WWSB

WWSB, Channel 40 (Cable Channel 7), is the ABC affiliate for Sarasota, Florida.

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Cable - ABC - Sarasota, Florida

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The station first went on the air as WXLT in 1971, being the first television affiliate in the area based neither in Tampa nor St. Petersburg.

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1971 - Television - Tampa - St. Petersburg

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WWSB is owned by Calkins Media, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based mass media company that owns several small newspapers and one other television station. Southern Broadcast Corporation of Sarasota is the division of Calkins that operates WWSB.

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Pennsylvania - Mass media - Newspapers

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WWSB's transmitter is located on a 248 m (814 ft) high tower in Parrish - a small community about 15 km north of the station's studios in downtown Sarasota.

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Transmitter - Parrish

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A directional antenna broadcasts the station's UHF signal south toward the cities served by WWSB. The largest of those cities are Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, and North Port. The station's news department focuses its coverage on five counties: Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, Hardee, and DeSoto.

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Antenna - Broadcasts - UHF - Bradenton - Venice - North Port - Sarasota - Manatee - Charlotte - Hardee - DeSoto

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The station can not be viewed on satellite TV, which has been frustrating for many people in the Sarasota-Manatee area, and WWSB has been asking people with satellite systems to petition their providers to show WWSB.

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