WLAX

WLAX
In a dark blue, the all-capital Fox logo sits next to two numerals in white on a red curved rectangular background, "25" and "48" with a slight separation. Beneath that logo, a smaller curved rectangle with a dark blue background contains the text "LA CROSSE • EAU CLAIRE" in all capital letters.
Channels
BrandingFox 25/48
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
November 10, 1986
(37 years ago) (1986-11-10)
Former call signs
WWQI (CP, 1982–1985)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 25 (UHF, 1986–2009)
  • Digital: 17 (UHF, 2004–2020)
Call sign meaning
La Crosse, with "Crosse" represented as an X
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID2710
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT295 m (968 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°48′16″N 91°22′19.8″W / 43.80444°N 91.372167°W / 43.80444; -91.372167
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wiproud.com
Satellite station
WEUX
CityChippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
History
First air date
February 9, 1993
(31 years ago) (1993-02-09)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 48 (UHF, 1993–2009)
  • Digital: 49 (UHF, 2006–2019)
Call sign meaning
"Eau Claire Fox"
Technical information[2]
Facility ID2709
ERP600 kW
HAAT225.5 m (740 ft)
Transmitter coordinates44°57′24″N 91°40′4″W / 44.95667°N 91.66778°W / 44.95667; -91.66778 (WEUX)
Links
Public license information

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.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLAX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WEUX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.