WARP-CA

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WARP-CA
Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida
Branding MTV2
Channels Analog: 20 (UHF)

Digital: no
Affiliations MTV2
Owner Sunshine Broadcasting Company
Call letters’ meaning WARP (as in "time warp", for example)
Former affiliations The Box (until 2001)
Transmitter Power 150 kW
Facility ID 55106

WARP-CA is the MTV2 affiliate for the immediate Tampa Bay area. It is owned by the Sunshine Broadcasting Company, and broadcasts on UHF channel 20. In addition to MTV2 programming, WARP also includes break-ins for local programs and infomercials.

Like most over-the-air MTV2 affliates, it was an affiliate of The Box until that network's acquisition by Viacom in 2001.

Broadcasting on a tower on Gandy Boulevard in St. Petersburg, adjacent to Goodwill, WARP broadcasts on an east-west beam, towards central Pinellas County and Tampa, to protect the signals of Gainesville's WCJB-TV and Fort Myers' WBBH-TV, both also broadcasting on channel 20.

On February 19, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, WARP-CA will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

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Broadcast television in the Tampa / St. Petersburg / Sarasota market  (Nielsen DMA #13)
Local stations

WEDU 3 (PBS) · WFLA 8 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) · WTSP 10 (CBS) · WTVT 13 (Fox) · WPDS-LP 14 (Edu.) · W15CM 15 (AS) · WUSF 16 (PBS) · WSVT-CA 18 (DS) · WARP-CA 20 (MTV2) · WCLF 22 (CTN) · WXAX-LP 26 (AZA) · WFTS 28 (ABC, AccuWX TV on DT2) · WTAM-LP 30 (Multimedios) · WMOR 32 (Ind) · W33CC 33 (HSN) · WSPF-CA 35 (St. Pete city access) · W36CO (TBN) WTTA 38 (MNTV) · W43CE 43 (unknown) · WTOG 44 (The CW) · WVEA-LP 46 (HSN) · WZRA-CA 48 (Ethnic/A1/NTV/CTV/DW) · WRMD-CA 49 (TEL) · WFTT 50 (TFU) · W56EB 56 (TBN) · WVEA 62 (UNI, LATV on DT2) · WXPX 66 (ION)
Stations in
outlying areas

WLWA-LP 14 (Ind/Rel) · WHRT-CA 17 (Ind) · WWSB 40 (ABC) · WYKE-LP 47 (FN) · W48CN 48 (TBN) · W60CE 60 (TBN)
Local cable
channels
Significantly Viewed
Out-of-Market
Stations

Reception may vary by geographical location
 Fort Myers: WINK 11 (CBS) · WFTX 36 (Fox)
Orlando: WKMG 6 (CBS) · WFTV 9 (ABC) · WOFL 35 (Fox)
Gainesville: WUFT 5 (PBS)
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Other Television Stations in the state of Florida

Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WPXM 35 (ION, Miami) - WGAY-LP 41 (Ind., Key West) - WHDT-LP 44 (Ind., Miami) - WBEC 63 (Educational, Fort Lauderdale)
Tampa - St. Petersburg: WPDS-LP 14 (Educational, Largo) - WARP-CA 20 (MTV2, Tampa) - WMOR 32 (Ind. / 4Kids TV, Lakeland) - WSPF-CA 35 (St. Petersburg City Access, St. Petersburg) - WZRA-CA 48 (Ethnic / America One / NTV / CTV Canada, Oldsmar) - WXPX 66 (ION, Bradenton)
Jacksonville: WJXT 4 (Ind., Jacksonville) - WJXE-LP 15 (Ind., Jacksonville) - WQXT-CA 22 (America One, St. Augustine) - WBXJ-CA 43 (MTV2, Jacksonville) - WPXJ-LP 54 (ION, Jacksonville)
Tallahassee - Thomasville: WBXT-CA 43 (MTV2, Tallahassee)
Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: WRDQ 27 (Ind., Orlando) - WZXZ-CA 36 (Unknown, Orlando) - WOPX 56 (ION, Melbourne)
West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce: WHDT 59 (DW/Ind., Stuart) - WBEC 63 (Educational, Boca Raton) - WPXP 67 (ION, Lake Worth)
Panama City: WPCT 46 (Tourist, Panama City Beach) - WBIF 51 (RTN, Marianna)
Pensacola / Mobile: WRBD-LP 8 (Ind./A1, Pensacola) - WBQP-CA 12 (A1/S@H/MTV2, Pensacola) - WJTC 44 (Ind., Pensacola) - WFBD 48 (A1, Destin) - WPAN 53 (S@H/JTV, Fort Walton Beach) - WAWD 58 (Tourist, Fort Walton Beach)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS, Religious, and Spanish stations in Florida
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