WFLA-TV

WFLA-TV

Tampa–St. Petersburg, Florida United States
City	Tampa, Florida
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF), shared with WTTA Virtual: 8
Branding	NewsChannel 8
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: NBC 8.2: Charge! 8.3: Antenna TV
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.)
Sister stations	WTTA, WSNN-LD
History
First air date	February 14, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-02-14)
Former call signs	WXFL (1983–1988)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1955–2009) Digital: 7 (VHF, 1999–2020)
Call sign meaning	Florida (carryover from former sister radio station WFLA)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	64592
ERP	41 kW
HAAT	465.3 m (1,527 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	27°50′33″N 82°15′44″W / 27.84250°N 82.26222°W / 27.84250; -82.26222
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wfla.com

WFLA-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 St. Petersburg–licensed CW owned-and-operated station WTTA (channel 38) and Sarasota-based low-power MyNetworkTV affiliate WSNN-LD (channel 39). WFLA-TV and WTTA share studios on South Parker Street in downtown Tampa; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WFLA-TV's spectrum from a transmitter in Riverview, Florida.