46. Bay News 9
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Address: 4400 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Description: Bay News 9 is a Bright House Network Cable channel providing 24-hour news, weather, and other coverage of the Tampa Bay area in both English and Spanish. Feature spots include cooking, home improvements, gardening, local travel, and entertainment. Bright House Sports Network (www.bhsn.com) covers local sports in the Tampa Bay and Orlando areas.
47. WCLF-TV Channel 22
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (727) 535-5622
Description: WCLF-TV signed on in the fall of 1979 as an independent, Christian television station, making it one of the oldest religious television stations in the nation. Today, it is the flagship station in a network of 13 stations in the Southeast and Midwest, plus it has an online site. CTN-produced programming includes The Good Life, Homekeepers, Gospel Voice, and Christian Fitness, among others. Other programs broadcast on WCLF-TV include The 700 Club and Gaither Homecoming shows.
48. WEDU-TV Channel 3
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (813) 254-9338, (800) 354-9338
Address: 1300 N. Blvd.
Description: WEDU-TV is a PBS member station broadcasting to 16 counties in west central Florida. You’ll find NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Sesame Street, Antiques Roadshow, Great Performances, and more. Locally produced programs include A Gulf Coast Journal, Florida This Week, Suncoast Business Forum, and Up Close. WEDU-TV also airs The Florida Knowledge Network, produced by the Florida Department of Education. WEDU-DT1 (digital 3.2) broadcasts programs in Spanish.
49. WFLA-TV Channel 8
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (813) 259-7716, (813) 228-8888
Description: WFLA-TV, which signed on the air in 1955, has been an NBC-network affiliate station for more than 50 years. Owned by Media General, WFLA-TV calls itself News Channel 8 and shares quarters with the Tampa Tribune, Centro, and TBO.com, also owned by Media General. Its news team has won numerous Emmys and other awards, and the station is considered number one in the Tampa Bay area marketplace. NBC programming includes The Today Show, Oprah Winfrey Show, and Entertainment Tonight.
50. WFTS-TV Channel 28
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (813) 354-2828, (877) 833-2828
Address: 4045 N. Himes Ave.
Description: Part of the Scripps TV Station Group, WFTS-TV is an ABC-network affiliate station. WFTS began in 1981 as an independent station and changed ownership several times before becoming an ABC affiliate in 1994. The station formed a news department at that time and has since won several awards. ABC programming includes Good Morning America, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune.
51. WFTT-TV Channel 50
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (813) 684-5550
Address: 2610 W. Hillsborough Ave.
Description: Channel 50 began broadcasting in 1988 as WBHS, Home Shopping Network’s station. Univisión Communications, Inc., bought the station in 2002, and began a Spanish-language news network called Telefutura. Today, WFTT-TV is owned by Univisión, operated by Entravision (owners of WVEA-TV, with whom WFTT-TV shares facilities), and is part of the Telefutura network. Programs include Veredicto Final and Betty la Fea plus movies and local paid programming.
52. WMOR-TV Channel 32
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (813) 626-3232
Address: 7201 E. Hillsborough Ave.
Description: Owned by the Hearst Corporation, WMOR-TV is an independent station airing syndicated programming, movies, and other shows. Its D-2 channel is known as This TV and airs mostly movies.
53. WTOG-TV Channel 44
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (727) 576-4444
Description: Owned by CBS Corporation and serving as the Tampa Bay area station for CW Television Network, WTOG-TV airs syndicated programs, movies, and reality shows such as America’s Next Top Model.
54. WTSP-TV Channel 10
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (727) 577-1010
Address: 11450 Gandy Blvd.
Description: WTSP-TV first went on the air as WLCY-TV, an ABC affiliate, in 1965. Today, WTSP is owned by Gannett Company and is a CBS affiliate. Over the years, WTSP-TV’s news department has introduced the area’s first news helicopter, the first portable microwave transmitter, the first use of a computer in weather forecasting, and the first use of Doppler radar. CBS programming includes The Early Show, NCIS, and the Late Show with David Letterman.
55. WTTA Channel 38
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (813) 886-9882
Address: 7622 Bald Cypress Place
Description: The frequency occupied by WTTA-TV was originally the home of the Tampa Bay area’s first television station, WSUN-TV, which began broadcasting in 1953. WSUN-TV closed in 1970, and it wasn’t until the late 1980s that WTTA-TV began broadcasting on the same frequency. Today, WTTA-TV is owned by the Sinclair Broadcasting Group. Programming includes Deal or No Deal, Masters of Illusion, American Choppers, and other syndicated programming.
56. WTVT-TV Channel 13
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (813) 876-1313
Address: 3213 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Description: WTVT-TV first began broadcasting as a CBS affiliate station on April Fool’s Day of 1955. Today, WTVT-TV is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations, Inc. The Fox 13 News team includes many award-winning journalists. Programming on WTVT-TV includes Kelly and Michael, So You Think You Can Dance, and House.
57. WUSF-TV Channel 16
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (813) 974-8700, (800) 741-9090
Address: 4202 E. Fowler Ave.
Description: Broadcasting from the University of South Florida since 1966, WUSF-TV receives programming from PBS, American Public Television, and other public networks. You’ll find History Detective, Barney, Nature, and Great Performances among their listings. Locally produced programs include the Emmy award–winning Expedition Florida, The University Beat, and Power Yoga for Mind and Body.
58. WVEA-TV Channel 62
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (813) 872-6262, (813) 998-3662
Address: 2610 W. Hillsborough Ave.
Description: Owned by Entravision Communications Corporation since 2001, WVEA-TV is a Spanish-language station and an affiliate of Univisión. WVEA-TV, the Tampa Bay area’s first Spanish-language television station, began broadcasting in the early 1980s on channel 50. Programming includes local news, movies, and programs such as Mañana es Para Siempre and Don Francisco Presents. WVEA-LP carries the Home Shopping Network on channel 46.
59. WXPX Channel 66
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (212) 757-3100
Description: Channel 66 began in 1994 and was founded by Home Shopping Network founder Bud Paxson after he left HSN. Paxson Communications has become ION Media Networks, which still owns the WXPX-TV. Today, the station is licensed just to the south of us in Bradenton, but you’ll see it listed in Tampa Bay area TV guides. Programming is primarily syndicated reruns of top shows like Boston Legal, M*A*S*H, and NCIS.
60. HTV-22
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Media
Telephone: (813) 272-5362
Description: HTV-22 airs on Bright House 622 and Verizon FiOS 22 and can also be viewed online. Programming includes Hillsborough County government meetings, Port Authority meetings, and Southwest Florida Water Management District meetings, plus Informes Latino and Jobline.