WYFX-LP
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| Youngstown, Ohio | |
| Branding | Fox 17/62/ Fox Youngstown |
| Slogan | "Where Your News Comes First" |
| Channels | Analog: 62 (WYFX-LP) (UHF), 17 (WFXI-CA) (UHF) |
| Affiliations | FOX |
| Owner | New Vision Television |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Warren and Youngstown's FoX |
| Former affiliations | none |
| Transmitter Power | WYFX-LP: 25 kw (analog) WFXI-CA: 9.4 kw (analog) |
| Website | 27 First News and Fox 17/62 homepage |
WYFX-LP is the FOX affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio. It broadcasts on channel 62 as a low-power station. Its headquarters are located in Boardman Township with sister station WKBN-TV.
The station's programs are also broadcast on another low-power station, WFXI-CA channel 17 (originally on channel 31) in Mercer, Pennsylvania, and the combined operation is identified on-air as Fox 17/62.
A standard definition simulcast of the WYFX signal is also available on WKBN-TV's digital channel, which has the added benefit of greatly increasing the over-the-air range of the station, since WKBN's digital signal is very strong, and WYFX's signal is weak, barely extending much outside the Youngstown city limits.
For special sporting events, WKBN/WYFX has added a high-definition signal for WYFX via WKBN-DT 27.3. Otherwise, WYFX's FOX HDTV programming is available on some local cable systems.
On January 23, 2006, WYFX's First News at 10 p.m. on FOX 17/62 became the Youngstown market's only hour-long evening newscast. It is currently anchored by Dave Sess or Whitney Ward, with Chief Meteorologist Don Guthrie providing weather reports, and Joe Aulisio on Sports.
[edit] Future
While the station is trying to get a license from the FCC to broadcast in digital full-power, the station is expected to remain on WKBN's digital subchannel 27.2 for the foreseeable future. The station does have a construction permit to broadcast as a Class A station on channel 35 in Youngstown.
In either scenario, the on-air branding of "Fox 17/62" would be rendered useless once the station would be forced to sign off its two low-powered analog signals in 2012 (low-powered analog signals have a later deadline for sign-off than the February 17th, 2009 signoff for full-powered analog signals). In 2008, the station started branding themselves as Fox Youngstown in some advertisements despite still using the current logo. The station is expected to be fully rebranded as "Fox Youngstown" by the time the analog signals sign off, whether the station remains on 27.2 or gets a full-powered digital signal outright.
[edit] External links
- WYFX Homepage at wkbn.com
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WYFX-LP
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WFXI-CA
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