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==Background==
The [[UHF]] channel 38 allotment in the Tampa–St. Petersburg market had previously been home to the area's first television station, [[WSUN-TV]], which operated from 1953 to 1970. The station, along with [[WSUN (AM)|WSUN (620 AM)]], was originally licensed to the City of St. Petersburg. The transmitter was collocated in the WSUN transmitter building on the north side of the Gandy causeway at the west end of the [[Gandy Bridge]]. The transmitting antenna was mounted on top of the north tower of WSUN which was modified to hold it without exceeding the original {{convert|502|ft|m|0|adj=on}} AGL height. The north tower was and remains adjacent to the transmitter building used as a daytime 620&nbsp;kHz non-directional radiator while the south tower, on the south side of the Gandy causeway was also used only at night as a directional array. The transmitter building still contains a ladder which descends into a bomb shelter below the bay water as 620 was the original [[CONELRAD]] station for the area. The original towers, each located on pilings in Tampa Bay deteriorated with the salt water and sea bird roosting residues and were replaced with new shorter towers on the original pilings in the early 2000s, eliminating the final traces of channel 38 at the 620&nbsp;kHz transmitting plant.

The station had served as the area's original [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate until WLCY (channel 10, now [[CBS]] affiliate [[WTSP]]) signed on in 1965, effectively resulting in WSUN becoming an [[independent station]] until it went dark in 1970.