About Big Guava Beat

Big Guava Beat is an independent online magazine for Tampa Bay, named after the city's oldest nickname. We keep the beat on what's happening around the Bay: the stories everyone is talking about, nights out in Ybor and St. Pete, long Gulf weekends, the best Cuban sandwiches and the businesses making news. We also keep a free guide to the radio stations broadcasting around Tampa Bay.

Big Guava Beat isn't a radio station and nothing here is broadcast. We borrowed the good-time spirit of Bay radio, and The Dial is our free guide to the stations that are actually on the air.

Where the beat comes from

Our headlines come in through a licensed news API (Mediastack) plus Google News and Bing News, with Tampa Bay newsrooms setting the rhythm. Each headline opens on the newsroom that broke it, so the full story is always just a tap away.

Guava Grams

Guava Grams are announcements from businesses and organizations, published as supplied and always tagged Press Release.

Big Guava Beat is independent and not connected to any station on The Dial.