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WXTX
Columbus, Georgia
Branding	Fox 54 (general) Fox 54 News (newscasts)
Slogan	News, One Hour Earlier
Channels	Analog: 54 (UHF) Digital: 49 (UHF)
Affiliations	Fox (primary) MyNetworkTV (secondary)
Owner	Southeastern Media Holdings (operated by Raycom Media)
First air date	June 17, 1983
Sister station(s)	WTVM
Former affiliations	Independent (1983-1986) The Tube (on DT2)
Transmitter Power	1,000 kW (analog) 499.4 kW (digital)
Height	345 m (analog) 312 m (digital)
Facility ID	12472
Transmitter Coordinates	32°27′40.8″N 84°52′42.5″W / 32.461333, -84.878472
Website	wxtx.com

WXTX, channel 54, is the primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliated-television station for Columbus, Georgia. Its transmitter is located in the Vista Terrace section of Columbus. Owned by Southeastern Media Holdings but operated by Raycom Media, the station is sister to ABC affiliate WTVM. The two stations share studios on Wynnton Road in the Dinglewood section of Columbus. Syndicated programming on WXTX includes: Seinfeld, One on One, Judge Judy. On weeknights, MyNetworkTV airs from 11 P.M. to 1 A.M. For Saturday night primetime, it airs on early Sunday morning from 12:30 to 2:30.

History

WXTX began broadcasting on June 17, 1983 as an independent station. Three years later, on October 9, 1986, WXTX became a charter Fox affiliate, and today is the network's longest serving Georgia affiliate after Fox dropped WATL for New World owned WAGA-TV. On September 5, 2006, WXTX added programming from Fox's new sister network, MyNetworkTV. At one point, the station offered The Tube (a 24-hour digital music network) on its second digital subchannel. It was dropped on October 1, 2007 when the network stopped broadcasting. The second digital subchannel now carries This TV (an all movie channel) since late December 2008.

News operation

Sister station WTVM produces three newscasts for WXTX. This includes an hour long broadcast weekday mornings at 7. There is also a nightly half hour 10 o'clock newscast.

WXTX's nightly 10 o'clock news open.

The station's weeknight anchors.

Current News Personalities

Anchors

• Jason Dennis, 10 pm Anchor
• Semone Doughton, 10 pm Anchor
• Chuck Leonard, Morning Anchor
• Cheryl Renee, Morning Anchor
• Elizabeth White, Weekend Anchor

Meteorologists

• Kurt Schmitz, Chief Meteorologist
• Bruce Lee, Morning Meteorologist
• Derek Kinkade, Weekend Meteorologist

Sports

• Dave Platta, Sports Director
• Andrew Wittenberg, Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter

WXTX features additional news personnel from WTVM. See that article for a complete listing.

External links

• WXTX "Fox 54"
• WTVM "News Leader 9"
• Fox
• MyNetworkTV
• This TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WXTX

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