The Florida Channel is a government-access television network operated by Florida State University's WFSU-TV and the Florida State Legislature. The channel is currently carried by 46 cable TV systems throughout the State of Florida either on a part-time or full-time basis as well as through up to 18 live Internet streams and via satellite. The station operates 24 hours a day though its normal broadcast schedule starts at 6:00 a.m. ET and ends at 6:00 p.m. ET, with the day's programming repeated in a loop throughout the night. The Florida Channel also airs on the digital subchannels of most Florida PBS member stations and on some public independent and local cable-only stations.
When the state legislature is in session, live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives is carried until the end of legislative business and is then usually followed by Capitol Update at 5:30 p.m. ET, which provides comprehensive coverage of each day's most significant legislative events.
When the legislature is not in session, other live gavel-to-gavel programming is carried, including the Florida Supreme Court, the meeting of the governor and cabinet and the Florida Public Service Commission meetings. When there are no live gavel-to-gavel meetings, other local or statewide public affairs programming is carried out.
The Florida Channel's offices and studios are located on the 9th floor (Suite 901) of the Capitol Building on South Monroe Street in south-central Tallahassee.
Current affiliates The following is a list of current affiliates of the Florida Channel, which includes "over-the-air" and local and systemwide cable networks in addition to the live stream available on their website and using the Roku streaming device.The Florida Channel, Where To Watch (Retrieved on August 2, 2018 from The Florida Channel official website)The Florida Channel How to Watch including Roku (Retrieved August 2, 2018 from the Florida Channel official website
City of license Station ID Channel Notes/air times(all times ET, except where noted) Bartow Polk County Government TV Comcast 5Frontier FiberOpic 20Spectrum (except Poinciana) 644 / Poinciana 497 5:30pm to 7:30pm Monday – Friday Boca Raton City of Boca Raton TV Comcast 20U-verse 99 6:00am to 12:00pm Monday – Friday12:00pm to 8:00pm Saturday & Sunday Bunnell Flagler County TV Spectrum 492 12:00am to 8:00am Monday – Friday (preempted by local commission meetings) Cocoa/Orlando WEFS 68.4 Programming available 24 hours a day Crestview Okaloosa County School District TV ITV Wireless Cable 6 Programming available 24 hours a day (Internal ITV Network) Daytona Beach WDSC-TV 15.2 Programing available 24 hours a day Fort Myers WGCU 30.4 Programming available 24 hours a day Fort Myers Lee TV Comcast 97 3:00am to 8:00am Monday – Friday6:00pm to 7:00pm Monday – Saturday Fort Pierce St. Lucie County Television U-verse 99 6:00am to 6:00pm Monday – Sunday (preempted for local government programming) Fort Walton Beach Fort Walton Beach TV Cox 98 Programming available 24 hours a day (unless preempted by Commission meetings) Gainesville WUFT 5.3 Programming available from 8am to 6pm Monday – Friday Jacksonville WJCT 7.4 Programming available from 6am to 6pm Monday – Friday Leesburg Lake Sumter TV Comcast 13Prism 83Spectrum 498 6:00am to 8:00pm (unless preempted by local programming) Miami WPBT 2.2 Carriage when the Florida Legislature is in session only (first Monday in March until adjourned) Miami Miami-Dade College TV Comcast (Miami-Dade County)Comcast (Homestead) 21Atlantic Broadband 78KG Comm. 21 11:00pm to 8:00am Monday – Friday (daily during legislature session) Miami Miami-Dade County TV Comcast 76Atlantic Broadband 76U-Verse 99 Check MDC-TV schedule for TFC programming schedule Orlando Orange TV Comcast 9Spectrum 488U-verse 99 Programming available during legislative session only Pensacola WSRE 23.1 Programming available from 12:00am to 6:00am (Central Time) Monday - Sunday Panama City WFSG 56.2 Programming available starting at 10:30am (outside of legislature session)Programming available starting at 5:30pm Monday – Friday (during legislature session)Programming available starting at 11:00pm Monday – Friday (during legislature session) Panama City Escambia Government TV Cox Cable 98Spectrum 98U-verse 99 12:00am to 7:00am (Central Time) Monday – Sunday Port Charlotte Charlotte County Government Access Comcast 20 & 97 12:00am to 7am Monday – Sunday Tallahassee WFSU 11.2 Flagship station, programming available 24 hours a day Tallahassee 4FSU (Florida State University Educational) Comcast 4 12:00am to 6:00am Monday – Sunday Tallahassee School District of Lee County TV Comcast 23 1:00am to 5:00am Monday – Sunday (subject to preemption) Tampa WEDU 3.3 Programming available 24 hours a day Tampa Hillsborough County Television Comcast 22Frontier FiOS 22Spectrum 637 12:00am to 7:00am Monday – Friday12:00am to 6:30am Saturday & Sunday Titusville City of Titusville Government TV Spectrum 498 6:00am to 7:30am Monday – Sunday (preempted by City Commission meetings) Viera Space Coast Government Comcast 13 & 51Spectrum 499 6:00am to 8:00pm Monday – Friday (preempted for local programming) West Palm Beach WXEL 42.3 Programming available 6:00am to 6:00pm Monday – Friday West Palm Beach Palm Beach County TV Comcast 20 12:00am to 7:00am Monday – Sunday
Controversy In June 2011, it was revealed that the Florida Channel would receive $1.8 million for continued operation of the network, as part of the $2.8 million in funding that WFSU would receive. This was despite the $4.8 million of funding to other public radio and television stations vetoed by Governor Rick Scott in May 2011.
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