WLAX
 
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WLAX: La Crosse, Wisconsin WEUX: Chippewa Falls/ Eau Claire, Wisconsin United States |
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| Branding | Fox 25/48 |
| Channels |
Digital: WLAX: 17 (UHF) WEUX: 49 (UHF) Virtual: WLAX: 25 (PSIP) WEUX: 48 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date |
WLAX: November 10, 1986 WEUX: February 8, 1993 |
| Call letters' meaning |
WLAX: LA Crosse ("X" refers to "Crosse") and FoX (as bacronym) WEUX: EaU Claire FoX |
| Sister station(s) | WFRV-TV, WJMN-TV |
| Former channel number(s) |
WLAX: 25 (UHF analog, 1986–2009) WEUX: 48 (UHF analog, 1993–2009) |
| Transmitter power |
WLAX: 852.0 kW WEUX: 1,000 kW |
| Height |
WLAX: 297.3 m WEUX: 223.1 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID |
WLAX: 2710 WEUX: 2709 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
WLAX: 43°48′15.2″N 091°22′20.6″W / 43.804222°N 91.372389°W WEUX: 44°57′24.1″N 091°40′03.0″W / 44.956694°N 91.667500°W |
| Website | wiproud.com |
WLAX is the Fox-affiliated television station for Western Wisconsin that is licensed to La Crosse. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 17 (or virtual channel 25.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in La Crescent, Minnesota near the studios of ABC affiliate WXOW. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station has studios at Interchange Place in La Crosse at the intersection of I-90/US 53/WIS 35 and Rose Street (hence the postal address name). Syndicated programming on WLAX includes The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Modern Family, and Judge Judy among others.
The station operates a full-time satellite, WEUX, licensed to Chippewa Falls and serving Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley. This outlet broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 (or virtual channel 48.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter, southeast of Colfax, along the Dunn and Chippewa County line. It maintains an advertising sales office on WIS 93 in Eau Claire along the U.S. 53 and Business U.S. 53/Hastings Way interchange.
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