KFXK-TV

"KFXL-LD" redirects here. Not to be confused with KFXL-TV, the Fox-affiliated television station in Lincoln, Nebraska.

KFXK-TV
CityLongview, Texas
Channels
BrandingFox51
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • White Knight Broadcasting
  • (Warwick Communications, Inc.)
OperatorNexstar Media Group
KTPN-LD, KETK-TV
History
First air date
September 9, 1984 (40 years ago) (1984-09-09)
Former call signs
  • KLMG-TV (1984–1991)
  • KFXK (1991–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 51 (UHF, 1984–2009)
  • Digital: 31 (UHF, 2006–2019)
  • CBS (1984–1991)
  • UPN (secondary, 1995–1997)
Call sign meaning
Fox
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID70917
ERP845 kW
HAAT360.2 m (1,182 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°15′36.4″N 94°57′3.2″W / 32.260111°N 94.950889°W / 32.260111; -94.950889
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.ketk.com
Translator
KFXL-LD
CityLufkin, Texas
Channels
History
Former call signs
  • K30CS (CP, 1989–1997)
  • KFXL-LP (1997–2012)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 30 (UHF, 1998–2012)
Call sign meaning
Fox Lufkin
Technical information[2]
Facility ID70918
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT226 m (741 ft)[3]
Transmitter coordinates31°21′55″N 94°45′59″W / 31.36528°N 94.76639°W / 31.36528; -94.76639
Links
Public license information
LMS

KFXK-TV (channel 51) is a television station licensed to Longview, Texas, United States, serving East Texas as an affiliate of the Fox network. It is owned by White Knight Broadcasting, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of Jacksonville-licensed NBC affiliate KETK-TV (channel 56) and Tyler-licensed low-power MyNetworkTV affiliate KTPN-LD (channel 36), for the provision of certain services. The stations share studios on Richmond Road (near Texas Loop 323) in Tyler; KFXK-TV's transmitter is located near FM 125 in rural northwestern Rusk County (northwest of New London). It is rebroadcast by KFXL-LD (channel 30) in Lufkin, from a transmitter northwest of the city on SH 103 near Loop 287.

Channel 51 in Longview went on the air on September 9, 1984, as CBS affiliate KLMG-TV. It was owned by Clara McLaughlin and the first Black woman–owned television station in the United States. McLaughlin intended to develop an East Texas Television Network of stations to complement KLMG-TV to its south and northwest, but none of them materialized as the East Texas economy soured and the station struggled to secure financing. The station filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 1987 and temporarily cut back its local newscasts, which returned the next year.

Kamin Broadcasting bought KLMG-TV out of bankruptcy in January 1991 and immediately moved to switch the station from CBS to Fox under new KFXK call letters. At the time, KLMG-TV was below the CBS affiliates from Dallas and Shreveport in the local ratings, but no Fox station was broadcasting to East Texas. The news department was also discontinued. Kamin died in 1992; his business partners, operating as Warwick Communications, sold KFXK to White Knight Broadcasting. White Knight's affiliate, Communications Corporation of America, began operating KETK-TV in 1999. The KETK-TV newsroom produces morning, early evening, and late evening newscasts for air on KFXK-TV.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFXK-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFXL-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Antenna Height Above Average Terrain Calculations -- Results". Federal Communications Commission. n.d. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2022.