WFXU

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WFXU / WTLF
Tallahassee, Florida
City of license	WFXU: Live Oak, Florida WTLF: Tallahassee, Florida
Channels	Analog: WFXU: 57 (UHF) Digital: WFXU: 48 (UHF) WTLF: 24 (UHF)
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	WFXU: CP Media, LLC WTLF: MPS Media (WFXU: Budd Broadcasting Company, Inc.) (WTLF: MPS Media of Tallahassee License, LLC)
First air date	WFXU: July 1998 WTLF: May 7, 2003 [1]
Call letters’ meaning	WFXU: FoX (previous affiliation) U WTLF: TaLlahassee, Florida
Sister station(s)	WTLH
Former affiliations	WFXU: Fox (1998-2002) both stations: UPN (2002-2005) The WB (2005-2006)
Transmitter Power	WFXU: 2510 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) WTLF: 24 kW
Height	WFXU: 135 m (analog) 597.2 m (digital) WTLF: 39 m
Facility ID	WFXU: 22245 WTLF: 82735
Transmitter Coordinates	WFXU: 30°33′1″N, 83°0′47.1″W (analog) 30°40′50.4″N, 83°58′20.2″W (digital) WTLF: 30°29′41.4″N, 84°25′0″W

WFXU and WTLF are The CW television affiliate stations serving the Tallahassee, Florida television market. WFXU's analog transmitter is located near Jasper, while its digital transmitter is located near 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 Tallahassee 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 CP Media LLC, which also operates WTLH, the Fox station in Tallahassee. WTLF is owned by MPS 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 May 7, 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 merged 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. The group deal closed at the end of March 2007. [2]

Former WB logo

[edit] External links

v • d • e New Age Media, LLC

CBS Network Affiliate: WGFL¹ Fox Network Affiliates: WDSI-TV¹ · WOLF-TV¹ ² · WTLH² The CW Network Affiliates: WFXU · WPXT · WSWB³ · WFLI-TV³ MyNetworkTV Affiliates: WMYG-LP · WPME · WQMY ¹Also a subaffiliate of MyNetworkTV. ²Also a subaffiliate of The CW. ³Owned by MPS Media; operated by New Age Media under a local marketing agreement.