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((Infobox television station
| callsign               = WZRA-CD
| city                   = Oldsmar, Florida
| logo                   = 
| branding               = TV-48
| analog                 =
| digital                = 15 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| virtual                = 48
| affiliations           = [[ERT World]] / [[YTA TV]] / [[CJON-DT|NTV]] / [[Rai Italia|RAI]]
| founded                = late 1990s
| location               = ((ubl|[[Oldsmar, Florida|Oldsmar]]–[[Clearwater, Florida|Clearwater]]–|[[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]]–[[Tampa, Florida]]))
| country                = United States
| callsign_meaning       = 
| former_callsigns       = W48AY (to early 2000s)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 48 (late 1990s–2015)
| owner                  = Angelatos Broadcasting
| licensee               = Amka Broadcast Network, Inc.
| former_affiliations    = [[America One]]<br>[[RT America|RT]]
| erp                    = 12.1 kW
| haat                   = ((Convert|88.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on))
| facility_id            = 2130
| class                  = [[low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| coordinates            = ((nowrap|((coord|28|15|33|N|82|43|45.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title))))
| licensing_authority    = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website                = ((URL|http://wzra48.com))
))

'''WZRA-CD''' (channel 48) is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television service|Class A television station]] licensed to [[Oldsmar, Florida]], United States, serving ethnic groups in the [[Tampa Bay]] area. The station carries a variety of mostly news-oriented programming from broadcasters outside the United States, in several languages.

In [[Pinellas County, Florida|Pinellas County]], WZRA-CD is available on [[WideOpenWest|WOW!]] [[cable television|cable TV]] channel 122 and on [[Spectrum (cable service)|Spectrum]] digital channel 948. WZRA is also on channel 24 on [[Verizon FiOS]] throughout the market, as far south as [[Sarasota County, Florida|Sarasota County]]. The station also offers a live feed of its programming on the Internet.

==History==
When the station signed on the late-1990s, channel 48 went by the translator-style [[call sign]] W48AY, and used the moniker "Bay TV". When the station became a Class A station in the early 2000s, the call sign changed to WZRA-CA, though at present, it is unknown for what the call sign meant, or if they were randomly chosen by the FCC.

WZRA originally had its transmitter in Oldsmar, broadcasting at 41.7&nbsp;kW. They since relocated to a 150&nbsp;kW transmitter, broadcasting from facilities near the corner of [[U.S. Route 19 in Florida|US 19]] and Palmetto Road in [[Port Richey, Florida|Port Richey]], increasing coverage in west [[Pasco County, Florida|Pasco]] and southwestern [[Hernando County, Florida|Hernando]] counties, but reducing coverage in [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough County]] and central Pinellas County. They have since filed a construction permit to [[flash cut]] channel 48 to a digital signal, still broadcasting from Port Richey, but at 15&nbsp;kW. On July 8, 2015, this construction permit was granted.

As of April 2017, WZRA-CD only broadcast programming on Channel 48-3.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0qe3h5u8x4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/y0qe3h5u8x4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Local TV Bandscan for Tampa, Florida (2017) Metro|last=egrabow440|date=27 April 2017|via=YouTube))((cbignore))</ref>

==Programming==
Most of WZRA's programming is [[Greek language|Greek]], aimed for the Greek audience in [[Tarpon Springs, Florida|Tarpon Springs]], but the channel also offers programming in other languages, such as [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[English language|English]].

WZRA also presents daily newscasts from [[Greece]] (from [[ERT World|ERT]]), which (reflecting the station's Greek ownership) makes up the majority of the station's evening, overnight and Sunday programming. The station carries programs from the national broadcasters in [[Russia]] ([[RT America|RT]]) and [[Italy]] ([[Rai Italia|RAI]]) as well as local news from [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]'s [[CJON-DT|NTV]], aimed at Canadian "[[snowbird (people)|snowbirds]]." WZRA carried [[CTV Television Network]] newscasts in the early 21st century; they also carried [[Dini Petty]]'s CTV talk show, via NTV, until CTV cancelled the series' repeats in the early 2000s. The station carries general entertainment programs from [[YTA TV]] during the morning hours between Monday and Saturday.

==Bright House dispute in Tarpon Springs==
Until mid-February 2006, WZRA was seen on [[Bright House Networks|Bright House]] channel 15 in the [[Tarpon Springs, Florida|Tarpon Springs]] area. But on that date, WZRA was unceremoniously replaced with Tarpon Springs' local government channel, which, at its debut, was mainly a promo loop for an upcoming municipal election, plus live City Commission meetings.

Prior to December 2007 (when all local public service channels moved to the digital tier), Bright House allocated channel 15 for local [[government-access television]] in Pinellas County, and had given that slot to WZRA on an interim basis, until Tarpon Springs started their own channel. And with WZRA being a low-power station, Bright House is [[Must-carry#Exceptions|not obligated]] to carry the channel.

Since being dropped, WZRA received thousands of calls in support of the station, especially from the Greek community. Support was so huge, WZRA's station manager Angelos Angelatos urged their viewers to call Bright House, as well as call its Vice-President, Mike Robertson, direct.

Angelatos and his brother, talk show host Sam Angelatos, said that Bright House's discontinuation of WZRA was a form of discrimination, favoring the Hispanic community with four Spanish channels, while ignoring and mistreating other ethnic groups.<ref>"Company unplugs Greek TV", [http://www.tampabay.com St. Petersburg Times], March 2, 2006</ref>

In July 2006, Bright House gave WZRA a permanent home, on digital channel 948 in Northern Pinellas County. WZRA was slated to be dropped from Bright House by the end of April 2011;<ref>Bright House Networks ad in ''[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]]'', March 31, 2011.</ref> however, as of March 2014, the station is still part of the Bright House line-up. But despite the transmitter relocation to Port Richey, in Pasco County, WZRA is still available only to Bright House subscribers in Northern Pinellas.<ref>Per [http://www.zap2it.com/ Zap2it], zip codes 34652 (New Port Richey) and 33756 (Clearwater).</ref>

==See also==
* [[WPSO]] and [[WXYB]], radio [[sister station]]s of WZRA

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*((Official website|http://wzra48.com))

((Tampa Bay TV))
((Other Florida Stations))

[[Category:CTV Television Network stations]]
[[Category:Non-English-language television stations in Florida]]
[[Category:Greek-American culture in Florida]]
[[Category:Greek-language television stations]]
[[Category:German-American culture in Florida]]
[[Category:German-language television stations]]
[[Category:Italian-American culture in Florida]]
[[Category:Italian-language television stations]]
[[Category:Television stations in the Tampa Bay area|ZRA-CD]]
[[Category:Foreign-language television stations in the United States]]
[[Category:1990s establishments in Florida]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Florida|ZRA]]

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