TV Channel Overview
WTVT (FOX 13 Tampa Bay) is a FOX-affiliated television station based in
Tampa, Florida, United States, with local coverage extending across the
Tampa Bay area and west-central Florida. Its reporting reaches communities
from Citrus County south to Sarasota County and east toward Polk County,
reflecting a television market that includes urban, coastal, and inland
parts of the region.
Local news, weather, sports, public safety, transportation, and community affairs form the core of WTVT’s regional journalism, alongside programming from the FOX network. Weather coverage has a long-standing place in the station’s history. WTVT introduced Florida’s first television-station weather radar and continues to give substantial attention to hurricanes, tropical systems, severe weather, and storm preparedness.
The station began broadcasting in 1955 as a CBS affiliate and later became part of the FOX network. From its Tampa base, WTVT has developed a regional role centered on news and information for communities throughout the broader Tampa Bay market, while its schedule combines locally produced programming with national FOX content.
Basic Information
- Genre
- General (Local)
- Language
- English
- Country / Location
- Home > Americas > USA > Florida
- Headquarters
- Tampa, Florida
