WTOG

WTOG
St. Petersburg - Tampa, Florida United States

City	St. Petersburg, Florida
Branding	CW 44
Slogan	CW 44 Rules, TV Now
Channels	Digital: 44 (UHF) Virtual: 44 ()
Subchannels	.1: 1080i 16:9 WTOG-HD .2: 480i 16:9 Decades
Translators	W23CN-D Sebring W26DP-D Inverness
Affiliations	.1: The CW .2: Decades
Owner	CBS Corporation (CBS Operations, Inc.)
Founded	December 1966
First air date	November 4, 1968; 48 years ago (1968-11-04)
Call letters' meaning	Disambiguation of former sister radio station WGTO (now WFLF)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 44 (UHF, 1968–2009) Digital: 59 (UHF, 1995–2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1968–1986, 1988–1995) Fox (1986–1988) UPN (1995–2006)
Transmitter power	550 kW
Height	454 m (1,490 ft)
Facility ID	74112
Transmitter coordinates	27°49′46″N 82°15′59″W / 27.82944°N 82.26639°W / 27.82944; -82.26639Coordinates: 27°49′46″N 82°15′59″W / 27.82944°N 82.26639°W / 27.82944; -82.26639
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	cwtampa.cbslocal.com

WTOG, channel 44, is a CW owned-and-operated television station located in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of CBS Corporation. WTOG maintains studio facilities located on Northeast 105th Terrace in St. Petersburg, near the west end of the Gandy Bridge; its transmitter is located in Riverview, Florida.

WTOG's signal is relayed through two translators: W23CN-D (channel 23) in Sebring and W26DP-D (channel 26) in Inverness. On cable, WTOG is available on Charter Communications and Verizon FiOS channel 4 throughout the Tampa Bay area and on Comcast channel 9 in Sarasota and Venice.

WTOG first signed on the air on November 4, 1968, operating as an independent station. The station was founded by Saint Paul, Minnesota-based Hubbard Broadcasting, who also owned radio station WGTO (540 AM, now WFLF) in nearby Cypress Gardens; Hubbard originally wanted to name the station WGTO-TV, but the request was denied by the Federal Communications Commission.