WFGX

WFGX
CityFort Walton Beach, Florida
Channels
BrandingWFGX 35[1]
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WEAR-TV, WPMI-TV, WJTC
History
FoundedDecember 20, 1983
First air date
April 7, 1987 (37 years ago) (1987-04-07)
Former call signs
WQAC (1983–1987)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 35 (UHF, 1987–2009)
  • Digital: 50 (UHF, until 2020)
Call sign meaning
Family Group Broadcasting (founding owners), "X" as a placeholder
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID6554
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT582.8 m (1,912 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°36′45.4″N 87°38′41.6″W / 30.612611°N 87.644889°W / 30.612611; -87.644889
Links
Public license information
Websitewfgxtv.com

WFGX (channel 35) is a television station licensed to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States, serving northwest Florida and southwest Alabama as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Pensacola-licensed ABC affiliate WEAR-TV (channel 3); Sinclair also provides certain services to Mobile, Alabama–licensed NBC affiliate WPMI-TV (channel 15) and Pensacola-licensed independent station WJTC (channel 44) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Deerfield Media.

WFGX and WEAR-TV share studios—which also house master control and some internal operations for WPMI-TV and WJTC—on Mobile Highway (US 90) in unincorporated Escambia County, Florida (with a Pensacola mailing address); WFGX's transmitter is located in unincorporated Baldwin County, Alabama (northeast of Robertsdale).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference rei was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFGX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.