WMFE-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WMFE-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = WMFE
analog = 24 (UHF)
digital = 23 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = March 15, 1965
location = Orlando, Florida
callsign_meaning = Mid
Florida
Educational
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Community Communications, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations = WMFE-FM
former_affiliations = NET (1965-1970)
effective_radiated_power = 1350 kW (analog)
950 kW (digital)
HAAT = 380 m (analog)
380.1 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 12855
coordinates = coord|28|36|8.5|N|81|5|36|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.wmfe.org/ www.wmfe.org]

WMFE-TV is the PBS member station in Orlando, Florida. It broadcasts on UHF channel 24.

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 Tech. 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 was the largest market without a public radio station.

WMFE-TV signs off every night on its over the air digital signal at approximately 1am while the analog signal runs 24 hours per day. Between 1am and 6am, the national feed for PBS is aired. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFJeQocikXg]

Digital Programming

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

¹ -- "Channel number for former Adelphia systems now owned by Comcast"

External links

* [http://www.wmfe.org/ WMFE Official site]
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