On January 24, 2006, the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner and CBS Corporation (which spun off from Viacom at the end of 2005) announced that the two companies would shut down The WB and UPN and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called The CW. You can view other local TV listings by going back to the full TV guide schedule. On February 2, 2009, Sinclair told cable and satellite television providers via e-mail that regardless of the exact mandatory switchover date to digital-only broadcasting for full-power stations (which Congress rescheduled for June 12 days later), the station would shut down its analog signal on the original transition date of February 17. The winner, decided in 1985, was Bay Television, an entity affiliated with the Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group; the competing applicants included Oak Television of Tampa Bay, a subsidiary of the company behind the ONTV subscription TV service; Home TV, Inc.; and Suncoast 38, a group owned by Clint Murchison. In conjunction with the rebranding, WTTA began producing several local programs. WTTA. At the beginning of 2015, production transferred to WFLA-TV, from that station's own studios in Tampa. When you shop through our picks, we may earn a commission. [19] The sale was completed on December 19.[20]. WTTA, virtual channel 38 (VHF digital channel 7), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to St. Petersburg, Florida, United States and also serving Tampa. In 1999, WTTA's operations were taken over by Sinclair after the company entered into a local marketing agreement with Bay Television, which over time had grown become one of the nation's largest television station owners. As a result, Kids' WB programming on WTTA had been relegated to Saturday mornings as of 2006. Channels: The WFLA-produced newscast was cancelled and ended on April 30, 2009. Learn more. The UHF channel 38 allotment in the Tampa–St. WFLA and WTTA became part of the newly-minted Nexstar Media Group on January 17, 2017. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, as a part of a duopoly with Tampa-licensed NBC affiliate WFLA-TV (channel 8). DTV/HDTV Channel: 9 The New Review: What can fit in a fridge this small? Search for movies, TV shows, channels, sports teams, streaming services, apps, and devices. 13 UCF beat East Carolina 51-28 in AAC opener, No. It was the second Sinclair-owned or -operated MyNetworkTV affiliate to drop references to the programming from the station's on-air branding since Cincinnati's WSTR-TV restored its "Star 64" branding in September 2009, and the first entirely not use the network's "blue TV" branding and imaging motif. Smart TVs, Submit a Ticket DirecTV Channel: 38, Digital Subchannels: 38.1 WTTA/My Network TV This arrangement was similar to ones established at Sinclair stations in Raleigh, North Carolina, Buffalo, Flint, Michigan, Charleston, South Carolina, and Las Vegas. In September 2013, WTTA rebranded as "Great 38", the branding it had used for much of the 1990s. The station runs programming from the My Network TV network and identifies itself as "Great 38". The swap, part of Media General's merger with LIN Media, will make WTTA a sister station to Media General flagship station WFLA-TV.