WFLA-TV is a television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Tampa Bay area. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside St. Petersburg–licensed CW owned-and-operated station WTTA and Sarasota-based low-power MyNetworkTV affiliate WSNN-LD. WFLA-TV and WTTA share studios on South Parker Street in downtown Tampa; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WFLA-TV's spectrum from a transmitter in Riverview, Florida.
Circus performers looking at the new Kaleidoscope camera used by WFLA-TV to film a documentary about the Cristiani family.
The WFLA News Channel 8 booth at the Gasparilla Distance Classic Expo in 2020.
Gasparilla Pirate Festival
The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a large parade and a host of related community events held in Tampa, Florida, United States, most years since 1904. The centerpiece of the festivities is the Parade of Pirates, which is framed as a friendly invasion by the crew of the mythical pirate José Gaspar, a popular figure in Florida folklore. The Parade of Pirates is often referred to as the Gasparilla Parade by locals, and the date of the event is known as Gasparilla Day.
The Jose Gasparilla II sails to downtown Tampa, Gasparilla Day 2003.
Flotilla of boats near downtown during the pirate invasion, 2003
The Jose Gasparilla II mooring behind the Tampa Convention Center, 2017
Art deco–style float downtown, 1934