WFLA-TV
WFLA-TV, virtual channel 8 (VHF digital channel 7), is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Tampa, Florida, United States and also serving the nearby city of St. Petersburg. It serves as one of two flagship television stations of owner Media General. WFLA maintains studio facilities (co-located with former sister properties The Tampa Tribune and TBO.com) on South Parker Street in downtown Tampa, and its transmitter is located in Riverview.
History
The station first signed on the air on February 14, 1955, with a live broadcast of the Gasparilla Pirate Festival. It was originally owned by The Tampa Tribune, along with WFLA radio (970 AM and 93.3 FM, now WFLZ). WFLA-TV has been an NBC affiliate since the station's inception. Largely because of its newspaper background, it was the early ratings leader in the Tampa market until WTVT (channel 13) passed it for first place in 1962. In 1966, Richmond Newspapers, publishers of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and part-owner of the Tribune, acquired full control of the paper and the WFLA radio and television stations. Three years later, Richmond Newspapers changed its name to Media General, and WFLA-TV, the first television station owned and operated by the company, has been the flagship of its broadcasting group since then.
WFLA (AM)
WFLA 970 AM ("Newsradio 970 WFLA") is talk-formatted AM radio station in Tampa, Florida, serving the Tampa Bay media market. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. Inc., the largest U.S. radio station owner. The station's studios are located in South Tampa and the transmitter site is in Town 'n' Country.
History
WFLA began in 1925 as Clearwater radio station WGHB (1130 AM). By 1927, its call letters changed to WFLA and it moved to 590 AM. It shared the frequency with WSUN before they both moved together to 620 AM in 1929. In January 1941, WFLA moved to 940 AM, then to its present 970 AM that March.
WFLA carried most of the popular network shows during the golden days of radio. From 1945–1949, the station carried a gospel show, which featured legendary bass singer J. D. Sumner and The Sunny South Quartet. It had various music formats over the subsequent years (top 40, middle-of-the-road, adult contemporary) before switching to news/talk in 1986. It has been the market leader in this format ever since, and usually is among the top five stations in the market, according to Arbitron ratings.
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Valdivia 1960
by: El NiloEste remanso de aguas claras
un día de Mayo despertó
era el otoño, año setenta
la muerte en bote bajo al mar
Valdivia, amaneció temblando
se despertó lloviendo, se levantó llorando
no es cierto, o tal vez en mal sueño
o una pesadilla, tan sólo un mal momento
Mi ciudad se vió ante la muerte
sus casas y sus bosques, su industria
y sus puentes.
Se apagó el canto de las aves
el sueño de los hombres
el ronquido maternal de los lanchones.
Donde quedaron las sinfonías de los martillos
sobre el metal, todas las fraguas están inerte
como el obrero que las movió.
Valdivia el tiempo te ha hecho daño
ese temblor extraño tu canto apagó
es cierto, tu río está cambiado
pero la vieja luna, se sigue desnudando
mi ciudad te doy mi canto triste
para tus poblaciones, que están allá en las pampas
el sol vendrá, seguro estoy de ello
y el viejo maremoto será un cuento de viejos.
Estoy alerta en esta noche
por la mañana que vendrá
dicen que vien, por las montañas
con su carreta de carbón
viene del bosque, de Angachilla
viene a darnos su calor
viene descalza, viene desnuda
es la mañana del amor
viene bajando el Calle-Calle
hasta la calle Libertad.