WUSF Public Media is the University of South Florida's public broadcasting organization in Tampa, operating NPR news station WUSF 89.7 and Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9, with digital news, podcasts and newsletters for West Central Florida.
WUSF Public Media is West Central Florida's public broadcasting organization, based on the University of South Florida campus in Tampa. It is a department of the university, which holds the licenses, and its mission is to enrich the mind and inspire curiosity through trusted journalism, classical music and culture.
The organization operates two radio stations: WUSF 89.7 FM, the primary NPR member station for the Tampa Bay area, on the air since 1963 with news and talk programming around the clock, and Classical WSMR at 89.1 and 103.9 FM, devoted entirely to classical music. Both stream online at wusf.org and wsmr.org. WUSF News produces local and statewide coverage, including the public affairs program Florida Matters, the Health News Florida reporting partnership, and coverage of education, the environment and transportation, alongside podcasts such as The Bay Blend and The Zest and daily email newsletters. Its combined weekly audience is more than 350,000.
WUSF is a division of USF's University Communications and Marketing department with three business units: WUSF 89.7, WSMR and IntellisMedia, which provides communications, production and technology services to corporate, government, education and nonprofit clients. The main studios are on the USF Tampa campus, with a broadcast and music performance studio on the Sarasota-Manatee campus and a news production studio on the St. Petersburg campus. WUSF has about 70 employees and offers paid internships to students.
Positions are posted through the University of South Florida's careers site and follow USF employment policies, including Florida veterans' preference. Roles span news reporting and editing, hosting and production, digital content, classical music programming, broadcast engineering, membership and development, underwriting sales, marketing and administration.
