WSRE

WSRE
CityPensacola, Florida
Channels
BrandingWSRE PBS
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
Founded1967
First air date
September 11, 1967 (57 years ago) (1967-09-11)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 23 (UHF, 1967–2009)
  • Digital: 31 (UHF, 2001–2019)
NET (1967–1970)
Call sign meaning
Santa Rosa and Escambia counties
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID17611
ERP859 kW
HAAT551.6 m (1,810 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°36′41″N 87°36′26.4″W / 30.61139°N 87.607333°W / 30.61139; -87.607333
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wsre.org

WSRE (channel 23) is a PBS member television station in Pensacola, Florida, United States. It is owned by Pensacola State College (PSC), with studios located at the Kugelman Center for Telecommunications on the Pensacola State main campus, and its transmitter near Robertsdale, Alabama.

WSRE went on the air in 1967 under the ownership of the Escambia County board of education. Its transmitter and studios were located at what was then known as Pensacola Junior College, and it provided instructional television and production services for local K-12 schools and the junior college as well as evening programming from National Educational Television, later supplanted by PBS. The college became the licensee in 1971, after Florida state law moved junior colleges under the control of the State Board of Education. In 1991, the WSRE-TV Foundation was established to provide financial support and administration.[2] In addition to a range of local programming, WSRE has provided public telecommunications and other services, including a radio reading service.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSRE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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