WWSB

WWSB, virtual channel 40 (UHF digital channel 24), is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Sarasota, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Raycom Media. WWSB maintains studio facilities located on 10th Street in the Rosemary District of Sarasota; it also operates a news bureau in Venice, and its transmitter is located on Rutland Road (County Road 675) in the unincorporated Manatee County community of Rye, about 5mi east-southeast of Parrish.Even though WWSB broadcasts on digital channel 24 and its virtual channel is 40, it calls itself "ABC 7" because that is where most cable systems carry the station.Broadcast coverageDue to this station's transmitter location and the changeover from analog to digital transmission, its coverage area expands as far north as northern Hillsborough and Polk Counties, south to Punta Gorda, and east to Avon Park and Sebring giving some over-the-air viewers a choice of two or three ABC affiliates depending on the location.