WDSC-TV
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New Smyrna Beach-Daytona Beach-Orlando, Florida United States |
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| Branding | Channel 15 |
| Slogan | Public television that matters |
| Channels |
Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 15 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 15.1 Educational Ind. 15.2 Florida Channel 15.3 MHz WorldView |
| Owner |
Daytona State College (Daytona State College, Inc.) |
| First air date | February 8, 1988 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Daytona State College |
| Former callsigns | WCEU (1988–2008) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 15 (UHF, 1988–2008) |
| Former affiliations | PBS (1988–2011) |
| Transmitter power | 308 kW |
| Height | 491 m |
| Facility ID | 12171 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 28°36′36.3″N 81°3′34.6″W / 28.610083°N 81.059611°WCoordinates: 28°36′36.3″N 81°3′34.6″W / 28.610083°N 81.059611°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.wdsctv.org |
WDSC-TV, virtual channel 15 (UHF digital channel 33) is an independent non-commercial educational public television station located in Daytona Beach, Florida. The station is a former member station of the Public Broadcasting Service, and is owned and operated by Daytona State College and has its studios at the Center for Educational Telecommunications on the DSC campus. It is licensed to nearby New Smyrna Beach.
In 1985, DSC (then known as Daytona Beach Community College), Bethune-Cookman College, Stetson University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the Atlantic Center for the Arts formed the Coastal Educational Broadcasters in order to bring a public television station to Volusia and Flagler counties. They felt WMFE-TV, the PBS station in Orlando, was neglecting Daytona Beach. Channel 15 signed on February 8, 1988 as WCEU with a limited schedule of three hours a day, three days a week. Support in the area was enough that within nine months, it was recognized by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. By January 1989, it was a full-fledged PBS member station, though it didn't expand to a fuller broadcast day until 1993.
In 1992, a signal expansion and must-carry rules expanded WCEU's audience to over 1.3 million viewers in Central Florida, including Orlando itself. It moved to its current facility in 1999. DBCC became the sole licensee in 2002.
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