WLOX
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| WLOX | |
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| Biloxi, Mississippi | |
| Branding | WLOX News 13 |
| Slogan | Building South Mississippi Together |
| Channels | Analog: 13 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Raycom Media, Inc. (WLOX License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | September 15, 1962 |
| Call letters’ meaning | BiLOXi |
| Former callsigns | WLOX-TV (1962-2003) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 715 kW (digital) |
| Height | 408 m (analog) 366 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 13995 |
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| Website | www.wlox.com |
WLOX is the ABC affiliate for Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Its transmitter is located near the unincorporated town of McHenry.
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[edit] Digital Television
WLOX is currently broadcasting on digital channel 39 (re-mapped digitally to Channel 13 on digital televisions) and analog channel 13. After February 17, 2009, WLOX will move its digital frequency to channel 13 once the analog signal signs off for good.
WLOX's digital signal is multiplexed. Currently WLOX broadcasts their main signal on 13.1 and a 24/7 weather channel on 13.2. 13.3 was the former home of The Tube until it ceased operations in 2007. WLOX used a digital still to notify viewers of the network's demise until the subchannel was eliminated from WLOX's signal.
[edit] History
WLOX signed on September 15, 1962, the first TV station on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. It was founded by the Love Family, who also owned an AM station with the same call letters. The family sold WLOX-TV to Cosmos Broadcasting (later Liberty Corporation in 1994. Liberty merged with Raycom Media in 2005.
Due to ABC having its affiliate further east in Pensacola, Florida, rather than Mobile, Alabama, WLOX helped fill a void in areas west of Mobile that couldn't get ABC programs. However today, WGNO-TV out of New Orleans is on cable in Biloxi and Gulfport, with other New Orleans affiliates, causing competition for WLOX. On the other hand, WLOX is the default ABC affiliate for Hattiesburg, which does not have their own ABC station.
Among former WLOX employees is Chuck Scarborough, anchorman for New York's WNBC, and ABC's Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts. Scarborough is a Coast native, and Roberts grew up in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Roberts' sister, Sally-Ann, remains close to the area, working at WWL-TV in New Orleans.
WLOX remained on the air during Hurricane Katrina, even though the studios were heavily damaged in the storm, and continued to broadcast non-stop for more than 12 days afterward. WLOX created an award-winning two-disc DVD set about the storm entitled "Katrina: South Mississippi's Story".
[edit] Awards
In 2006 WLOX received the Edward R. Murrow National Award in the category of continuing coverage, for its around-the-clock coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. WLOX also received a Southern Regional Emmy Humanitarian award in June of 2006. [1]
[edit] Current staff
[edit] External links
- WLOX web site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WLOX
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WLOX-TV
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