WGCU Public Media
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WGCU Public Media is Southwest Florida's source for PBS and NPR. WGCU provides quality programming 24-hours a day and is a trusted story teller, teacher, theater, library and traveling companion. As a member-supported service of Florida Gulf Coast University, WGCU’s mission is to provide educational programming that inspires, informs and engages our community.
Serving seven counties, one-fifth of the state of Florida, with five distinct digital TV channels, two FM radio channels and three HD radio channels, one subcarrier and a monthly magazine, WGCU delivers national and international programming and develops, produces and delivers relevant, informative and educational local programs to the Southwest Florida community.
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As acceptance letters are going out revisit the inspiring journey of a diverse group of bright and ambitious high school students working to get admitted into America’s top colleges. Reported by Sandra Viktorova.
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Sarasota and Charlotte county residents found storm surge from Hurricane Helene in their homes and on their roads Friday morning, September 27, 2024.
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Join Sandra Viktorova and the WGCU News team for our latest episode of Southwest Florida In Focus.
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The small town of LaBelle, Florida in Hendry County lured settlers with vast land and rich soil. Since the early 1800s, hunters, trappers, farmers, "Cattle Kings," soldiers and sawmill operators have discovered the picturesque settlement nestled in the oak hammock along the shores of the Caloosahatchee River.
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The inspiring journey of a diverse group of bright and ambitious high school students working to get admitted into America’s top colleges. Reported by Sandra Viktorova.
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Storm surge is the deadliest part of a hurricane. Discover what causes this effect, and which regions are most at risk.
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Long before Florida was famous for its oranges, beaches and tourist industry, there was the cattle trade. North America's first cattle were introduced in Florida in 1521. Over the years, the state's cattle industry thrived through numerous wars, The Great Depression, insect invasions, hurricanes and land development. This is the story of the people and places that made it possible.
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The first pages of the early history of Cape Coral, Florida were written in the blood of dead soldiers. But its future came to life in the fertile imagination of dreamers. Before the Rosen brothers conjured up this booming city, the Calusa roamed, Seminoles battled U.S. soldiers, settlers raised cattle and cut timber, and rich northerners fled civilizations to hunt and fish.
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Two young men of color vanished three months apart, on the same road in Naples, Florida, under eerily similar circumstances nearly 20 years ago. They were last seen with the same white sheriff’s deputy. What went wrong? Did the police drop the ball? Did the media? The eight-episode series, distributed by the NPR Network, includes new details and exclusive interviews with Tyler Perry, Ben Crump, family and friends of the men, and investigators, and dramatic polygraph audio. Reported by veteran journalists with the Naples Daily News and The Fort Myers News-Press, part of the USA TODAY Network, and produced in partnership with WGCU Public Media.
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Join author Randy Wayne Wright as he interviews Totch Brown lifetime native of the Florida Everglades. Totch Brown was a commercial fisherman, alligator hunter, songwriter, author and drug runner from the Ten Thousand Islands. Watch this colorful character describe his life in the Florida Everglades.
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