WGCU TV 31 is a PBS-member TV station in Fort Myers, Florida, owned and operated by Florida Gulf Coast University. The station calls itself "TV
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3", as it is located on channel 3 on most cable TV systems in the area.
WGCU television first signed on in 1983 as WSFP-TV. The station was 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 media market in Florida without any public broadcasting stations. Area cable systems usually piped in WEDU in Tampa or WPBT in Miami, depending on the location. WSFP-TV was a separate station from WUSF-TV, broadcasting first-run programming from PBS.
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Shows: A Prairie Home Companion, All Things Considered, Car Talk (NPR), Fresh Air (NPR), Jazz with Bob Parlocha, Latino USA, Living on Earth, Marketplace, NPR's Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, The Diane Rehm Show, This American Life, Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, Weekend All Things Considered, Weekend Edition Saturday, Weekend Edition Sunday, From Our Own Correspondent (R4 Edition), Global Business, One Planet, The Strand, BBC World Business News, BBC World News, Business Weekly, Calling All Pets, Heart and Soul, On Point, Politics UK, Science in Action, The Instant Guide, The Interview, The World Today, To the Best of our Knowledge, World Briefing, BBC Newshour, From the Top, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Echoes, World Cafe, Speaking of Faith, Splendid Table, Classical 24 with Alison Young, Classical 24 with Bob Christiansen, Classical 24 with Gillian Martin, Classical 24 with Jeff Esworthy, Classical 24 with Julie Amacher, Classical 24 with Mindy Ratner, Classical 24 with Scott Blankenship, Classical 24 with Valerie Kahler, Classical 24 with Ward Jacobson, Pipe Dreams, SymphonyCast, American Routes, Fresh Air Weekend, Classical 24 with John Zech, Metropolitan Opera, The Parents Journal, BBC Outlook, New Letters, Studio 360, WGCU Call-in Shows, World, Have Your Say, Romantic Hours
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Hosts: Michele Norris, Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi, Bob Parlocha, Steve Curwood, Bobby Bascomb, Eileen Bolinsky, Kai Ryssdal, Steve Chiotakis, Jeremy Hobson, Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep, Neal Conan, Ira Flatow, Annette Heist, Charles Bergquist, Diane Rehm, Ira Glass, Jessica Hopper, Alex Blumberg, Peter Sagal Sagal, Carl Kasell Kasell, Guy Raz, Scott Simon, Audie Cornish, Tom Ashbrook, Jim Fleming, Steve Paulson, Anne Strainchamps, Christopher O'riley, Ji Yong Kim, Des Moines, John Diliberto, Dennis Coffey, Lloyd Cole, Steve Miller, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Sally Swift, Bob Christiansen, Gillian Martin, Scott Blankenship, Julie Amacher, Mindy Ratner, Ward Jacobson, Michael Barone, Carlos Kalmar, Nick Spitzer, Maureen Loughran, Kaori Maeyama, Terry Gross, John Zech, Bobbi Conner, Kurt Andersen, Ros Atkins
