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WFTS-TV (channel 28), branded as ABC Action News, is a television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving the Tampa Bay area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Bradenton -licensed Ion Television station WXPX-TV (channel 66).
The 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-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with a population of 3,175,275 as of the 2020 U.S. census .
The first newspaper in Tampa was the Florida Peninsular.. The major daily newspaper serving the area is the Tampa Bay Times.The Tampa Bay Times, which was known as the St. Petersburg Times from 1898 until January 2012, is the largest newspaper by circulation in the southeastern United States at over 400,000, which is over 50% more than Florida's next largest newspaper, the Orlando Sentinel. [2]
The Tampa Bay area does not have a professional basketball team. The Orlando Magic are the closest NBA team to the area, 85 miles east. The Tampa Bay area had several teams in minor basketball leagues. The Tampa Bay Titans played in The Basketball League (TBL) from 2019 to 2022. Their home games were played at Pasco–Hernando State College.
A map dated 1695 identifies the area as Bahia Tampa. [38] Later maps dated 1794 [39] and 1800 [40] show the bay divided with three different names, Tampa Bay west of the Interbay peninsula and Hillsboro Bay on the east with an overall name of Bay of Spiritu Santo. At other times, the entire bay was identified as The Bay of Tocobaga. [41]
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor placed Chief O’Connor on administrative leave Friday, Dec. 2, 2022 pending an investigation of the Nov. 12 traffic stop. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP) (ASSOCIATED ...
Phinney, a Cleveland native who moved to the area to join Good Morning Tampa Bay in 2018, realized she didn’t know that ... Tampa traffic anchor Sarah Phinney started a walking club. Over 13,600 ...
Bay News 9 (also officially known as Spectrum Bay News 9 as of September 24, 2017) is a cable news television network located in St. Petersburg, Florida. Owned by Charter Communications , it currently serves the Tampa Bay area including Hillsborough , Pinellas , Manatee , Polk , Pasco , Hernando , and Citrus counties.