USF 1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 63 - 64

Public Broadcasting

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 to 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 services to USF academic and support services units including telecourses, training videos, and DVD projects. The station is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA), Florida Public Broadcasting Service Inc. (FPBS), 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 member supported noncommercial public radio station serving USF and its campuses and surrounding communities with 24 hours a day of classical music, jazz, educational, and news and information programming. The station is a member of National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI), Florida Public Broadcasting Service Inc. (FPBS), and Southern Public Radio (SPR). The station's program service reaches more than 4 million people from Crystal River to Winterhaven to Venice.

The WUSF Radio Reading Service (RRS) broadcasts daily readings of newspapers, magazines, and other materials from Tampa and Sarasota for the print and physically disabled. More than 300 volunteers provide material on a 24-hour schedule. RRS airs on a sub-carrier frequency of WUSF-FM and on the SAP channel of WUSF-TV; qualified listeners receive the programming on special crystal-tuned receivers, loaned from the RRS.

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Karen M. Hall - webCat@ugs.usf.edu
Effective Date: Semester I, 1999