The Brief
- FOX 13 is celebrating its 70th anniversary with many longtime viewers and new residents who we want to share our story with.
- FOX 13’s Lloyd Sowers took a deep dive into WTVT’s archives to help celebrate 70 years in the Tampa Bay area.
TAMPA, Fla. – FOX 13 is celebrating our 70th anniversary. We have many longtime viewers who share our memories as well as a lot of new residents that we want to share our story with too.
The backstory:
In the early 1960s, WTVT Channel 13 had one of the best mobile broadcast units in the country. WTVT was chosen to load its trucks onto aircraft carriers for live coverage of the splashdown of space pioneers Alan Shepherd and John Glenn.…