WFQX-TV
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WFQX: Cadillac/Traverse City, Michigan WFUP: Vanderbilt, Michigan WWTV: Cadillac/Traverse City, Michigan WWUP: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan United States |
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| Branding | Fox 32 (general) Fox 32 News |
| Slogan | Northern Michigan's News Leader |
| Channels |
Digital: WFQX: 32.1 (UHF) WFUP: 45.1 (UHF) WWTV: 9.2 (VHF) WWUP: 10.2 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Cadillac Telecasting Company |
| Operator | Heritage Broadcasting Group |
| Founded |
WFQX: February 9, 1987 WFUP: April 9, 1992 |
| First air date |
WFQX: October 6, 1989 WFUP: January 11, 1993 |
| Call letters' meaning |
WFQX: refers to Fox WFUP: Fox Upper Peninsula |
| Sister station(s) | WWTV/WWUP-TV |
| Former callsigns |
WFQX: WGKI (1989–2000) WFUP: WGKU (1992–2000) WFVX (2000–2003) |
| Former channel number(s) |
WFQX: 33 (UHF analog, 1989–2009) WFUP: 45 (UHF analog, 1993–2009) 59 (UHF digital, 1995–2009) Translators: 31 W31BO Alpena 64 W43CM Pickford/Hessell (2005) 43 W43CM Pickford (2007–2008) 54 W54CR Traverse City 61 W61CR Sault Ste. Marie (1995–2008) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (secondary, 1995–2006) |
| Transmitter power |
WFQX: 200 kW WFUP: 108 kW WWTV: 45 kW WWUP: 25 kW |
| Height |
WFQX: 422 m WFUP: 324 m WWTV: 497 m WWUP: 370 m |
| Facility ID |
WFQX: 25396 WFUP: 25395 WWTV: 26994 WWUP: 26993 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
WFQX: 44°08′12″N 85°20′33″W / 44.13667°N 85.34250°W WFUP: 45°10′12.3″N 84°45′4.2″W / 45.170083°N 84.751167°W WWTV: 44°8′11.7″N 85°20′34″W / 44.136583°N 85.34278°W WWUP: 46°3′35.7″N 84°5′57.2″W / 46.059917°N 84.099222°W |
| Website | mifox32.com |
WFQX-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for the northern Lower and eastern Upper peninsulas of Michigan. Licensed to Cadillac, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter at studios on 130th Avenue/Dighton Road in Tustin on Grove Hill. As with other network affiliates in this vast rural area, the station operates a full-time satellite, WFUP. Licensed to Vanderbilt, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 45 from a transmitter on Hudson Lookout in southeastern Charlevoix County. Unlike other network affiliates in Northern Michigan, the WFQX and WFUP combination is not known on-air as "Fox 32&45". The stations are simply referred to as Fox 32. Aside from required legal identification, there is no on-air mention that WFUP exists.
While the station is owned by Cadillac Telecasting Company, it is operated under a shared services agreement (SSA) by Heritage Broadcasting Group, which also owns CBS affiliate WWTV and full-time satellite WWUP-TV. WFQX/WFUP broadcasts 24 hours each day, although overnights are filled with home shopping and other paid programming.
The station first signed on the air as WGKI on UHF channel 33 on October 6, 1989. Its transmitter was just north of the current location in northern Osceola County. The original call letters referred to founder Gary Knapp, a former DJ and television personality. Despite its limited reach, WGKI was available on local cable systems. Prior to WGKI, Northern Michigan received Fox programming on cable from WKBD in Detroit.
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