The ''Tampa Times'', or ''Tampa Daily Times'', was a daily newspaper founded in
Tampa, Florida
Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and ...
, in 1893. It was started by the consolidation of two newspapers by the Tampa Publishing Company, whose vice president was
W. B. Henderson, a leading businessperson in Tampa.
D.B. McKay was the publisher.
The newspaper was an early leader in broadcasting, first putting
WDAE
WDAE (620 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to St. Petersburg, Florida and serving the Tampa Bay area. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a sports radio format. WDAE is one of the oldest radio stations in Florida still broadcasting ...
1250 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1250 kHz: 1250 AM is a Regional broadcast frequency.
Argentina
* Estirpe Nacional in San Justo
Canada
Mexico
* XEDK-AM in Guadalajara, Jalisco
* XETEJ-AM in Tejupilco, Mexico
...
on the air in 1922 (now on
620 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 620 kHz: 620 AM is a Regional broadcast frequency.
In Antigua and Barbuda
* V2C-AM in Saint John's
In Argentina
* LRA18 in El Turbio
* LRA26 in Resistencia, Chaco
* LRA28 La Ri ...
). Then in 1947, an FM station was added, WDAE-FM 105.7 (now
WMTX
WMTX (100.7 FM) is a commercial radio station in Tampa, Florida, known as "Mix 100.7". It has an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., with its studio ...
100.7 FM). Also in the late 1940s, the company applied for a broadcast television station license and was denied.
In 1952, the ''Tampa Times'' was acquired by its rival daily newspaper, the ''
Tampa Tribune
''The Tampa Tribune'' was a daily newspaper published in Tampa, Florida. Along with the competing ''Tampa Bay Times'', the ''Tampa Tribune'' was one of two major newspapers published in the Tampa Bay area.
The newspaper also published a ''St. Pe ...
'', which had a television station.
The ''Tampa Tribune'' continued printing the ''Tampa Times'' for a number of decades,
[ maintaining the "Times" moniker in competition with the '']St. Petersburg Times
The ''Tampa Bay Times'', previously named the ''St. Petersburg Times'' until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It has won fourteen Pulitzer Prizes since 1964, and in 2009, won two in a single ...
'', another newspaper in the Tampa Bay area
The Tampa Bay area is a major populated area surrounding Tampa Bay on the west coast of Florida in the United States. It includes the main cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. It is the 18th largest metropolitan area in the Unite ...
.
After the ''Tampa Tribune'' stopped publishing its ''Tampa Times'' edition in 1982, it continued to hold the rights on the name, leading to a lawsuit filed by Media General
Media General was an American media company based in Richmond, Virginia. The company's origins can be traced back to 1887 when Richmond attorney Joseph Bryan acquired ''The Richmond Daily Times'', which later became ''The Richmond Times-Dispatch ...
, owner of the ''Tampa Tribune'', against the ''St. Petersburg Times''.Tampa Bay Times
The ''Tampa Bay Times'', previously named the ''St. Petersburg Times'' until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It has won fourteen Pulitzer Prizes since 1964, and in 2009, won two in a single ...
''.[
In 2016, the ''Tampa Bay Times'' bought the ''Tampa Tribune'', effectively consolidating the history of the original 1893 ''Tampa Times'' into its present-day namesake.]
References
Defunct newspapers published in Florida
Publications disestablished in 1982
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