WRUF-LD,

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10 (

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channel 5), is a low-power

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, United States. Owned by the

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, it is

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to Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS)

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WUFT (channel 5), National Public Radio (

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) member WUFT-FM (89.1), and

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radio stations WRUF (850 AM) and WRUF-FM (103.7). The five stations share studios at Weimer Hall on the University's campus; WRUF-LD's transmitter is located on Northwest 53rd Avenue in Gainesville. On

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, WRUF-LD can be seen on

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channel 6 in Gainesville; this is reflected in the station's logo. It is also available on Cox Cable channel 20 in Ocala. Most of WRUF-LD's programming is devoted to local weather, with some news and sports coverage.

History

The station was granted a

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for

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broadcasting on VHF channel 10 on July 29, 1988 (after having applied for the channel in 1981), and was issued the

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W10BR; it filed for a license to cover on November 27, 1989, which was granted on December 29. The callsign was 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

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in May. The call letters had been changed to WRUF-LD, matching the University of Florida's commercially operated WRUF radio stations (

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, and 103.7 FM), 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.

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* {{University of Florida University of Florida RUF-LD Television channels and stations established in 1989 Low-power television stations in the United States 1989 establishments in Florida Independent television stations in the United States

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