WFXU

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WFXU / WTLF
Tallahassee, Florida
City of license	WFXU: Live Oak, Florida WTLF: Tallahassee, Florida
Channels	WFXU: 57 (UHF) WTLF: no analog, WTLH-DT 49.2 WFXU: 48 (UHF)(not yet in operation) WTLF: 24(UHF) digital
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	WFXU: Pegasus Communications WTLF: KB Prime Media
Founded	WFXU: June 15, 1998 WTLF: March 13, 2003
Call letters meaning	WFXU: FoX from days as Fox affiliate WTLF: TaLlahassee, Florida
Former affiliations	WFXU: Fox (1998-2002) Both Stations: UPN (2002-2005) The WB (2005-2006)

WFXU and WTLF are The CW television affiliate stations serving the Tallahassee, Florida television market. Its transmitter is located in Metcalf, Georgia.

WFXU is licensed to Live Oak, Florida and broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 57; it is allocated UHF channel 48 for its digital signal, which is not on the air yet.

WTLF is licensed to Tallahasee and broadcasts a digital signal only on UHF channel 24; it was one of the first stations in the US to sign on as a digital-only station.

Most of their programming comes from The CW Plus.

WFXU is owned by Pegasus Communications, which also operates WTLH, the Fox station in Tallahassee. WTLF is owned by KB Prime Media.

[edit] History

When WFXU went on the air on June 15, 1998 WFXU was a satellite station of WTLH. WFXU acquired an affiliation with UPN in April 2002 and WTLF became a digital satellite of WFXU when it went on the air on March 13, 2003. WFXU and WTLF were affiliated with UPN until April 1, 2005 as the two Stations went to The WB, when UPN moved to a digital subchannel of WCTV. Prior to this, The WB was carried on a cable-only channel known by the fictitious call letters WBXT ("WB6") (these call letters currently belong to a low-power class A station in Tallahassee).

In September 2006, The WB and UPN will merge to be The CW. It was announced on April 24, 2006 that WTLH-DT 49.2 would become Tallahassee's CW affiliate. Around August 2006 a graphic with the text "Coming This September" and the CW logo was placed on the bottom right of the screen indicating WFXU/WTLF as a CW affiliate. When the network premiered WFXU became the official affiliate along with WTLH-DT 49.2

The investment group CP Media is also looking to purchase WTLF and WTLH as part of a deal to buy eleven Pegasus-owned television stations. However, this deal would need FCC approval. [1]

[edit] External links

• UPN Switches Florida Affiliates from Broadcasting & Cable
• FCC Form 337 filed by WFXU in September 2005
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WFXU
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTLF