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| - Tampa Bay News 7 is a cable-based TV news station in Tampa, Florida. It currently serves the Tampa Bay Area including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Polk, Pasco, Hernando & Citrus counties. General Manager Jim Smith came from Seattle to create the station. His drawing of the original wheel remains on the wall of the station's hallway. Smith also created the Tampa Bay News 7 weather channel, a Spanish service, the on-demand channels & the web site.
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| - Tampa Bay News 7 is a cable-based TV news station in Tampa, Florida. It currently serves the Tampa Bay Area including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Polk, Pasco, Hernando & Citrus counties. General Manager Jim Smith came from Seattle to create the station. His drawing of the original wheel remains on the wall of the station's hallway. Smith also created the Tampa Bay News 7 weather channel, a Spanish service, the on-demand channels & the web site. The station began operating on June 6th, 1997 & gives weather updates every 10 minutes "on the 7's" & more frequently during unusual weather conditions. In 2002, it was first in the area to provide a VIPIR Doppler radar system. In 2007, Tampa Bay News 7 became the first station in Florida & only a handful of stations to provide a Dual-Pole Doppler Radar system. On Monday January 5th 2009, Tampa Bay News 7 launched it's upgraded doppler rader system called Klystron 7. This new system is capable of seeing weather features in greater detail than other Doppler radar systems. It's seen on ch. 7 on all systems. The newscasts (with the exception of Tampa Bay News 7 This Morning's segments) are recorded for repeat broadcasts with BREAKING NEWS & weather forecasts inserted almost hourly
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