Fox Television StationsFox Television Stations, LLC (FTS) is a group of television stations in the United States owned-and-operated by Fox Corporation. It owns and operates LiveNOW from Fox, Fox Local, and Fox Soul, and also oversees the MyNetworkTV syndication service.
Fox Broadcasting CompanyAmerican commercial broadcast television networkTelevision channelFox Broadcasting Company, LLC (stylized in all caps as FOX) is an Americancommercial broadcasttelevision network serving as the flagship namesake property of Fox Corporation and operated through Fox Entertainment.Owned-and-operated stationIn the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as an O&O) usually refers to a television or radio station owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a station from an affiliate, which is independently owned and carries network programming by contract.
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS, an abbreviation of its original name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American commercial broadcast television network and the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Skydance. It is one of Skydance's flagship subsidiaries, along with Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, CNN, DC, Nickelodeon, Paramount+ and HBO Max.
WFLA-TVWFLA-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Tampa Bay area. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside CW station WTTA (channel 38) and WSNN-LD (channel 39); Nexstar's Tegna subsidiary owns WTSP (channel 10).
WTTAWTTA (channel 38) is a television station licensed to St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, serving as the Tampa Bay area's local outlet for The CW. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside NBC affiliate WFLA-TV (channel 8) and WSNN-LD (channel 39); Nexstar's Tegna subsidiary owns CBS affiliate WTSP (channel 10).
Federal Communications CommissionThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, Wi-Fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security.
WSUN-TVWSUN-TV (channel 38) was a television station located in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Operating from 1953 to 1970, it was the first television station in the Tampa–St. Petersburg television market.Television stationA television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
Tampa Bay areaThe Tampa Bay area is a major metropolitan area surrounding Tampa Bay on the Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States. It includes the main cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. It is the 17th-largestmetropolitan area in the United States, with a population of 3,175,275 as of the 2020 U.S. census. The exact boundaries of the metro area can differ in different contexts.
Tampa, FloridaTampa ( TAM-pə) is a major city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Hillsborough County. Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. It is the third-most-populous city in Florida (after Jacksonville and Miami), 13th-most-populous in the Southeast, and 49th-most-populous city in the country, with a population of 403,364 at the 2020 census.
Riverview, FloridaRiverview is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It is located south of Brandon. The population was 107,396 in the 2020 census, up from 71,050 in the 2010 census. Many of Tampa Bay's radio and television stations broadcast from an antenna farm in the Riverview area, on Boyette Road, east of town. Riverview is home to Bell Creek Nature Preserve. HistoryRiverview was founded in 1885 on the Alafia River's north shore.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.