WFLX
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| WFLX | |
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| West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Branding | Fox 29 Fox 29 News |
| Channels | Analog: 29 (UHF) Digital: 28 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Raycom Media (WFLX License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | 1982 |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1982-1986) The Tube (on DT2) |
| Transmitter Power | 5,000 kW (analog) 630 kW (digital) |
| Height | 457 m (analog) 458 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 39736 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | wflx.com |
WFLX, channel 29, is the Fox-affiliated television station for West Palm Beach, Florida. Its transmitter is located south of Wellington. Oowned by Raycom Media, the station has studios on West Blue Heron Boulevard in Riviera Beach.
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[edit] History
WFLX began operation in 1982 as the West Palm Beach market's first independent station. It was owned by Malrite Communications and ran a lineup typical of independent stations at the time. This included early morning cartoons, late morning religious programming, movies in early afternoons / primetime, classic sitcoms in the late afternoon, and current sitcoms during early / late evenings. Unlike most independents, the amount of children's programming seen on WFLX during this time was low compared to similar stations in other markets (a trend owing to the older demographics of the West Palm Beach market).
On October 9, 1986, WFLX became one of the launch affiliates of Fox and retained this affiliation through the network swap in January of 1989. This involved WPEC, WTVX, and then-startup WPBF. As the 1990s approached, WFLX picked up Fox Kids programming in afternoons and phased out older sitcoms for talk and reality shows. After the 1993 / 1994 season, WFLX was recognized as the "Fox Affiliate of the Year". In September of 1998, Malrite merged with current owner Raycom Media.
Shortly after the merge, ratings came out affirming that WFLX was one of Fox's highest affiliates in terms of network ratings and has even shown ratings numbers in the Miami / Fort Lauderdale market. Raycom itself would merge with The Liberty Corporation in mid-2006. In April of 2002, WFLX was the first station in the West Palm Beach market to broadcast in high definition. Until its shutdown on October 1, 2007, WFLX offered The Tube (a 24-hour digital music video channel) on its second digital subchannel. It was also offered on Comcast digital cable channel 220.
[edit] News operation
After Fox requested most of its affiliates air local news in 1990, WFLX entered in a news share agreement with CBS affiliate WPEC. On September 11, 1991, WPEC started producing a nightly 10 o'clock news on WFLX. Originally 30 minutes long, it soon expanded to a full hour. In 2000, hour-long weekday morning news at 7 began to air, which on September 6, 2006, expanded to two hours. All news programs originate from a secondary set at WPEC's studios on Fairfield Drive in Mangonia Park.
As with Fox programming, the newscasts have also rated in the Miami / Fort Lauderdale market (a trend some have attributed to backlash to that market's Fox affiliate, WSVN). As a result, Adelphia pulled WSVN off of its cable lineup in 2005. On January 31, 2008, WPEC became the second station in South Florida to broadcast local news in high definition. The WFLX broadcasts were included. On both stations, the launch included new sets, graphics, and news music packages. New logos were also introduced. NBC affiliate WPTV was the first television station to make the transition.
[edit] News team
Fox 29 Morning News
(Weekday Mornings 7 to 9 A.M.)
- Anchors:
- Ric Blackwell
- Claudia Shea
- Weather:
- Chris Farrell
- Traffic:
- Paul Cavanaugh
Fox 29 Ten O'Clock News (10 to 11 P.M.)
Weeknights
- Anchors:
- Eric Roby
- Suzanne Boyd
- Weather:
- John Matthews
- Sports:
- Pat Murphy
Weekends
- Anchors:
- John Bachman
- Stephanie Dukes
- Weather:
- Michael Ehrenberg
- Sports:
- Nick Foley
The station uses additional news personnel from WPEC. See that article for a complete listing.
- WFLX Web Journalist:
- Rachel Leigh
[edit] Logos
 WFLX logo used from the late-1990s until 2008. |
Current station logo. |
 Variation of current logo used mainly on newscasts. |
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