WUFT (TV)
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WUFT channel 5 is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Public television station owned by the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.
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History
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 1971). 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. "First at Five" (the main newscast, formerly known as "WUFT News", "Report 5" and "Evening News") is a half-hour weekday newscast at 5:00pm which airs 200+ days per year. Starting in the Spring of 2014, WUFT-TV added a 6:00pm newscast, that is also thirty minutes long.
WUFT rebranded in August 2010, calling itself "Florida's 5".
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WUFT-HD | Main WUFT programming / PBS |
| 5.2 | 480i | 4:3 | WUFT-D2 | The Florida Channel (6 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday) Create (6 p.m.-6 a.m. Monday-Friday and all day Saturdays and Sundays) |
| 5.3 | WUFT-D3 | World |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WUFT discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 36.[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 5.
References
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External links
- WUFT website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WUFT
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WUFT-TV
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