WUCF-FM

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WUCF-FM
Broadcast area Central Florida
Frequency 89.9 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingWUCF 89.9 FM
Programming
Format Public radio; college radio; jazz
Subchannels HD2: Latin jazz
HD3: BEACON
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WUCF-TV
History
First air date
January 30, 1978 (1978-01-30) [1]
Former call signs
WFTU-FM (1978–1979)
Call sign meaning
University of Central Florida
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 69229
Class C3
ERP
  • 360 watts horizontial
  • 5,600 watts vertical
HAAT 145 meters (476 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 28°35′28″N81°12′18″W / 28.591°N 81.2050°W / 28.591; -81.2050
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website wucf.org

WUCF-FM (89.9 MHz) is a listener-supported radio station of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, United States. [3] The station is one of Central Florida's two NPR member stations, along with WMFE-FM. [3]

Contents

WUCF-FM is co-owned and operated by the University of Central Florida. [4]

Programming

The station broadcasts a 24-hour schedule of jazz and blues music along with news from NPR at the top of each hour.

In addition to its own line-up of jazz programming blocks, the station airs syndicated jazz music programming from National Public Radio and other distributors including Jazz Inspired , Jazz Profiles , JazzWorks and Jazz Night In America. The station also airs reruns of news programs Metro Center Outlook and Global Perspectives from its sister channel WUCF-TV. [5] Since 2002, WUCF has hosted the syndicated blues rock program Smokestack Lightnin'. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-144. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WUCF-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. 1 2 http://wucf.org/aboutwucf.htm About WUCF-FM
  4. ↑ "PBS to play on WUCF in Orlando". Orlando Sentinel. May 26, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  5. ↑ "WUCF 89.9 FM Schedule". WUCF-FM. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  6. ↑ "History of Smokestack Lightnin'". Smokestack Lightnin'. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018.


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