WFXB
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| WFXB | |
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| Myrtle Beach / Florence, South Carolina | |
| Branding | Fox 43 |
| Slogan | Wanna Know? Gotta Watch! |
| Channels | 43 (UHF) analog, 51 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Bahakel Communications |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Call letters meaning | W Fox Myrtle Beach |
| Transmitter Power | 5000 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Website | www.wfxb.com |
WFXB channel 43 is the Fox affiliate television station serving Florence, South Carolina, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Lumberton, North Carolina. Its transmitter is located near Mullins, South Carolina. The station runs a blend of talk/reality shows, court shows, recent off network sitcoms, news, and of course Fox programming.
[edit] History
Channel 43 began operation on July 5, 1984 as WGSE. The station was owned by Carolina Christian Television. WGSE carried about 2/3 religious shows and 1/3 secular shows. The religious shows included PTL Club, Jimmy Swaggart, Richard Roberts, 700 Club, and many others. They also carried a Christian show called Niteline which initially was produced at then-sister station WGGS Channel 16 in Greenville. Eventually WGSE began producing a local edition of Niteline as well.
Some of the early secular shows included Inspector Gadget, Heathcliff, Mister Ed, Green Acres, Brady Bunch, Flintstones, Bullwinkle, and some weekend hunting/sports and wildlife shows. Initially secular shows were run weekdays from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and most of Saturday. On Sundays the station ran strictly Christian programming. They also ran other WGGS produced programs like Beverly Exercise, Peggy Denny, and others.
Gradually as WGGS became a full time Christian station, WGSE bgen moving away from a lot of Christian shows and began running more of a secular line-up. Most of their shows were barter though. By 1991 WGSE was running Christian shows from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. and from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Rest of the day the station had a traditional independent schedule. The station also now had secular shows after 10:00 a.m. Sundays.
The station ran a lot of first run barter cartoons and family shows like Ninja Turtles, Disney Afternoon, Garfield, Sonic The Hedgehog, Stunt Dawgs, James Bond Jr., Bewitched, Wonder Years, I Dream of Jeannie, Family Matters and some talk shows. The station took the WB network in 1995. The station was sold to James McGregor Everett in 1996. At that point the religious shows were dropped except for a few on Sunday morning. In 1997 the station took Fox programming and became a secondary WB affiliate and changed the calls to WFXB. By now more talk and reality shows as well as recent sitcoms were being added. Local newscasts also were eventually aired. Bahakel Communications would buy WFXB in 1999. By then the WB shows were dropped altogether. Children's programming was gone in 2002 when Fox ended the weekday kids block nationally.
FOX 43 News at Ten is produced by CBS affiliate WBTW. The FOX and CBS affiliate began a news share agreement in 2004.
[edit] External links
| Bahakel Communications |
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WABG-TV | WAKA | WBBJ-TV | WCCB | WFXB | WOLO-TV | WRSP-TV / WCCU |
| Fox Network Affiliates in the state of South Carolina | |
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WHNS 21 (Greenville) - WTAT 24 (Charleston) - WTGS 28 (Hardeeville) - WFXB 43 (Myrtle Beach) - WACH 57 (Columbia) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CW, MyNetworkTV and Other stations in South Carolina | |
