WFQX-TV

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WFQX-TV

Cadillac–Traverse City, Michigan United States
City	Cadillac, Michigan
Channels	Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 32
Branding	Local 32 (general) 9&10 News on Local 32 (newscasts) The CW Northern Michigan (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	32.1: Fox 32.2: The CW Plus for others, see § WFQX subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Cadillac Telecasting Company
Operator	910 Media Group via SSA
Sister stations	WWTV/WWUP-TV
History
Founded	February 9, 1987
First air date	October 6, 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-10-06)
Former call signs	WGKI (1989–2000)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 33 (UHF, 1989–2009) Translators: 31 W31BO Alpena 64 W43CM Pickford–Hessell (2005) 43 W43CM Pickford (2007–2008) 54 W54CR Traverse City 61 W61CR Sault Ste. Marie (1995–2008)
Former affiliations	UPN (secondary, 1995–2006)
Call sign meaning	refers to Fox
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	25396
ERP	200 kW 1,000 kW (CP)
HAAT	422 m (1,385 ft) 428.5 m (1,406 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates	44°8′12″N 85°20′33″W / 44.13667°N 85.34250°W / 44.13667; -85.34250
Translator(s)	WWTV-DT 9.2 (VHF) Cadillac WWUP-DT 10.2 (VHF) Sault Ste. Marie W23FL-D 23 (UHF) Traverse City
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.9and10news.com/wfqx/
Satellite station
WFUP
Vanderbilt, Michigan
Channels	Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 45
Programming
Affiliations	45.1: Fox 45.2: CBS for others, see § WFUP subchannels
History
Founded	April 9, 1992
First air date	January 11, 1993 (31 years ago) (1993-01-11)
Former call signs	WGKU (1992–2000) WFVX (2000–2003)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 45 (UHF, 1993–2009) Digital: 59 (UHF, 1995–2009)
Call sign meaning	Fox Upper Peninsula
Technical information[2]
Facility ID	25395
ERP	100 kW
HAAT	324.7 m (1,065 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	45°10′12″N 84°45′4″W / 45.17000°N 84.75111°W / 45.17000; -84.75111 (WFUP)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WFQX-TV (channel 32) is a television station licensed to Cadillac, Michigan, United States, serving the northern Lower and eastern Upper peninsulas of Michigan as an affiliate of Fox and The CW Plus. It is owned by Cadillac Telecasting Company, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with 910 Media Group, owner of Cadillac-licensed CBS affiliate WWTV, channel 9 (and its Sault Ste. Marie–licensed full-time satellite, WWUP-TV, channel 10), for the provision of certain services. Both stations share studios on Broadcast Way (near US 131) in Cadillac, while WFQX-TV's transmitter is located on 130th Avenue in unincorporated Osceola County, just northeast of Tustin.

As with other network affiliates in this vast and mainly rural area, WFQX-TV operates a full-time, full-power satellite in Vanderbilt, WFUP (channel 45), whose transmitter is located on Hudson Lookout in southeastern Charlevoix County. Unlike other network affiliates in Northern Michigan, the WFQX and WFUP combination does not incorporate the satellite station's channel number in its branding; the stations are simply referred to as Local 32. Except for required hourly legal identification, there is no on-air mention that WFUP exists, and aside from the transmitter, WFUP does not maintain any physical presence locally in Vanderbilt. Unlike its parent station, WFUP does not carry any of WFQX-TV's subchannels and has a different subchannel lineup.