WUSF (FM)

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Coordinates: 27°50′53.00″N 82°15′48.00″W / 27.8480556°N 82.2633333°W / 27.8480556; -82.2633333
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WUSF
Ownership
OwnerUniversity of South Florida
WSMR
History
First air date
September 1963; 61 years ago (1963-09)
Call sign meaning
University of South Florida
Technical information
Facility ID69122
ClassC1
ERP69,000 watts
HAAT295 meters (968 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
27°50′53.00″N 82°15′48.00″W / 27.8480556°N 82.2633333°W / 27.8480556; -82.2633333
Translator(s)HD2: 103.9 W280DW (Tampa)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewusf.org

WUSF (89.7

Tampa and owned by the University of South Florida. WUSF is non-commercial and listener-supported. The station's format
features news and talk programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, provided by NPR and other public radio networks. The studios and offices are on East Fowler Avenue in Tampa, on the USF campus.

WUSF is a

FM translator
W280DW at 103.9 MHz.

History

WUSF

HD radio technology.[3]

In 2010, USF acquired

Bradenton area, but the station's programming would also be available online and on WUSF's HD2 digital subchannel
.

WUSF's format was scheduled to be changed on September 15, 2010.

FM translator station W280DW, a repeater of WSMR, that broadcasts on 103.9 MHz. It is based in Brandon and serves Pasco and northern Hillsborough counties. The translator continued rebroadcasting WSMR, with its new classical music format.[7]

Two weeks after the failed launch of classical replacement WSMR, station management came under public scrutiny.[8] Critics thought the staff neglected to perform due diligence regarding the purchase of the WSMR transmitter. According to an article in the Bradenton Herald:

Arthur Doak, an engineer for the FCC, said there was no record of WUSF or Northwestern College conducting an inspection on the tower but said stations are entitled to a review of tower sites.
“If the buyer wanted it done to protect themselves, certainly they could,” Doak said. “That’s between the buyer and the seller.”

On October 20, 2022, WUSF announced that it would drop jazz programming later that month.[9] It would have a schedule of all spoken-word programming, with news, information and talk shows, along with the BBC World Service airing overnight. In 2023, WUSF launched its online jazz programming.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WUSF
  2. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-48. Retrieved Jun 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "L3Harris™ Fast. Forward".
  4. ^ WSMR: "Life 89.1 Going Off Air August 4th.", July 30, 2010.
  5. ^ St. Petersburg Times: "Tampa public radio station WUSF-FM to go all NPR and jazz Sept. 15, shifting classical music to Sarasota station", August 4, 2010.
  6. ^ WUSF: "WSMR On-Air Launch Delayed: WUSF Still to Switch Format", September 14, 2010.
  7. ^ WUSF First Choice: "WUSF Public Media is Making Exciting New Changes to its Radio Programming and Adding 103.9 FM to the Tampa Area!", August 27, 2010.
  8. ^ "WUSF works to figure out problems, broadcasting tower causing interference issues" September 30, 2010
  9. ^ "WUSF To Drop Remaining Jazz Programming". RadioInsight. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  10. ^ Staff (December 2, 2022). "WUSF Launches 24-hour Live Jazz Streaming on Arts Axis Florida". ModernGlobe. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
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