WXPX-TV
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| City | Bradenton, Florida |
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| Branding | The Spot Tampa Bay 66 |
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| WFTS-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | August 1, 1994 |
Former call signs | WFCT (1994–1998) |
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Call sign meaning | X to differentiate from other Ion stations, PX for Pax TV (former affiliation) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 6601 |
| ERP | 218 kW |
| HAAT | 475 m (1,558 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 27°49′10.8″N 82°15′38″W / 27.819667°N 82.26056°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | tampabay66 |
WXPX-TV (channel 66), branded The Spot Tampa Bay 66, is an independent television station licensed to Bradenton, Florida, United States, serving the Tampa Bay area. Its second subchannel serves as an owned-and-operated station of Ion Television. WXPX-TV is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Tampa-licensed ABC affiliate WFTS-TV (channel 28). The two stations share studios on North Himes Avenue on Tampa's northwest side; WXPX-TV's transmitter is located in Riverview, Florida.
Channel 66 went on the air as WFCT on August 1, 1994. It broadcast programming from The Worship Network and infomercials. Programmed from the start by Paxson Communications Corporation, forerunner to Ion Media, it changed its call sign to WXPX in 1998 as part of the launch of Pax TV, later Ion Television. Scripps acquired Ion Media in 2020 and, upon gaining television rights to the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team in 2025, split WXPX off as an independent station.