Tampa Bay businesses have been getting featured on WFLA for decades, on television. Ask around and someone will mention a segment on Daytime, the station's lifestyle show. But a segment airs once and is gone, and a business that wants something it can link to, send to customers and keep is asking a different question. This page answers that one: how a Tampa Bay business publishes an article on wfla.com, what that article is, and how it differs from the TV feature everyone already knows.
Segment or article? The Tampa Bay distinction this page exists to make
A WFLA television segment and an article on wfla.com are two different products, and confusing them is how buyers in this market waste money. The segment is a broadcast appearance: it airs on a programme like Daytime, it is seen, and it ends. The article is a published page on WFLA's website: written, linkable, and permanent. This page arranges the article.
The route is a paid placement arranged through us, on WFLA's own site. And one rule defines the product from the first screen: the article is labelled as paid content, clearly. Tampa's feature economy is old enough to have learned why that matters, and this page treats clear labelling not as fine print but as the trust standard of the placement itself. For the wider picture of how outlets handle paid routes, see our guide to which news outlets accept sponsored content.
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Why WFLA carries weight in Tampa Bay
WFLA is News Channel 8, Tampa's NBC affiliate, broadcasting to the Tampa and St. Petersburg market, the number 11 television market in the United States. The NewsChannel 8 brand has been in use since 1993, and its slogan, "On Your Side", since 1992. That is over three decades of the same name showing up in Tampa Bay homes, which is exactly the kind of familiarity a business cannot manufacture for itself.
The station produces 42 hours of locally produced newscasts a week and is the home of Tampa Bay Buccaneers preseason games. In our outlet directory, WFLA carries a Domain Authority of 83 and roughly 2.9 million monthly organic visits. When a customer anywhere from Hillsborough to Hernando searches your business and finds a WFLA article about it, the conclusion they draw is instant: this company is part of the bay area's established business scene.
Bloom Tampa Bay: where WFLA's local business features live online
If you want to see the online context a sponsored article sits in, look at Bloom Tampa Bay, WFLA's lifestyle vertical on its own site, visible in its own address at wfla.com/bloom-tampa-bay/. Bloom is where the station's lifestyle and local business features run online today, alongside the site's breaking news, Storm Team 8 weather and sports coverage.
We describe Bloom only as far as it is publicly visible: it is the lifestyle home of the site, and local business features live there. That visible structure tells a buyer the important thing, that wfla.com already publishes local business features as a normal part of its content, and a sponsored article about your business sits in a context Tampa Bay readers already browse.
Daytime: the TV feature, and what it is not
Daytime is WFLA's locally produced weekday lifestyle and entertainment programme, airing at 10 a.m., built around regular correspondents and contributors. Local businesses know it well, and an appearance on it is a real piece of television.
It is also not this product, and this page will never imply otherwise. An appearance is a broadcast moment. It cannot be linked from your homepage as a published article, it cannot be found by a customer searching your name next year, and we do not sell it. What we arrange is the permanent counterpart: a written article on wfla.com that a customer can open, read and share at any time. In a market where paid television features have a long history, the honest separation between the segment and the article is the whole point of buying carefully.
What a sponsored article on wfla.com looks like
Picture the finished page. A full article about your business, published within wfla.com's structure: your name in the headline, your story told properly in the body, and a link to your website. It sits among the station's news, Storm Team 8 weather, sports and the Bloom lifestyle context, on the domain your customers already visit.
The article is clearly labelled as paid content. Read that as a quality mark, not a caveat: labelling is stated openly on this page because a placement that hides what it is puts the business's name at risk, and a placement that declares what it is, on a station of this standing, keeps its credibility. The article is reviewed before it goes live, and once live it is placed permanently.
Who a WFLA article fits, and who it does not
This fits businesses selling across Tampa Bay: Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk, Pasco and Hernando counties, the full footprint WFLA covers. It is built for businesses bought on trust and reputation, the ones a customer researches before spending, and for owners who want a bay area institution's name attached to theirs.
It does not fit businesses outside the bay area with no local customers. And it does not fit anyone who specifically wants a seat on Daytime; that is the station's television product, not ours, and we will say so rather than sell you the neighbouring thing. Businesses in other markets use the same route on their own stations: our PIX11 guide shows the New York version.
How publishing on wfla.com works, step by step
Step 1: Email us. Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your business name, your website, and what the article should be about. That email is the entire application.
Step 2: Fit confirmation and your quote. We confirm your business and topic fit the outlet, and you receive your individual quote, timeline included.
Step 3: The article. Supply your own draft, or we arrange the writing from your brief. The article is prepared and reviewed before anything publishes.
Step 4: Review and go live. The article passes review and is published on wfla.com.
Step 5: Your live link. You receive the live link, to send to customers, add to your site and use in every proposal.
Your protection, stated before you pay anything: payment is in full in advance, and if the article does not go live, you receive a full refund, in writing.
What decides the price of a WFLA article
There is no public price for a wfla.com article. The price is set per placement, by the placement itself, the production involved, the link requirements and the timing. Ignore the radio rate pages that clutter searches on this topic; they sell a different product entirely and are no guide to a published article.
Because the factors differ for every business, each placement is quoted individually by email, with no obligation. Our guide to how much a sponsored article costs explains the factor model in full. What this page promises: one complete quote for your business and your article, with the refund protection above behind it.
Labelling, links and how long your article stays on wfla.com
The article is labelled as sponsored, clearly. Paid links inside it carry sponsored attributes, as paid content rules require; anyone promising a plain editorial dofollow link from a paid placement is misdescribing the product.
The placement is permanent, with terms confirmed in writing. The honest limits, plainly: the article is not editorial coverage and not a newsroom endorsement, it is not a Daytime appearance, and it cannot guarantee rankings, traffic or sales. What it guarantees is a clear, credible, permanent article about your business on Tampa Bay's News Channel 8 website, labelled honestly enough to deserve the trust it borrows.
Start your WFLA article
You came here asking how a Tampa Bay business gets featured on WFLA. The answer is now complete: not a fleeting segment, but a published article on wfla.com, arranged in five steps, starting with one email.
Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your business name, your website, and the story the article should tell. Fit confirmation and your individual quote come back by email. Our services page covers the wider picture; your WFLA article begins with that email.
Get your business on WFLA
One email with your business name, your website, and the story you want told. Your fit confirmation and individual quote come back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgFull refund in writing if your article does not go live.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a sponsored article on WFLA cost?
There is no public price, because each placement is quoted individually. The factors are the placement, the production, the link requirements and the timing. One email to uzairasad@pressfeature.org returns your exact quote, with no obligation.
Can a Tampa business pay to be featured on WFLA?
Yes, as a published article on wfla.com through the route described on this page. It is a labelled paid placement, separate from editorial coverage.
What is the difference between a WFLA TV segment and an article on wfla.com?
A segment airs once on a programme like Daytime and is over. The article is published on the website, permanent and linkable, so customers can find and share it at any time.
How long does it take to get an article live on wfla.com?
The timeline is set by preparation and review, and it is confirmed with your quote before you pay.
Is the article labelled as sponsored?
Yes, clearly. This page treats clear labelling as the product's trust standard, not a detail to hide.
Will it include a link to my website?
Yes, the article links to your site. Paid links carry sponsored attributes; the value is the readers sent to you and the credibility of the page the link sits on.
Who writes the article?
You can supply your own draft, or we arrange the writing from your brief. Either way, the article is reviewed before it goes live.
How long does the article stay on wfla.com?
It is placed as a permanent article, and the terms are confirmed in writing before you proceed.
Disclosure: PressFeature sells article placements on WFLA, and this page is our own marketing content, published to explain the placement honestly. Figures cited are from our public outlet directory. Published October 2026. Last reviewed: October 2026.