WFXV
FCC | |
Facility ID | 43424 |
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ERP | 1,000 kW |
HAAT | 243.5 m (799 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°8′41.1″N 75°10′32.2″W / 43.144750°N 75.175611°W |
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Public license information | |
Website | www |
WFXV (channel 33) is a television station in Utica, New York, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Mohawk Valley. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside low-power MyNetworkTV affiliate WPNY-LD (channel 11); Nexstar also provides certain services to ABC affiliate WUTR (channel 20) under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Mission Broadcasting. The three stations share studios on Smith Hill Road in Deerfield (with a Utica mailing address), where WFXV's transmitter is also located.
History
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At some point in time,
In December of that year, Mission Broadcasting, a company with connections to Nexstar, announced it would acquire ABC affiliate WUTR from Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia). The deal was closed on April 1, 2004—when local marketing and joint sales agreements were established between the two stations. Although the ABC affiliate was the junior partner, WFXV and WPNY-LP were consolidated into WUTR's studios in Deerfield.
This station aired The Bill Keeler Show (a local late-night comedy series) from April 1, 2003, to 2005 when the program moved to WKTV.[8] Prior to the DTV transition, WFXV filed an application with the FCC to relocate its transmitter southwest of Utica to a tower on Skyline Drive in Clinton, a village of Kirkland. However, this proposal was ultimately denied by the FCC. WFXV's broadcast became digital-only, effective March 16, 2009.[9][10]
On June 15, 2016, Nexstar announced that it has entered into an affiliation agreement with
On April 1, 2020, the antenna changed to reflect the switch over from UHF channel 27 to 34 on March 13, 2020, at noon.[12]
News operation
In September 2001, WFXV entered into a news share agreement with WKTV (then owned by Smith Television). This arrangement resulted in a prime time newscast at 10 to debut on this station. Known as NewsChannel 2 on Fox, the show aired every night for a half-hour and mirrored programs seen on WKTV. The broadcast was supposed to originate live from WKTV's Smith Hill Road studios in Deerfield but there were technical problems beaming the show to WFXV's facility in Rome through microwave relay.
Sometimes, personnel had to record the newscast in advance and physically deliver the videotape to this station which was a thirty-minute drive. When the outsourcing contract ended on August 31, 2004, WFXV decided not to renew it. The prime time broadcast moved to WKTV's cable-only WB affiliate "WBU" (now CBS affiliate WKTV-DT2) the next day and reduced to weeknights. Today the newscast airs on CW affiliate WKTV-DT3 as NewsChannel 2 at 10 and can be seen for thirty minutes.[13][14]
After WUTR's acquisition by Mission Broadcasting, speculation began circulating Nexstar would establish a combined news department for WFXV as well as sister stations WUTR and WPNY to take on longtime dominant WKTV. Actual progress was not made until March 31, 2011, when the company announced it would launch a news operation for the three outlets by mid-September. Nexstar invested $1 million for new equipment and the hiring of twelve employees. The company's initial press release indicated this station would feature separate news anchors from WUTR and be presented in a more fast-paced format to attract Fox's younger viewers.
In a later press release in August, however, indications mentioned only one anchor team was hired for both stations. The debut of WFXV 33 Eyewitness News at 10 occurred September 12, 2011, making WFXV the second station in the Utica area (behind WUTR, which launched its newscast four hours earlier) to broadcast local news in true high definition. WKTV would not switch to true high-definition until January 29, 2015.[15] The newscast competes against a similar broadcast airing on WKTV's third digital subchannel.[16] Throughout the process of building a local news operation from scratch, WFXV consulted with viewers and businesses for input in developing the final product. Right now, there is no sports department at the operation's inception.[17][18][19][20][21]
WFXV added a simulcast of Bill Keeler's radio show, which originates from radio station WIBX, in 2015.[22] The simulcast was temporarily dropped due to new 2016 requirements from the FCC requiring local real-time closed captioning on January 4, 2016;[23] it returned on May 9, 2016, with captioning.[24] Keeler's show was finally dropped from WFXV in 2022 when it began simulcasting Morning in America from corporate sibling NewsNation.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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33.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
WFXV-DT | Fox |
33.2 | 480i | 4:3 |
Ion Mystery | |
33.3 | Laff |
Former translator
WFXV was previously relayed on analog repeater W31BP (channel 31) in the Town of Burlington from a transmitter on Clock Hill Road. W31BP's license was surrendered to the FCC and canceled on August 3, 2021.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Fybush, Scott (March 3, 2003). "Big Apple Circus". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "WUTR, WFXV will switch to digital March 16". Observer-Dispatch. February 6, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
- ^ Murpy, Montanette (February 17, 2009). "Local stations begin transition to digital". Observer-Dispatch. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
- ^ "Bounce TV, Grit, Escape, Laff Multicast Deal Covers 81 Stations, 54 Markets". Broadcasting & Cable. June 15, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ "New antenna goes up". Nexstar Broadcasting. April 1, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (August 27, 2001). "Bad Blood at the Blood Drive". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (August 30, 2004). "CHOI Wins a Reprieve". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "WKTV switches to true HD". wktv.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "WUTR/WFXV – CNYhomepage.com". January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ "More News". January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ says, JMyrleFuller (March 31, 2011). "Utica's WUTR to Revive Local News Operation • CNYRadio.com / CNYTVNews.com". cnyradio.com. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ "Company Has Not Had News Since 2003". uticadailynews.com. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "Local News Coming to ABC and FOX in Utica and Rome". uticaod.com. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "WUTR/WFXV – CNYhomepage.com". January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ "Keeler Morning Show to be Simulcast LIVE on T.V." June 25, 2015.
- ^ "Keeler Show Notes for 1/4/16". January 4, 2016.
- ^ "Keeler Show to be Simulcast Daily on WFXV FOX 33 TV". May 5, 2016.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WFXV". RabbitEars.Info.