WFLX

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call_letters = WFLX
city =
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station_slogan =
station_branding = Fox 29
analog = 29 (UHF)
digital = 28 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = Fox
network =
founded =
airdate = 1982
location = West Palm Beach, Florida
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former_callsigns =
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owner = Raycom Media
licensee = WFLX License Subsidiary, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = Independent (1982-1986)
The Tube (on DT2)
effective_radiated_power = 5,000 kW (analog)
630 kW (digital)
HAAT = 457 m (analog)
458 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 39736
coordinates = coord|26|34|30.9|N|80|14|31|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.wflx.com/ wflx.com]

WFLX, channel 29, is the Fox-affiliated television station for West Palm Beach, Florida. Its transmitter is located south of Wellington. Owned by Raycom Media, the station has studios on West Blue Heron Boulevard in Riviera Beach. Syndicated programming on WFLX includes: "Family Guy", "Everybody Loves Raymond", "The Simpsons", and "Seinfeld.

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. In April of 2002, WFLX was the first station in the West Palm Beach market to broadcast in high definition. Raycom itself would merge with The Liberty Corporation in mid-2006. 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.

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, that station started producing a nightly 10 o'clock newscast on WFLX. Originally 30 minutes long, it soon expanded to a full hour. In 2000, a hour-long weekday morning newscast 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 (now Comcast) 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 (behind NBC affiliate WPTV). The WFLX broadcasts were included in the upgrade. On both stations, the launch included new sets, graphics, logos, and music packages. WFLX had been the only station in the West Palm Beach market to air a 10 P.M. newscast until August 4, 2008 when CW affiliate WTVX began airing a nightly 10 o'clock newscast.

Digital television

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] , WFLX will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 28. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231593&formid=387&fac_num=39736 CDBS Print ] ] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display WFLX's virtual channel as 29.

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
**Kara Kostanich
*Weather:
**Michael Ehrenberg
*Sports:
**TBD

"The station uses additional news personnel from WPEC. See that article for a complete listing."

*WFLX Web Journalist:
**Rachel Leigh

Logos

References

External links

* [http://www.wflx.com/ WFLX "Fox 29"]
* [http://www.cbs12.com/ WPEC "CBS 12"]
* [http://www.fox.com/ Fox]
*TVQ|WFLX