WRUF-LD


WRUF-LD, virtual channel 10, is a low-power independent television station licensed to Gainesville, Florida, United States. Owned by the University of Florida, it is sister to Public Broadcasting Service member WUFT, National Public Radio member WUFT-FM, and commercial radio stations WRUF and WRUF-FM. The five stations share studios at Weimer Hall on the University's campus; the television and FM radio stations share transmitter facilities on Northwest 53rd Avenue in Gainesville.
On cable, WRUF-LD can be seen on Cox Communications channel 6 in Gainesville; this is reflected in the station's logo. Most of WRUF's programming is devoted to local weather, with some news and sports coverage.

History

The station was granted a construction permit for analog broadcasting on VHF channel 10 on July 29, 1988, and was issued the call sign W10BR; it filed for a license to cover on November 27, 1989, which was granted on December 29. The call letters were changed to WLUF-LP in 1995. As WLUF, the station served as a PBS member station, broadcasting mainly second runs of PBS and WUFT programming, plus telecourses for UF students. The station converted to digital broadcasting, becoming WLUF-LD, in 2010.
The station was relaunched as a commercially based 24-hour weather channel on June 1, 2011; this came after state funding to Florida's public radio and television stations was vetoed by Governor Rick Scott in May. The call letters had been changed to WRUF-LD, matching the University of Florida's commercially operated WRUF radio stations, on November 19, 2010. Regular WLUF programming ended on May 23, 2011, with WRUF-LD carrying NASA TV's coverage of the final mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour in the interim.
WRUF-LD carries mostly 24/7 weather coverage with some news and sports coverage, as well as UF features and happenings.

Digital television

Digital channel