This is the Tampa - St. Petersburg section of 
The Broadcast Archive

Maintained by:
Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Last Update 12/22/03

Tampa - St. Petersburg, Florida is  radio market number #21. On the west coast of Florida, it has quite some history, including being the home of the first broadcast station with a directional antenna: WSUN/WFLA.

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The Nation's First Directional Broadcast Station: WFLA-WSUN - Barry Mishkind

Tampa - St. Petersburg 1921:

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Tampa - St. Petersburg 1938:

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620 WFLA-WSUN 2.5/1 kW, DA-N Clearwater and St. Petersburg C of Cs
1220 WDAE 5/1 kW Tampa Times

 

Tampa - St. Petersburg 2004:

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620 WDAE 10 kW, DA-N Sports Clear Channel
WLVU Business Genesis
WRXB Urban AC Metropolitan
940 WFLA News/Talk Clear Channel
WHNZ News/Talk Clear Channel
WRMD Spanish ZGS Bcasting
WQYK Sports Infinity
WQBN Tropical Radio Tropical
WTMP Urban PSI Comm.
WGUL Adult Standards WGUL, Inc.
WMGG Tropical Mega
WWBA News/Talk Genesis

FM

WDUV Soft AC Cox
WFLZ CHR/Pop Clear Channel
WQYK Country Infinity
WLLD CHR/Rhythmic Infinity
 

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