WFXL
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| WFXL | |
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| Albany, Georgia | |
| Branding | FOX 31 |
| Slogan | First, Fast |
| Channels | 31 (UHF) analog, 12 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | FOX |
| Owner | Barrington Broadcasting |
| Founded | February 1982 |
| Call letters meaning | W FoX ALbany |
| Former callsigns | WTSG (1982-89) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1982-89) |
| Transmitter Power | 1580 kW analog, 0.177 kW digital |
| Height | 302 m analog, 76 m digital |
| Facility ID | 70815 |
| Website | www.wfxl.com |
WFXL is the FOX network affiliate in Albany, Georgia. The station is owned by Barrington Broadcasting, and broadcasts on UHF channel 31, with a digital signal on VHF channel 12. WFXL's transmitter is located in Doerun, Georgia, in northern Colquitt County, near the Worth County line.
WFXL broadcasts two half-hour newscasts, FOX 31 News at 6:30 PM (Monday-Friday) and FOX 31 News at 10:00 PM, every night.
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[edit] History
Channel 31 signed on in February 1982 as WTSG, and was South Georgia's first independent station. The station became a FOX affiliate in November 1989, and changed its call letters to WFXL to reflect the new affiliation.
On March 27, 2006, then-owner Raycom Media announced the sale of WFXL and 11 other stations to Barrington Broadcasting in order to meet FCC rules regarding station ownership (Raycom had just acquired The Liberty Corporation, the owner of WALB, which they decided to keep).
[edit] Chopper crash and tower demolition
On June 1, 2006, a MH-47 Chinook military chopper traveling from Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia to Fort Rucker in Alabama for a training mission hit a guy wire connected to WFXL's 1000 foot tall tower in Doerun, resulting in a crash (Investigation is still under way). While the tower remained standing and intact (other than the guy wire), WFXL was forced to temporarily cease its over-the-air signal, though broadcasts on cable were not affected.
If WFXL's tower collapsed, it could have also caused the tower of WALB to topple, as both towers were only 150 feet apart. [1], [2], [3] As a result, Raycom (which at that time still owned WFXL while the Barrington sale awaited FCC approval) acquired auxiliary transmitters and antennas for both WFXL and WALB, which are installed at the tower at WALB's studios in Albany. They hoped to get WFXL back on the air terrestrially by Tuesday June 6. [4]
On June 7, 2006, WFXL's tower was demolished, but in doing so, one of the tower's guy wires wrapped around a guy wire for WALB's tower, as feared. As a result, WALB's tower collapsed, in an incident shown on live television. Both stations then began to transmit their signals from the tower at the WALB studios. The cleanup of the site and installation of new towers could take months to complete.[5] [6]
[edit] Weather Forecast Titles
- FOX 31 Accuweather Forecast, (?- 2005)
- FOX 31 First Warn Weather, (2005-March 2007)
- FOX 31 Weather, (current)
[edit] Current Personaities
[edit] Anchors/Reporters
- Terry Graham, 6:30 PM News Anchor, Reporter
- Miranda Crissinger, 6:30 and 10:00PM News Anchor, Reporter
- Phyllis Banks, 10:00 PM News Anchor (weekends), Reporter
- Lauren Adams, General Assignment Reporter
- Stephanie Burke, General Assignment Reporter
- Lindsey Sutherland, General Assignment Reporter
- Ashley Knight, General Assignment Reporter
[edit] Meteorologists
- Robert Hahn, Chief Meteorologist
- Elvin Armstrong, Weekend Meteorologist
[edit] Sports
- Brian Perkins, Sports Director
- Jeff Abeln, Weekend Sports Anchor
[edit] Past Personalities
- Dawn Hobby, news director (now at WALB-TV)
- Chris Schafers, chief meteorologist
- Rob Hatchel, chief meteorologist, (now at WSFA in Montgomery, Alabama)
- Mark Tarello, chief meteorologist
- Jon Williams, anchor
- Jade Hindmond, fill in anchor, reporter (now at WHNS-TV)
- Rontonio Thurman, reporter
- Bruce Layman, news director (now at WTAP-TV)
- Jyl Lee, reporter
- Lydia Esparra anchor, reporter (now at WKYC-TV)
- Jeff Coyle, reporter
- Suzanna Haynes, reporter
- Theo Travers, reporter (now At WREG-TV)
- Brian O'Connor, reporter
- Mercer Merrill, anchor (now at News 14 Carolina)
- Clay Godfrey, reporter
- Jeanie Powell, reporter (now at WAFF-TV in Huntsville, Alabama)
- Frank Sulkowski, sports director, (now at WJCL in Savannah, Georgia)
- Jenny Nicholson, reporter, weekend anchor
- Rob Stone, Sports Director (now covers soccer for ESPN)
- Lachlan McLean, Sports Director (now at WHAS-AM radio in Louisville, Kentucky)
- Heather Childers, News Director (now at News 14 Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Sarah Abbott, reporter
- Regina Callan, reporter
- Rick Schutt, Sports Director (now at WSJV-TV in South Bend, Indiana)
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Albany, Georgia market (Nielsen DMA #145) | ||
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WCTV 6/WSWG 44 (CBS/MNTV on DT2) - WALB 10 (NBC) - WABW 14 (PBS/GPB) - WACS 25 (PBS/GPB) - WFXL 31 (FOX) (The Tube on DT2) - WSST 55 (Ind) |
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| Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Georgia | |
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WAGA 5 (Atlanta) - WGXA 24 (Macon) - WFXL 31 (Albany) - WTLH 49 (Bainbridge) - WFXG 54 (Augusta) - WXTX 54 (Columbus) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Georgia | |
| Corporate Management Roster: | Keith L. Bland (Senior VP) | Christoper H. Cornelius (COO) | Mary L. Flodin (Senior VP) | Warren Spector (CFO) | K. James Yager (CEO) |
| ABC Network Affiliates: | KTVO | KVII / KVIH | WHOI | WPDE |
| CBS Network Affiliates: | KGBT | KHQA | KRCG |
| The CW Network Affiliates: | KVII / KVIH | KXTU | WBSF | WEYI | WHOI | WSTM1 | WSTQ | WWMB2 |
| Fox Network Affiliates: | KXRM | KYOU3 | WACH | WFXL |
| NBC Network Affiliates: | WEYI | WLUC | WNWO | WPBN / WTOM | WSTM |
| 1This station carries the feed of its low-power sister station for owners of high-definition television sets. | |
| 2Barrington operates this station owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting. | |
| 3Barrington operates this station owned by Ottumwa Media Holdings. | |
| Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: None, privately held. | Website: www.barringtontv.com | |
