The Florida Knowledge Network (FKN) was an educational television state network operated by the Florida Department of Education . The channel was seen statewide via the digital subchannels of most Florida Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member stations and nationwide on the AMC 3 satellite FTA ( K u band , Transponder 18).
7-598: FKN was seen weekdays from 6AM to 6PM ET (sometimes to 7PM for special faculty programming), with no broadcasts on public holidays. On most stations, The Florida Channel was seen when FKN is not broadcast. FKN broadcast instructional programming for use by grade school classes, produced by the Florida DOE, as well as programming contributed by PBS member stations, county school boards, the Annenberg Foundation and other outside sources. Programming could be seen live with
14-652: 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
21-521: 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
28-628: The Capitol Building in Tallahassee . 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. In June 2011, it was revealed that the Florida Channel would receive $ 1.8 million for continued operation of the network, as part of
35-628: The Florida Knowledge Network ceased operations, for reasons not given. This article relating to education in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a television station in Florida is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Florida Channel The Florida Channel is a government-access television network operated by Florida State University 's WFSU-TV and
42-701: The class, or taped for later viewing; block feeds of selected programs were regularly given during broadcast hours for the latter. The channel is not to be confused with the Florida Education Channel , a similar statewide education channel produced by the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium. In 2018, installed by TBC Integration at WFSU-TV, the DVB-S2 uplink system was used to broadcast The Florida Channel, The Florida Knowledge Network and other television broadcast services. On July 1, 2011,
49-551: 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
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