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Siesta Key resident Burt Sherwood is an unlikely creator of the nation's first all-gay TV network. For one thing, he's not gay. For another, the 78-year-old retired TV executive came of professional age back when Lucy and Ricky Ricardo had to sleep in separate beds.
But that didn't stop Sherwood from dreaming up WGAY TV. With a mixture of cooking and style shows, including drag queen Bellas shopping network, WGAY went on the local airwaves in Key West on Jan. 1. It also airs on Comcast in that market. Sherwood would like to add news and weather and broadcast all over the world, but for now, to see WGAY outside Key West, you have to access it on the Internet (wgay.tv.com) or via a broadband-connected cable-style box.
So far, there are no plans for WGAY to air on cable in Sarasota, where Sherwood...