1990 Event NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win) 1966 Event WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) 1st broadcast 1958 Event WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast 1955 Event WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins