USF 2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 67 - 68
WUSF-TV (Channel 16, Tampa) is a noncommercial member assisted educational television station serving the communities of the Tampa Bay region as an important outreach arm of the University. One of the most watched public TV stations in Florida, WUSF-TV provides high-quality educational, instructional, informational, cultural, and public affairs television programming and services. The station works closely with the School of Mass Communications to provide students with practicum experience. From its new state of the art facility, it serves viewers in the greater Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota areas including Polk, Pasco, and Hernando Counties, as well as USF faculty, staff, students, and other educational agencies. It also provides extensive production and multi-media services to USF academic and support services units including telecourses, training videos, and DVD projects as well as to corporate clients. The station is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA), Florida Public Broadcasting Service Inc. (FPBS), and the American Public Television Station Inc. (APTS). WUSF-TV is a charter member of the Program Resources Group Inc. (PRG).
WUSF(FM) 89.7MHz (Tampa/St. Petersburg, Sarasota) is a listener supported public radio station that is synonymous with the classical music and NPR brands in the top 25 market of Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater and Sarasota. It is the most listened-to public radio station in the state of Florida. WUSF 89.7 features the NPR signature news programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered; airs 75 hours of classical music each week, nearly 85% of which is locally hosted; airs 45 hours of jazz each week overnight and provides entertaining programs such as Car Talk, A Prairie Home Companion, Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me and This American Life. WUSF 89.7 produces The University Beat, a program devoted to showcasing the outreach efforts of the University of South Florida and Gulfcoast Showcase which focuses on the arts community and broadcasts locally recorded concerts from organizations such as the Florida Orchestra and La Musica of Sarasota. Over 3 million people fall within the coverage area which extends north to Crystal River, south to Venice and east to Winter Haven. The station provides production services, studio rental and recording services to the USF community and to corporate clients.
The WUSF Radio Reading Service (RRS) airs 24 hours a day on a subcarrier frequency of WUSF 89.7 and on the SAP channel of WUSF-TV/ Channel 16. The RRS serves blind and disabled people with readings of newpapers and periodicals. More than 200 volunteers read live and record from studios in Tampa and at the Sarasota Opera House. Qualified listeners are able to hear the programming on special receivers loaned to them by the RRS.
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Effective Date: Semester I, 2002
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