WNTZ
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Natchez, Mississippi/Alexandria, Louisiana United States |
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| Branding | Fox 48 |
| Slogan | So Entertaining! (last used in 2015) |
| Channels | Digital: 49 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 48.1 Fox/MyNetworkTV 48.2 Bounce TV 48.3 Escape 48.4 Laff |
| Translators | K47DW-D Alexandria, LA K51FO-D Leesville, LA |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | November 16, 1985 |
| Call letters' meaning | NaTcheZ |
| Former channel number(s) | 48 (UHF analog, 1985–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1985–1988) silent (1988–1991) Channel America (1991–1995 on K47DW ) PTEN |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 313 m |
| Facility ID | 16539 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°40′8″N 91°41′30″W / 31.66889°N 91.69167°W |
| Website | www.cenlanow.com |
WNTZ-TV is the Fox affiliate television station for the Alexandria, Louisiana Designated Market Area (DMA). It is licensed to Natchez, Mississippi, which is in actuality part of the Jackson, Mississippi DMA. The station also has a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
WNTZ's base of operation is located on Parliament Drive in Alexandria, and its main transmitter is located near Jonesville, Louisiana, with two translator transmitters in Alexandria and Leesville. WNTZ's master control operation was co-located in Lafayette with then-sister station operations of KADN-TV and KLAF-LD from 1991 until July 2015, when it was moved to the Baton Rouge sister operations of WVLA-TV, WGMB-TV, WBRL-CD and KZUP-CD.
WNTZ broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on channel 49.1 (Jonesville), 47.1 (Alexandria), and 51.1 (Leesville), but retranslates to virtual channel 48.1, via PSIP.
WNTZ's broadcasting is a loosely defined "network" of one main transmitter and two translator transmitters that serve residents in three television markets – Alexandria (the DMA that gets officially rated by Nielsen Media Research); the southernmost portion of the Monroe, Louisiana–El Dorado, Arkansas market (where the station's main transmitter tower is located); and the westernmost portion of the Jackson market (the location of Natchez, the station's city of license assigned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)).
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