Editing WTSP (section)

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WTSP shut down its analog signal, over [[VHF]] channel 10, on June 12, 2009, as part of the [[Digital television transition in the United States|federally mandated transition from analog to digital television]].<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref> The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition [[UHF]] channel 24 to VHF channel 10.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-221A5.pdf |title=FCC document: "Appendix B: All full-power television stations by DMA, indicating those terminating analog service before on or February 17, 2009." |access-date=February 16, 2009 |archive-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018111148/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-221A5.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The station's previous digital allocation on channel 24 is now occupied by the digital signal of WWSB in Sarasota.<ref name="FCCForm387">{{Cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101233450&formid=387&fac_num=11290|title=CDBS Print<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>

On February 6, 2010, WTSP doubled its transmitter's [[effective radiated power]] from 35&nbsp;kW to 78&nbsp;kW to help with reception issues that plagued the station's VHF digital signal. At the time, the station's transmitter tower was still segregated farther north in Holiday due to bygone analog spacing requirements. However, even after the increase in power the reception problems persisted for area viewers which aim their antennas toward the majority of transmitters for the Tampa Bay market located {{convert|35|mi|km|0}} southeast in Riverview.

On January 7, 2011, WTSP filed an application with the FCC to move its transmitter from Holiday to the Riverview [[antenna farm]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1412869&Service=DT&Form_id=301&Facility_id=11290|title=Application View ... Redirecting|access-date=January 7, 2011|archive-date=October 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026095223/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1412869&Service=DT&Form_id=301&Facility_id=11290|url-status=live}}</ref> however, while WTSP remains short-spaced with WPLG, it will give more signal spacing for its Jacksonville sister station [[WJXX]]; both WPLG and WJXX also operate their post-conversion digital signals on channel 10. The FCC granted WTSP a construction permit on January 26.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1412869.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201232041/http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1412869.pdf |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The move was completed on October 1, 2011.<ref>[http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=211996 WTSP 10 News: Transmitter move] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314005307/https://www.wtsp.com/error/404?storyid=211996 |date=March 14, 2024 }}, WTSP, October 1, 2011.</ref>

Northern portions of the viewing area lost the station's signal after the move to Riverview; in response to this, the station received a construction permit for a digital fill-in translator on channel 4 that is licensed to St. Petersburg, but will primarily serve northern [[Citrus County]], from a transmitter located near [[Hernando, Florida|Hernando]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1412858&Service=LD&Form_id=346&Facility_id=11290|title=Application View ... Redirecting|access-date=January 7, 2011|archive-date=October 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026095237/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1412858&Service=LD&Form_id=346&Facility_id=11290|url-status=live}}</ref>

On February 28, 2014, WTSP's second digital subchannel, long the home of an automated "Weather Now" subchannel originated locally on the station's weather computer system, was replaced with [[Antenna TV]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article/358399/8/Classic-shows-from-50s-to-90s-on-Antenna-TV|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140228215456/http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article/358399/8/Classic-shows-from-50s-to-90s-on-Antenna-TV|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2014|title=Classic shows from 50's to 90's on Antenna TV|date=February 28, 2014|publisher=WTSP|access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> On January 20, 2015, WTSP added an additional digital subchannel, Justice Network (now [[True Crime Network]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://static.wtsp.com/about/justice-network/|title=Justice Network – WTSP|publisher=WTSP|access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref>

On December 1, 2020, WTSP joined four other Tampa Bay television stations to collaborate on the launch of NextGen TV [[ATSC 3.0]] in the Tampa–St. Petersburg market.<ref>{{cite web |title=Five Tampa / St. Petersburg Broadcasters Collaborating to Launch NEXTGEN TV Broadcasts Along Florida Gulf Coast |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201201006231/en/Five-Tampa-St.-Petersburg-Broadcasters-Collaborating-to-Launch-NEXTGEN-TV-Broadcasts-Along-Florida-Gulf-Coast |website=Business Wire |date=December 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808222310/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201201006231/en/Five-Tampa-St.-Petersburg-Broadcasters-Collaborating-to-Launch-NEXTGEN-TV-Broadcasts-Along-Florida-Gulf-Coast |url-status=live }}</ref> The stations joined other early adopters across the country in rolling out the new third-generation digital TV broadcast technology designed to revolutionize how viewers interact with their home screens.