WLAX

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WLAX / WEUX
Image:Fox25fox48logo.gif
WLAX: La Crosse, Wisconsin
WEUX: Chippewa Falls/Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Branding Fox 25/48
Channels Analog:
WLAX: 25 (UHF)
WEUX: 48 (UHF)

Digital:
WLAX: 17 (UHF)
WEUX: 49 (UHF)
Affiliations Fox
Owner Grant Broadcasting System II, Inc.
(WLAX: GM La Crosse Licensing, LLC)
(WEUX: GM Chippewa Falls Licensing, LLC)
First air date WLAX: 1987
WEUX: 1993
Call letters’ meaning WLAX: LA Crosse FoX
WEUX: EaU Claire FoX
Transmitter Power WLAX:
562 kW (analog)
450 kW (digital)
WEUX:
1510 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height WLAX:
306 m (analog)
349 m (digital)
WEUX:
213 m (analog)
203 m (digital)
Facility ID WLAX: 2710
WEUX: 2709
Transmitter Coordinates WLAX:
43°48′15.2″N, 91°22′20.6″W
WEUX:
44°57′24″N, 91°40′3″W
Website www.fox25fox48.com

WLAX, channel 25 and WEUX, channel 48 are a pair of Fox affiliated television stations in the La Crosse/Eau Claire, Wisconsin market. WLAX, the main station, is licensed to La Crosse; WEUX is licensed to Chippewa Falls. Both stations are currently owned by Grant Broadcasting, and operate from studios in La Crosse and Eau Claire.

In 1987, WLAX first signed on the air as an affiliate of the Fox television network. Satellite station WEUX launched in 1993. In addition to Fox programming, WLAX and WEUX carry syndicated programming such as Friends and Seinfeld.

The stations have a nine o'clock newscast on weeknights, produced by WEAU-TV, and using WEAU on-air personnel. Chris Herzog is the news anchor, Paige Pearson is the sports anchor and Sean Towle is La Crosse bureau reporter. The newscast launched on August 28, 2006. It also airs on WEAU-DT's digital subchannel 13-2. Beginning the weekend of January 20, 2007, the 9pm news aired seven nights a week.

In January 2008 WLAX began broadcasting in HD with the launch of 25.1 while sister station WEUX is on 48.1.

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Broadcast television in the Eau Claire / La Crosse market  (Nielsen DMA #127)

WKBT 8 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - WEAU 13 (NBC) (Weather on DT2) - WQOW 18 / WXOW 19 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) - KQEG-CA 23 (Ind/FN)  - WLAX 25 / WEUX 48 (Fox) - WHWC 28* / WHLA 31 (PBS/WPT) - W44BF 44 (TBN) - K62EV 62 / W67CH 67 (NBC) - W63AR 63 (ABC) - WIJC-LP 65 (Ind/FN)
*Licensed to Menomonie in Minneapolis/St. Paul market
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Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Wisconsin
See also: ABC, CW, CBS, MNTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Wisconsin