FM Technical Profile: WUWF

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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
Time-?
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.

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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.