Orlando PBS Station Sold for $3.3 Million

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The University of Central Florida has acquired WMFE, the PBS
station in Orlando, from Community Communications and its president, Jose
Fajardo, for $3.3 million.

Fajardo had a previous deal in place to sell to Community
Educators Alliance, but that pact fell through after the FCC was hit with a
shower of letters protesting Community Educators Alliance's potential
ownership, as it is backed by an evangelical group.

Orlando is DMA No. 19. The station will be rebranded as WUCF, reports the Orlando Sentinel.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.