WGCU (TV)

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WGCU
city =
station_
station_slogan = Florida's Gulf Coast Public Television Station
station_branding = WGCU TV 3
"(cable channel)"
analog = 30 (UHF)
digital = 31 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = August 15, 1983
location = Fort Myers/Naples, Florida
callsign_meaning = Gulf
Coast
University
former_callsigns = WSFP-TV (1983-1996)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Florida Gulf Coast University
licensee = Board of Trustees, Florida Gulf Coast University
sister_stations = WGCU-FM
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 1320 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
HAAT = 293 m (analog)
276 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 62388
coordinates = coord|26|48|55.2|N|81|45|42.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.wgcu.org/ www.wgcu.org]

WGCU channel 30 is a PBS member station in Fort Myers, Florida, owned and operated by Florida Gulf Coast University. The station calls itself "TV 3", as it is located on channel 3 on most cable systems in the area.

WGCU television first signed on in 1983 as WSFP-TV. The station was owned by the University of South Florida in Tampa, owners of public broadcasting stations WUSF FM and TV. At the time, Fort Myers-Naples was the only market in Florida without any public broadcasting stations. WSFP-TV was a separate station from WUSF-TV, broadcasting first-run programming from PBS.

The television license was transferred to the new Florida Gulf Coast University in 1996, while the finishing touches were being put on Florida's newest university. WSFP-TV changed its calls to WGCU on August 11, 1997, two months before FGCU opened.

Digital Television

WGCU's digital channel is multiplexed:

External links

* [http://www.wgcu.org/ WGCU Public Media]
*TVQ|WGCU
*BIA|WGCU|TV|TV