Technical Profile: WUWF

FM Technical Profile: WUWF

Station Name:: -
Frequency:: 88.1
Format:: Talk, Classical, Jazz: NPR affiliate.
Transmitter Location:: [map] [street view] Just north of US 98 halfway between Gulf Breeze and state 87. Co-located with WPAN-DT.
Power (ERP):: 100 kW
Antenna:: Omnidirectional
Antenna HAAT:: 614 feet
Other Information:: 60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.; — Increased power: 4%
HD-PTY: News; HD-2: Classical 24
HD-PTY: Classical; HD-3: Radio Reading Service
"SightLine Radio Reading Service"
HD-PTY: [blank]; :

PS-WUWF online at wuwf.org
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Text-See WUWF online at wuwf.org
PTY-Information
PI-WUWF-FM; AUX: 7.5 kW @ 96 feet, 60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.
More Information:: [FCC]; [FCCdata]; [Radio-Locator]; [Wikipedia]; [Pensapedia]
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[Image] HD PAD data for the HD-1 channel, as displayed on a Hyundai OEM stereo system. Station logo is shown. From December 2022.
[Image] HD PAD data for the HD-2 subchannel, as displayed on a Hyundai OEM stereo system. Channel logo is shown. From August 2022.
[Image] HD PAD data for the HD-3 radio reading subchannel, as displayed on a Hyundai OEM stereo system. Channel logo is shown. From December 2022.

[Picture] Image of the RDS text display of an Insignia HD portable radio, showing the PI (call sign) and Radio Text. From October 2015.
[Picture] Image of the RDS display of a Madza sedan's radio, showing the PS (station name), Radio Text and PTY (format) fields. From October 2015.
Owner:: Board of Regents, University of West Florida
History:: This station was put on the air by the University of West Florida as a public radio outlet with news, classical and jazz programming in January 1981.

The station's HD-2 originally hosted eXponential radio, and later a mix of BBC news and folk/alternative music. That was dropped after Alabama Public Radio bought WHIL in Mobile, which reduced the amount of classical heard on that station. The HD signal got a boost in power in the summer of 2014.

The station was taken off the air on 2 July 2017 when a power surge from a transformer zapped the transmitter. From 9 July 2017 onwards, the station has been running on a backup transmitter brought to the site. It used the existing antenna but operating at only 2400 watts with no HD capability. A new transmitter was fitted in early to mid August. The station was back on full power by early September 2017.