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Fox 13 Tampa

U.S. local TV news, Fox-owned; center to center-right

Owned byFox Television Stations, a subsidiary of Fox Corporation (controlled by the Murdoch family trust). WTVT is an owned-and-operated station of the Fox network.
FundingMainly local and national advertising, including political ads in election years. Some revenue also comes from Fox network affiliation arrangements and syndicated programming. Fox Corporation covers its costs.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

WTVT signed on April 1, 1955 as a CBS affiliate in Tampa, founded by broadcaster Walter Tison. It was later owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company, then by other groups. In 1994, as part of a deal between New World Communications and Fox, it switched to the Fox network, which happened in 1995-1997. Fox later acquired the station directly, and it has been a Fox-owned station since. The station rebranded as 'Fox 13' and runs local news, morning shows and weather alongside Fox network programming. Because it is a Fox-owned station, it shares a corporate parent with Fox News Channel, but local newsrooms generally operate separately from the cable network's opinion programming. Its recent coverage includes Trump's Florida midterm rallies, his remarks on the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz, and the 2026 elections, which it generally reports as events with sourced quotes. Media-bias raters typically place local TV news like this near the center or slightly right of center, but I did not review many individual stories, so that characterization is approximate.

Sources

  1. WTVT - Wikipedia
  2. About Us: FOX 13 fast facts
  3. WTVT - Media Bias/Fact Check
  4. President Trump holds midterm rally in Florida: Here's what to know - FOX 13
  5. Donald J. Trump - FOX 13 Tampa Bay

Profile compiled 2026-11-02; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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