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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 124. Chapters: Channel 13 digital TV stations in the United States, Channel 13 low-power TV stations in the United States, Channel 13 virtual TV stations in the United States, WTVT, KOVR, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WZZM, WVTM-TV, KTRK-TV, KHNL, WVEC, WLOS, WPRI-TV, WBTW, WTLV, KCPQ, KXLY-TV, WNET, WJZ-TV, WMLW-CA, KCOP-TV, WMAZ-TV, WHBQ-TV, WTHR, WBRZ-TV, WNYT, WTVG, KREX-TV, WGME-TV, KSWT, WYOU, WEAU-TV, WHO-DT, KRQE, KVAL-TV, KTNV-TV, Prairie Public Television, KHGI-TV, WHAM-TV, WABI-TV, WBKO, WQED, WVNY, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, WIBW-TV, KRGV-TV, WRCB, WPEC, WMBB, WNYA, WSET-TV, KRIS-TV, KXMC-TV, WOWK-TV, KSFY-TV, KRCG, WREX, KBDI-TV, WCFN, KOTI, KTRV-TV, KJEF-CA, KTVN, KCWY-DT, KVTV, KFJX, WEDU, KCOS, WNMU, KAKW-DT, WYCN-LP, WSCP-CA, K13XD, KUBD, KCWB-LP, WBXV-CA, KHTM-LP, WODN-LP. Excerpt: WTVT, channel 13, is a television station in Tampa, Florida. It is an owned and operated station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the News Corporation. WTVT's studios are located in Tampa, and its transmitter is located in Riverview, Florida. The station first started broadcasting on April 1, 1955 as a CBS affiliate. It was the third station in Tampa Bay, behind WSUN-TV (channel 38, frequency now occupied by WTTA) and WFLA-TV (channel 8). WTVT is also the second-oldest surviving station, behind WFLA. WTVT's call letters stand for the initials of its founding owner, Tampa Bay radio veteran Walter Tison and his wife, Virginia Tison. Like many other stations located on "unlucky" channel 13, WTVT used a black cat as its mascot for several years. Originally, the Federal Communications Commission awarded the channel 13 license to the Tampa Times, a now-defunct newspaper which owned WDAE radio (then on 1250 AM). However, the FCC reversed itself and awarded the station to Walter Tison's firm, the Tampa Television Company, ...