{"id":30746,"date":"2011-12-02T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T20:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=30746"},"modified":"2011-12-02T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T20:15:28","slug":"orlando-sentinel-encourages-wucf-tv-viewers-to-pitch-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-sentinel-encourages-wucf-tv-viewers-to-pitch-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Sentinel Encourages WUCF TV Viewers to ‘Pitch In’"},"content":{"rendered":"

After WMFE announced in April that it was selling its public TV station, Orlando’s primary PBS outlet, the University of Central Florida and Brevard Community College rode to the rescue.<\/p>\n

UCF and BCC quickly teamed up to create a new PBS station, WUCF TV, to go on the air July 1, just as WMFE TV went off. PBS fans in Orlando didn’t have to miss a minute of access to their favorite network and signature shows like Sesame Street, the PBS NewsHour, Nova and Masterpiece.<\/p>\n

Virtually all public radio and TV stations need to raise money from their listeners and viewers to stay on the air. WUCF TV, as a start-up operation, faces more fundraising pressure than usual. And it has ambitious goals that will add to its quality but also its costs, including more local programming.<\/p>\n

Gov. Rick Scott turned up the pressure another notch this year when he vetoed $4.8 million in state funding for public TV and radio. The total included about $600,000 that would have gone to WUCF TV.<\/p>\n

Although the governor’s veto surely stung the Florida stations, we think they’re better off if they can raise more from their listeners and viewers, and depend less on governments \u2014 a reliance that often has unfairly turned public broadcasters into political targets.<\/p>\n

WUCF TV is kicking off its first full-fledged on-air fundraising drive today. Viewers who appreciate the effort to keep public TV in Central Florida should pitch in.<\/p>\n

Source: Orlando Sentinel, Our take on: Supporting Public Television. 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