WGCU

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WGCU
Fort Myers/Naples, Florida
Branding WGCU TV 3
(cable channel)
Slogan Florida's Gulf Coast Public Television Station
Channels Analog: 30 (UHF)

Digital: 31 (UHF)
Affiliations PBS
Owner Florida Gulf Coast University
(Board of Trustees, Florida Gulf Coast University)
First air date August 15, 1983
Call letters’ meaning Gulf
Coast
University
Sister station(s) WGCU-FM
Former callsigns WSFP-TV (1983-1996)
Transmitter Power 1320 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
Height 293 m (analog)
276 m (digital)
Facility ID 62388
Transmitter Coordinates 26°48′55.2″N, 81°45′42.5″W
Website 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.

[edit] Digital Television

WGCU's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Programming
30.1 / 31.1 WGCU HD programing / Main WGCU Programming (if program is not available in HDTV)
30.2 / 31.2 Main WGCU programming
30.3 / 31.3 Florida Knowledge Network (weekdays 6AM to 6PM)
The Florida Channel (all other hours)

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Broadcast television in the Fort Myers / Naples market  (Nielsen DMA #63)

WUVF-CA 2/WLZE-LP 51 / WEVU-CA 4/WBSP-CA 7 (UNI) - WINK 11 (CBS) - WTPH-LP 14 (AZA) - W17CK 17 / W38CO 38 / W56DW 56 (TBN) - WTLE-LP 18 (TFU) - WBBH 20 (NBC) (WX+ on DT2) - W22CL 22 (Spanish Religious) - WZVN 26 (ABC) - WGCU 30 (PBS) - WFTX 36 (FOX) - WWDT-CA 43 (TEL) - WXCW 46 (The CW) - WRXY 49 (CTN) 
Local digital television channels
WXDT-LP 23/WYDT-CA 32/WZDT-LP 39 (DW / Ind)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
Tampa Bay / Sarasota: WFLA 8 (NBC) - WTVT 13 (Fox) - WWSB 40 (ABC) - WTOG 44 (The CW) - WFTT 50 (TFU)
West Palm Beach: WPTV 5 (NBC) - WTCE 21 (TBN) - WTVX 34 (The CW) - WXEL 42 (PBS) - WTCN-CA 43 (MNTV) - WHDT 59 (DW / Ind) - WFGC 61 (CTN)
Miami / Ft. Lauderdale: WPBT 2 (PBS) - WPLG 10 (ABC) - WLTV 23 (UNI) - WSCV 51 (TEL)
Cable television channels
SNN 6 - "WNFM" 8 (MNTV / JTV) - SUN - FSN Florida - Comcast Sports Southeast
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PBS Member Stations in the state of Florida
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, Religious, Spanish and Other stations in the state of Florida