WSTO-TV

WSTO-TV, virtual channel 26 (UHF digital channel 27), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Seabridge, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Quincy Media.

As an independent
The station signed-on the air on June 26, 1981. Its original owner was E.W. Scripps, who owned the station until it was sold to its current owner, Quincy Media.

As with previous independent stations, the station ran a general entertainment format, showing news, sitcoms, and cartoons, as well as movies. It even had its own pre-recorded sign-offs, similar to WNPS-TV in Nextonville, which revolved around a teenage girl going to bed, as well as its own sign-ons, which had the teenage girl wake up and prepare for the day.

As a Disney Network affiliate
On September 9, 1988, WSTO-TV became an affiliate of the Disney Network at the time of the network's establishment. However, most of the station's schedules remained the same as before; in addition, it also syndicated Miami Vice starting in the summer of 1989. Also, as time went on, the station recast the teenage girl in its sign-off and sign-on sequences.

As an ABC affiliate
With the Disney Network affiliation going to KWFM-TV on January 7, 1996, WSTO-TV became an ABC affiliate.. This was due to the fact that Michael Eisner was forcing several big-three network affiiates to switch to the Disney Network, which he had been doing since late 1992.