WUSF-TV analog channel 16) in Tampa. Both are owned by the University of South Florida. WUSF-FM signed on in 1963, seven years after USF's founding in 1956. WUSF-TV followed in 1966.

In 2003, WUSF-FM became the first radio station in the United States to air all of its programming exclusively in digital format. Since then, the television station has also switched to high-definition programming.

WUSF-TV's main rival for viewers is WEDU, one of the highest-rated public television stations in the country. However, due to its ties with USF, most of WUSF's programming is educational in nature -- especially telecourses, which WUSF shows during the afternoon and late-night hours.

Previous Logos

Image:Wusf1969.jpg|What could be WUSF-TV's first logo; used from the late-1960s to around 1971. Image:Wusf76.jpg|WUSF's second logo, used from 1971 to 1980. Image:Wusf82.jpg|WUSF's third logo, used from 1980 to 1993. Image:Wusf1992.jpg|In the early-1990s, WUSF's logo was only seen at sign-on and sign-off. WUSF's viewers at the time mainly saw a simple station-ID similar to this one. Image:Wusf-tv.jpg|WUSF's fourth logo, used from 1993 to 2001, usually accompanied with its slogan, "The Power of Education".

Other pictures

Image:Wusf_tv.JPG|The new WUSF-TV complex, completed in 2001.

External links

Broadcast television in the Tampa / St. Petersburg / Sarasota market [(Nielsen DMA #12)]
WEDU 3 (PBS) - WFLA 8 (NBC) - WTSP 10 (CBS) - WINK 11 (CBS) - WTVT 13 (Fox) - WLWA-LP 14 (TBN) - WPDS-LP 14 (Edu.) - W15CM 15 (AS) - WUSF 16 (PBS) WHRT-CA 17 (Ind) - WSVT-LP 18 (DS) - WARP-CA 20 (MTV2) - WCLF 22 (CTN) - WXAX-LP 26 (AZA) - WFTS 28 (ABC) - WTAM-LP 30 (TV Informa) - WMOR 32 (Ind) W33CC 33 (Ind) - W34AW 34 (3ABN) - WSPF-CA 35 (St. Pete city access) - W36CO 36 (TBN) - WTTA 38 (The WB/MNTV) - WWSB 40 (ABC) - W43CE 43 (Ind) WTOG 44 (UPN/The CW) - WYKE-LP 47 (FN) - W48CN 48 (TBN) - WZRA-CA 48 (Ethnic/A1/NTV/CTV) - WRMD-LP 49 (TEL) - WFTT 50 (TFU) - W56EB 56 (TBN) W60CE 60 (TBN) - WVEA 62 (UNI) - WXPX 66 (i)
Local cable television channels
Bay News 9 - SNN 6 - Catch 47 - FSN Florida - Sun Sports

PBS Member Stations in the state of Florida
WPBT 2 () - WEDU 3 () - WUFT 5 () - WJCT 7 () - WFSU 11 / WFSG 56 ( / ) - WCEU 15 () - WUSF 16 () - WLRN 17 () - WSRE 23 () - WMFE 24 () - WGCU 30 () - WXEL 42 () - WBCC 68 ()
See also: , , , , , , , and stations in the state of Florida

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