WFXL
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Albany, Georgia United States |
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| Branding | Fox 31 (general) Fox 31 News at 10pm (newscast) |
| Slogan | Get Connected |
| Channels |
Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 31 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 31.1 Fox 31.2 TBD 31.3 Comet 31.4 Charge! |
| Affiliations | Fox (1986–present) |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (WFXL Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | February 14, 1982 |
| Call letters' meaning | We're FoX ALbany |
| Sister station(s) |
Tallahassee, FL: WTWC-TV, WTLH, WTLF Gainesville, FL: WNBW-DT, WGFL-TV, WMYG-LP, WYME-CD Pensacola, FL/Mobile, AL: WEAR-TV, WFGX, WPMI, WJTC |
| Former callsigns | WTSG-TV (1982–1989) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 31 (UHF, 1982–2009) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1982–1986) |
| Transmitter power | 60 kW |
| Height | 253 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 70815 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°19′53″N 83°51′43″W / 31.33139°N 83.86194°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wfxl |
WFXL is the Fox-affiliated television station for Southwestern Georgia that is licensed to Albany. It airs a digital signal on VHF channel 12 (or virtual channel 31.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter, east of Doerun, along the Colquitt and Worth County line. The station transmits network programming in the native 720p high definition format but broadcasts local news and syndicated programming in unconverted standard definition. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, WFXL has studios on Stuart Avenue in Albany.
The station signed-on February 14, 1982 as WTSG-TV and was Southwestern Georgia’s first independent station. It was founded by black physician Carl Gordon Jr. It became a charter Fox affiliate on October 6, 1986. The station's original studio facilities were located on North Slappey Boulevard/US 82 in Albany. Gordon sold the station to NewSouth Broadcasting in 1987. The station changed its call letters to the current WFXL in 1989. Clarion Broadcasting purchased the station in 1996. Clarion then sold WFXL to the Wicks Broadcast Group in 1998. In March 1999, Waitt Broadcasting bought the station from Wicks. Raycom Media acquired the outlet in December 2003 through its purchase of most of Waitt Media's stations. In March 2006, Raycom announced the sale of WFXL and eleven other stations to Barrington Broadcasting in order to meet Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules regarding station ownership. The company had just acquired the Liberty Corporation, owner of NBC affiliate WALB, which it decided to keep.
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