Division of Multimedia Properties
Radio & TV Stations
The College's Division of Multimedia Properties is proud to be the home of four radio and two television stations.
WUFT-TV
WUFT signed on the air November 10, 1958 with a mission to provide educational broadcasting to the University of Florida and other schools within the broadcast area. In the late '50s and early '60s programming emphasis at WUFT was on instructional broadcasts. With the later addition of locally produced and public broadcasting service (PBS) programming and programs from other distributors, programming on WUFT began to emphasize British drama, political comedy, film classics, children’s programming, musical specials of all varieties and virtually "something for everyone."
WUFT News, a regular and professional weekday news program, was established by WUFT in 1978. Using the best telecommunication students, the program continues to report on news events of interest to the residents of North Central Florida.
WUFT broadcasts three digital channels: The main channel, 5.1, is the HD channel, 5.2 is an SD channel offering PBS Create and 5.3 is an SD channel offering PBS World and Florida Knowledge Network. Cox Cable in Gainesville carries all three channels. WUFT-TV 5.1 is offered as Cox basic cable channel 3, WUFT-TV 5.2 is offered as Cox digital cable channel 113 and WUFT-TV 5.3 is offered as Cox Digital Channel 114.
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WLUF-LP 10UF
WLUF broadcasts on channel 10 at an effective radiated power of 57 watts. You can watch WLUF on Cox Cable, Gainesville channel 6.
WLUF is the cable system's educational channel, airing telecourses in conjunction
with Santa Fe College. Educational programming from PBS and others
are also offered.
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WRUF-AM AM850
The Home of the Gators, Gainesville's first local radio station
and one of the oldest in Florida, AM850 serves 13 counties daily with six hours
of local news from its 5,000 watt transmitter. WRUF-AM went on the
air in 1928 and celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2003.
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WRUF-FM ROCK104
ROCK104 is consistently one of the top-rated stations and is the top Active
Rock station in the market. WRUF-FM, The Home of Gator Football,
broadcasts its 100,000 watt signal to 16 counties. The station first went
on the air in 1948 and has been ROCK104 since 1982.
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WUFT-FM
WUFT-FM is a 100,000 watt public radio station serving 16 counties in North Central Florida. Signing on in September 1981, WUFT quickly garnered a reputation as one of the top public radio stations in the country. Broadcasting on 89.1 in stereo from studios located in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, WUFT-FM presents a 24/7 news/talk service. In January 2006, WUFT-FM added digital, HD broadcast and broadcasts three different HD channels, HD1 is its 24/7 news talk service, HD2 is a 24/7 classical music service and HD3 is a 24/7 old time radio service.
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WJUF-FM
WJUF-FM is a 20,000 watt repeater station located in Citrus County, which retransmits the WUFT-FM signal to residents of the Florida Nature Coast area. Its frequency differs from the parent station (90.1) and serves the residents of Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco counties.
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WUFT Radio Reading Service
This service went on-air in June of 1992. It regularly broadcasts selections
from books and newspapers to blind and visually impaired persons. The service
offers more than 50 hours a week of readings from local and regional newspapers,
books and magazines to keep listeners in touch with their communities and
the world. Readings are broadcast to listeners via a special radio receiver.
These receivers are loaned free to listeners deemed eligible by a medical
professional.
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