WFXL
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| WFXL | |
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| Albany, Georgia | |
| Branding | Fox 31 |
| Slogan | First, Fast |
| Channels | Analog: 31 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC (Barrington Albany License, LLC) |
| First air date | February 14, 1982 |
| Call letters’ meaning | FoX ALbany |
| Former callsigns | WTSG-TV (1982-1989) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1982-1989) |
| Transmitter Power | 1580 kW (analog) 60 kW (digital) |
| Height | 302 m (analog) 253 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 70815 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.wfxl.com |
WFXL is the Fox network affiliate in Albany, Georgia. The station is owned by Barrington Broadcasting, and broadcasts on UHF channel 31, with a digital signal on VHF channel 12. WFXL's transmitter is located in Doerun, in northern Colquitt County, near the Worth County line.
WFXL broadcasts two half-hour newscasts, Fox 31 News at 6:30 PM (Monday-Friday) and Fox 31 News at 10:00 PM, every night.
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[edit] History
Channel 31 signed on in February 1982 as WTSG-TV, and was South Georgia's first independent station. The station became a Fox affiliate in November 1989, and changed its call letters to WFXL to reflect the new affiliation.
On March 27, 2006, then-owner Raycom Media announced the sale of WFXL and 11 other stations to Barrington Broadcasting in order to meet FCC rules regarding station ownership (Raycom had just acquired The Liberty Corporation, the owner of WALB, which they decided to keep).
In 2007 WFXL acquired a new, state of the art weather system which will help tremendousley in severe weather coverage.
[edit] Chopper crash and tower demolition
On June 1, 2006, a MH-47 Chinook military chopper traveling from Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia to Fort Rucker in Alabama for a training mission hit a guy wire connected to WFXL's 1000 foot (305 meter) tall tower in Doerun, resulting in a crash (Investigation is still under way). While the tower remained standing and intact (other than the guy wire), WFXL was forced to temporarily cease its over-the-air signal, though broadcasts on cable were not affected.
If WFXL's tower collapsed, it could have also caused the tower of WALB to topple, as both towers were only 150 feet (45 m) apart. [1], [2], [3] As a result, Raycom (which at that time still owned WFXL while the Barrington sale awaited FCC approval) acquired auxiliary transmitters and antennas for both WFXL and WALB, which are installed at the tower at WALB's studios in Albany.[4]
On June 7, 2006, WFXL's tower was demolished, but in doing so, one of the tower's guy wires wrapped around a guy wire for WALB's tower, as feared. As a result, WALB's tower collapsed, in an incident shown on live television. Both stations then began to transmit their signals from the tower at the WALB studios. In early July 2007 the WALB/ WFXL mega-tower was completed and began broadcasting on July 3, 2007 at 11:35 P.M.[5] [6]
[edit] Weather Forecast Titles
- FOX 31 Accuweather Forecast, (?- 2005)
- FOX 31 First Warn Weather, (2005-March 2007)
- FOX 31 Weather, (current)
[edit] Current Personaities
[edit] Anchors/Reporters
- Terry Graham, 6:30 PM News Anchor, News Director
- Miranda Crissinger, 6:30 and 10:00PM News Anchor, Reporter
- Hubert Wiggins, General Assignment Reporter
- Lindsey Sutherland, General Assignment Reporter
- Ashley Knight, General Assignment Reporter
[edit] Weather Team
- Robert Hahn, Chief Meteorologist
- Lindsey Sutherland Weekend Weathercaster
[edit] Sports
- Brian Perkins, Sports Director
- Jeff Abeln, Weekend Sports Anchor
[edit] Past Personalities
- Bobbi Harley, news director/anchor (now with CBS News)
- Lauren Adams, General Assignment Reporter
- Wade Michaels, Anchor/Reporter
- Phyllis Banks, reporter (now at Albany Police Dept.)
- Elvin Armstrong, Weekend Weathercaster
- Jim Basquil, Sports Director (now with ESPN Radio)
- Diane McInerny, reporter (now at Inside Edition)
- Chris Schafers, chief meteorologist
- Jaxon Riley, Weather Personality/Promotions Director
- Rob Hatchel, chief meteorologist, (now at WSFA in Montgomery, Alabama)
- Mark Tarello, chief meteorologist, (now at KEYC-TV)
- Jon Williams, anchor
- Rob Stone, Sports Director (now covers soccer & the PBA for ESPN)
- Jade Hindmond, fill in anchor, reporter (now at WHNS-TV)
- Rontonio Thurman, reporter
- Bruce Layman, news director (now at WTAP-TV)
- Jyl Lee, reporter
- Lydia Esparra anchor, reporter (now at WKYC-TV)
- Jeff Coyle, reporter
- Suzanna Haynes, reporter
- Theo Travers, reporter (now At WREG-TV)
- Brian O'Connor, reporter
- Mercer Merrill, anchor (now at News 14 Carolina)
- Clay Godfrey, reporter
- Jeanie Powell, reporter (now at WAFF-TV in Huntsville, Alabama)
- Frank Sulkowski, sports director, (now at WJCL in Savannah, Georgia)
- Jenny Nicholson, reporter, weekend anchor
- Lachlan McLean, Sports Director (now at WHAS-AM radio in Louisville, Kentucky)
- Heather Childers, News Director (now at News 14 Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Sarah Abbott, reporter
- Regina Callan, reporter
- Rick Schutt, Sports Director (now at WSJV-TV in South Bend, Indiana)
- Greg Lloyd, Main Anchor 1999-2002 (Now a professor at Tallahasse College)
- Amy Allday-Brice, reporter(Now Mental Health/Developmental Disability Professional)
- Rob Jones, Sports Director (now at WVTM in Birmingham, Alabama)
- Grady Shadburn, Weather Personality (deceased)
- Camille Amiri, reporter (now at WJBK in Detroit, Michigan)
- Lisa Arnold, host of "Around Town" local talkshow
- Krysta Brown, reporter (now the News Director of WFSU in Tallahassee, Florida)
- Carole Price, reporter
- Wanda Wright, reporter
- Tijuana Brewer, reporter
- Angela Walker, reporter
- Lisa Weiss, Sports Director
[edit] Logo Gallery
 Logo Used in late 90s |
 Logo used until 2007 |
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WFXL
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WFXL-TV
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