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| Branding | Fox 25/48 |
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First air date | November 10, 1986 |
Former call signs | WWQI (CP, 1982–1985) |
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Call sign meaning | La Crosse, with "Crosse" represented as an X |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2710 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 295 m (968 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°48′16″N 91°22′19.8″W / 43.80444°N 91.372167°W |
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| Website | www |
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| City | Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |
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First air date | February 9, 1993 |
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Call sign meaning | "Eau Claire Fox" |
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| Facility ID | 2709 |
| ERP | 600 kW |
| HAAT | 225.5 m (740 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°57′24″N 91°40′4″W / 44.95667°N 91.66778°W |
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WLAX (channel 25), licensed to La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, and WEUX (channel 48), licensed to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, are two television stations affiliated with Fox network for the La Crosse–Eau Claire market. The stations are owned by Nexstar Media Group. WLAX maintains studios at Interchange Place in La Crosse and a transmitter in La Crescent, Minnesota, while WEUX has offices on WIS 93 in Eau Claire and a transmitter southeast of Colfax.
WLAX in La Crosse went on the air in November 1986, after two sales of the permit, as the original independent station in the market. It joined Fox shortly afterward. Family Group Broadcasting, which put the station on the air, attempted to build the Eau Claire station as a satellite of WEUX, but fell into bankruptcy before it could do so. Aries Telecommunications of Green Bay bought WLAX and the then-unbuilt WEUX in 1991, with WEUX beginning broadcasting in 1993. Grant Broadcasting acquired the pair in 1996, and Nexstar acquired Grant's stations in 2014. The stations air a 9 p.m. local newscast produced by local NBC affiliate WEAU.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLAX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WEUX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.