# The Florida Channel

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 of the Capitol Building in 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.
| City of license | Station ID | Channel | Notes/air times (all times ET, except where noted) |
| Bartow | Polk County Government TV | Comcast 5 Frontier FiberOpic 20 Spectrum (except Poinciana) 644 / Poinciana 497 | 5:30pm to 7:30pm Monday – Friday |
| Boca Raton | City of Boca Raton TV | Comcast 20 U-verse 99 | 6:00am to 12:00pm Monday – Friday 12:00pm 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 – Friday 6:00pm 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 13 Prism 83 Spectrum 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) 21 Atlantic Broadband 78 KG Comm. 21 | 11:00pm to 8:00am Monday – Friday (daily during legislature session) |
| Miami | Miami-Dade County TV | Comcast 76 Atlantic Broadband 76 U-Verse 99 | Check MDC-TV schedule for TFC programming schedule |
| Orlando | Orange TV | Comcast 9 Spectrum 488 U-verse 99 | Programming available during legislative session only |
| Pensacola | WSRE | 23.3 | Programming available from 5:00am to 5:00pm (Central Time) Saturday & 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 98 Spectrum 98 U-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 22 Frontier FiOS 22 Spectrum 637 | 12:00am to 7:00am Monday – Friday 12:00am 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 & 51 Spectrum 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.