WDFX-TV

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WDFX-TV
Image:Wdfx.gif
Dothan, Alabama
City of license Ozark, Alabama
Branding Fox 34
Channels Analog: 34 (UHF)

Digital: 33 (UHF)
Affiliations Fox
Owner Raycom Media, Inc.
(WDFX License Subsidiary, LLC)
First air date February 1991[1]
Call letters’ meaning Dothan's FoX
Former callsigns WDAU (1991-1995)
Transmitter Power 1120 kW (analog)
15 kW (digital)
Height 151 m (both)
Facility ID 32851
Transmitter Coordinates 31°12′29.6″N, 85°36′48.7″W
Website www.myfox34.net

WDFX-TV (Fox 34) is a Fox-affiliated television station broadcasting on channel 34 from Dothan, Alabama. The studios are in Dothan, and the transmitter is in Wicksburg (15 miles / 24 km west of Dothan), but it is officially licensed to the city of Ozark. The station is owned by Raycom Media.

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[edit] History

WDFX's first broadcast was in February of 1991, owned by Woods Television under the callsign WDAU (The calls were originally used on Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's CBS affiliate, now WYOU, which incidentally is a sister station to WDFX's rival WDHN). The current callsign was adopted in 1995. The station was sold to Waitt Media in 1999 and to Raycom in 2003.

[edit] Programming

WDFX will soon be airing a 9pm newscast provided by its Raycom Media owned sister station WSFA TV,the NBC affiliate in Montgomery,Alabama. Outside of the Fox network schedule, the station's lineup consists mostly of off-network repeats, court shows and talk shows. Some local programming airs including a Country Music show on Saturday nights and other paid programs, mostly religious.

[edit] Management

Currently, WDFX shares the same management as WPGX in Panama City, Florida. Each station serves its own respective market, but share a common look that can also be seen on several other Raycom Fox affiliates.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says February 23, while the Television and Cable Factbook says February 22.

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the Dothan / Ozark market (Nielsen DMA #172)

WDIQ 2/WGIQ 43 (PBS/APT) - WTVY 4 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2 & The CW on DT3) - WJJN-LP 5 (Ind/FN) - WDHN 18 (ABC) - WDFX 34 (Fox)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
Panama City: WJHG 7 (NBC) - WBIF 51 (RTN)
Montgomery: WSFA 12 (NBC) - WRJM 67 (MNTV)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Pensacola-Mobile, Columbus, Albany and Tallahassee Markets
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Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Alabama
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Alabama
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Raycom Media
Corporate Staff
Paul McTear (President & CEO) · Wayne Daugherty · Marty Edelman · Leon Long · Jeff Rosser · Anne Adkins · Clyde Baucom · Rebecca Bryan · David Folsom · Mary Carloe McDonnell · Billy McDowell · Susana Schuler · Melissa Thurber
Network Affiliates

ABC Network Affiliates: KAIT · KLTV · KTRE · WLOX · WTVM

CBS Network Affiliates: KFVS · KOLD · KSLA · WAFB · WBTV  · WCSC  · WOIO · WTOC · WTOL · WTVR3

The CW Network Affiliates: WQWQ · WUPV1

Fox Network Affiliates: WDFX · WFLX · WFXG1 · WPGX · WSFX1 · WTNZ · WXIX · WXTX1

MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KFVE · WBXH · WUAB

NBC Network Affiliates: KCBD · KHNL/KHBC/KOGG  · KPLC · WAFF · WALB · WAVE · WDAM  · WECT · WFIE · WIS · WLBT · WMBF2  · WMC · WSFA · WWBT

1Raycom Media owns and operates these stations through Southeastern Media Holdings. 2Scheduled to begin broadcasting in 2008. 3Subject to sale once a buyer is found.
Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: 4,200 · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.raycommedia.com
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