This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
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Full-power stations
VC refers to the station's
PSIP
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virtual channel
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. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel.
Defunct full-power stations
*Channel 2: WTHS-TV - NET/PBS - Miami (1955-1979)
*Channel 10:
WPST-TV
WPST-TV (channel 10) was a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, for four years, from 1957 to 1961. Launched as the third commercially licensed very high frequency (VHF) station in Miami and the market's second American Broadca ...
- ABC - Miami (8/2/1957-11/13/1961)
*Channel 13:
WETV - ETV - Key West (1989-1990)
*Channel 15:
WPFA-TV - DuMont - Pensacola (10/16/1953-12/18/1955)
*Channel 17:
WITV - ABC, DuMont - Fort Lauderdale (12/1/1953-5/11/1958)
*Channel 19:
WTVI - CBS - Fort Pierce (11/23/1960–2/10/1961, 9/10/1961–1/6/1962)
*Channel 21:
WIRK-TV - West Palm Beach - (8/31/1953–3/1/1956)
*Channel 23: WFTL-TV →
WGBS-TV
WGBS-TV was a television station that broadcast on channel 23 in Miami, Florida, United States, from 1953 to 1957. Originally established as WFTL-TV in Fort Lauderdale, it moved south to Miami when it was purchased by Storer Broadcasting at the ...
- NBC - Fort Lauderdale, Miami (5/5/1953-4/13/1957)
*Channel 36:
WJHP-TV - Jacksonville (12/13/1953-10/25/1957)
*Channel 38:
WSUN-TV
WSUN-TV (channel 38) was a television station located in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Operating from 1953 to 1970, it was the first television station in the Tampa–St. Petersburg television market.
History Early history
The station ...
- ABC/Ind. - St. Petersburg (5/31/1953-2/23/1970)
LPTV
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stations
Translators
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See also
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Florida media
**
List of newspapers in Florida
This is a list of Newspapers in the United States, newspapers in Florida.
Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)
Student newspapers
* ''The Avion Newspaper'' (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
* ''The Beacon (Florida Internationa ...
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List of radio stations in Florida
** Media of
cities
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in Florida:
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale ( ) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it ...
,
Gainesville,
Jacksonville
Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida, northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonv ...
,
Key West
Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, at the southern end of the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it con ...
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Lakeland,
Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
,
Orlando
Orlando commonly refers to:
* Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States
Orlando may also refer to:
People
* Orlando (given name), a masculine name, includes a list of people with the name
* Orlando (surname), includes a list of people wit ...
,
St. Petersburg,
Tallahassee,
Tampa
Tampa ( ) is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and t ...
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Television
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