WGCU-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = WGCU-FM


city = Fort Myers, Florida
area =
branding =
slogan =
airdate = 1983
frequency = 90.1 MHz
format = Talk / Classical
power =
erp = 100,000 watts
haat = 248 meters
class = C1
facility_id = 69042
coordinates = coord|26|48|55.2|N|81|45|42.5|W|type:landmark
callsign_meaning = W
Gulf
Coast
University
former_callsigns = WSFP-FM (1983-1996)
repeater = WMKO-FM 91.7, Marco Island
owner = Florida Gulf Coast University
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://www.wgcu.org/listen-live.aspx Listen Live]
website = [http://www.wgcu.org/ www.wgcu.org]
affiliations = NPR

WGCU-FM (90.1 FM) is an NPR-member radio station. Licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, USA, the station is currently owned by Florida Gulf Coast University.

WGCU's schedule consists of classical music, jazz and NPR news and talk. WGCU-FM's programming is repeated on WMKO-FM 91.7 a full-time satellite licensed to Marco Island to serve Naples.

WGCU-FM first signed on in 1983 as WSFP-FM, a station owned by the University of South Florida in Tampa, owners of public broadcasting stations WUSF FM and TV. At the time, Fort Myers-Naples was the only market in Florida without any public broadcasting stations. WSFP-FM was largely a satellite of WUSF-FM.

The radio license was transferred to the new Florida Gulf Coast University in 1996, while the finishing touches were being put on Florida's newest university. WSFP-FM changed its calls to WGCU-FM on June 13, 1997, two months before FGCU opened.

Broadcasting from its transmitter site in southern Charlotte County, WGCU-FM's signal is barely listenable in Naples, though its grade B signal reaches much of northern Collier County. Soon after FGCU opened, it requested funding for a second station to serve the Naples area. WMKO signed on for the first time in 1999.

WGCU is also referenced for hurricane information on signs across Southwest Florida.

ee also

* WGCU television

External links

* [http://www.wgcu.org/ WGCU Public Media]
*FMQ|WGCU
*FML|WGCU
*FMARB|WGCU
*FMQ|WMKO
*FML|WMKO
*FMARB|WMKO