Fox 59
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Indianapolis, Indiana United States |
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| Branding | Fox 59 (general) Indiana's Fox (occasionally) Fox 59 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Indiana's Fox (general) Indiana's #1 News Source (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 45 (UHF) (to move to 22 (UHF)) Virtual: 59 () |
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| Owner |
Tribune Broadcasting (sale pending to Sinclair Broadcast Group or another owner to be determined) (Tribune Broadcasting Indianapolis, LLC) |
| Founded | July 12, 1983 |
| First air date | February 1, 1984 |
| Call letters' meaning | XIN = Across Indiana |
| Sister station(s) | WTTV / WTTK |
| Former callsigns | WPDS-TV (1984–1985) |
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| Former affiliations | Independent (1984–1986) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW 535 kW (CP) |
| Height | 300 m (984 ft) 304 m (997 ft) (CP) |
| Facility ID | 146 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
39°53′20″N 86°12′7″W / 39.88889°N 86.20194°WCoordinates: 39°53′20″N 86°12′7″W / 39.88889°N 86.20194°W 39°53′19.8″N 86°12′7″W / 39.888833°N 86.20194°W (CP) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | fox59 |
WXIN, virtual channel 59 (UHF digital channel 45), is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of Tribune Media, as part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate WTTV (channel 4). The two stations share studio facilities located on Network Place (near 71st Street & I-465) at the Intech Park office development in northwestern Indianapolis; WXIN maintains transmitter facilities located on West 73rd Street (or Westlane Road) on the northern outskirts of the city (west of Meridian Hills).
On cable, WXIN is available in standard definition on Comcast Xfinity, Charter Spectrum and AT&T U-verse channel 11, and in high definition on Xfinity, Spectrum and AT&T U-verse channel 1011.
The UHF channel 59 allocation in Central Indiana was originally assigned to Lafayette (located approximately 63 miles (101 km) northwest of Indianapolis). The allocation would become occupied by CBS affiliate WFAM-TV (now WLFI-TV), which original owner Sarkes Tarzian (who also founded WXIN's present-day sister station WTTV) signed on in June 1953. After that station moved its allocation to UHF channel 18 in 1957, UHF channel 59 would remain dormant until the Federal Communications Commission later reassigned the allotment to Indianapolis.
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