united states city tampa florida branding wusf slogan watch and learn watch listen learn channels digital 34 uhf virtual 16 psip affiliations pbs owner university of south florida first air date september 12 1966 ; 50 years ago 1966 09 12 call letters meaning university of south florida sister station s wusf wsmr former channel number s analog 16 uhf 1966 2009 former affiliations net 1966 1970 transmitter power 475 kw height 453 m facility id 69338 transmitter coordinates 27 50 52 n 82 15 48 w 27.84778 n 82.26333 w 27.84778 ; 82.26333 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.wusf.usf.edu wusf tv virtual channel 16 uhf digital channel 34 is a pbs member television station located in tampa florida united states and also serving the nearby city of st. petersburg . the station is owned by the university of south florida . wusf maintains studio facilities located on the university of south florida campus on east fowler avenue on the city s northeast side and its transmitter is located in riverview florida . contents 1 overview 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 references 4 external links overview edit wusf tv s studio facilities completed in 2001 . the station first signed on the air on september 12 1966 . wusf tv s main rival is fellow pbs member station wedu channel 3 which has long been one of the highest rated public television stations in the country . however due to its ties with the university of south florida most of wusf s programming is educational in nature including distance learning which wusf broadcasts during the afternoon and late night hours . wusf was also known for showing a wide variety of home improvement programming such as hometime during the late 1980s and 1990s that wedu did not regularly program . wusf is not available on cable television in some parts of the market including southern sarasota county where it is not carried in comcast s venice service area . in areas served by bright house networks wusf is available only to subscribers with a digital set tuner or converter as of june 12 2009 . on october 12 2015 the university of south florida voted to explore placing wusf tv into the federal communications commission s spectrum auction in 2016 a move that could lead to the station sharing a channel with another area station moving its signal to a vhf channel or ceasing operations altogether . any decision involving wusf tv would not affect sister station wusf radio . 1 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 16.1 720p 16 9 wusf main wusf programming pbs 16.2 480i 4 3 kids wusf kids 16.3 create create 16.4 knowled wusf knowledge the annenberg channel originally aired on digital subchannel 16.2 until october 1 2008 when that service was discontinued . the florida knowledge network originally aired on digital subchannel 16.4 during weekday daytime hours until july 1 2011 when that service was discontinued . analog to digital conversion edit wusf tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 16 on june 12 2009 as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . 3 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 34 4 5 using psip to display wusf tv s virtual channel as 16 on digital television receivers . references edit anastasia dawson october 13 2015 . wusf tv s future even more in doubt as usf explores selling station s broadcast spectrum . the tampa tribune . retrieved october 14 2015 . rabbitears.info . rabbitears.info . list of digital full power stations permanent dead link cdbs account login . fcc.gov . http www2.tbo.com content 2009 feb 09 wfla will wait until june shut down analog tv sign external links edit wusf tv query the fcc s tv station database for wusf tv biafn s media web database information on wusf tv v t e university of south florida campuses university of south florida university of south florida polytechnic university of south florida sarasota manatee university of south florida st. petersburg history usf history usfl history usfsm history usfsp history people list of university of south florida alumni athletics herd of thunder rocky the bull south florida bulls baseball basketball football men s soccer south florida ucf rivalry usf sailing team media the crow s nest the oracle wsmr fm wusf fm wusf tv wxbl facilities usf athletic facilities usf baseball stadium university of south florida botanical gardens usf soccer stadium usf sun dome related topics the historian new college of florida phi alpha theta v t e television stations serving west central florida including tampa st. petersburg and sarasota reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television english language stations wedu 3.1 pbs 3.3 world fl chan 3.4 pbs wfla 8.1 nbc 8.2 metv wtsp 10.1 cbs 10.2 ant wtvt 13.1 fox 13.2 movies 13.3 buzzr 13.4 h & i wpds ld 14.1 4 edu . w15cm d 15.1 unknown wusf 16.1 pbs 16.2 kids 16.3 create 16.4 knowledge wsvt ld 18.1 daystar warp cd 20.1 20.4 infomercials wclf 22.1 ctn 22.3 ctn national 22.4 lifestyle wfts 28.1 abc 28.2 laff 28.3 grit wtam ld 30.1 unknown 30.4 infomercials w31cz d 31.1 tbn wmor 32.1 ind 32.2 this tv w40cu d 33.1 hsn wspf cd 35.2 biz tv 35.3 hope wtta 38.1 mntv 38.2 cozi tv w43ce d 43.1 sbn wtog 44.1 cw 44.2 decades wvea lp 46 hsn wzra ca 48.1 ethnic a1 ntv ctv dw wftt dt 50.2 bounce tv 50.3 gettv 50.4 escape wxpx 66.1 ion 66.2 qubo 66.3 life 66.4 infomercials 66.5 qvc 66.6 hsn spanish language stations wedu 3.2 v me wclf 22.2 ctni wxax cd 26 aza wtam ld 30.2 mi musica 30.3 tv reino wmor 32.3 estrella tv wspf cd 35.1 mundomax wrmd cd 49.1 tmd wftt dt 50.1 unim s wvea 62.1 uni 62.2 latv sarasota wsnn ld 39.1 snn 39.2 grit 39.3 laff wwsb 40.1 abc outlying areas whrt lp 17 ind sebring wyke cd 47.1 youtoo family lecanto walm ld 51 tbn sebring atsc m h mobile dtv stations encrypted channels italicized wedu 3.1 pbs wfla 8.1 nbc wtsp 10.1 cbs wtvt 13.1 fox wxpx 66.82 gran cine 66.85 nfl net 66.87 gol tv 66.88 nfl redzone 66.90 starz 66.96 airbox 66.97 mtv classic cable channels bay news 9 bright house sports network fox sports florida infom s snn fox sports sun distant stations fort myers naples wink 11 cbs wbbh 20 nbc wzvn 26 abc wgcu 30 pbs wftx 36 fox wxcw 46 cw orlando wkmg 6 cbs wftv 9 abc wofl 35 fox news 13 gainesville wuft 5 pbs wogx 51 fox defunct wlwa 14 ind rel w36co 36 tbn wsun 38 cbs abc ind w48cn 48 tbn florida broadcast television areas by city fort myers gainesville jacksonville miami orlando pensacola panama city tallahassee tampa st. petersburg west palm beach v t e pbs member stations in the state of florida wpbt 2 miami wedu 3 tampa wuft 5 gainesville wjct 7 jacksonville wfsu 11 wfsg 56 tallahassee panama city wusf 16 tampa wlrn 17 miami wsre 23 pensacola wucf 24 orlando wgcu 30 fort myers wxel 42 west palm beach see also abc 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