WPGX
 
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Panama City, Florida United States |
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| Branding | Fox 28 Bounce Panama City (DT2) |
| Slogan | WPGX Marks the Spot |
| Channels |
Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 28 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 28.1 Fox 28.2 Bounce TV 28.3 Grit |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner |
Raycom Media (WPGX License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | May 1988 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Panama City and Gulf Coast's FoX |
| Sister station(s) | WDFX-TV, WSFA, WALB |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 28 (UHF, 1988–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT2: The Tube (until 2007) |
| Transmitter power | 24.1 kW |
| Height | 238.5 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 2942 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°23′42″N 85°32′2″W / 30.39500°N 85.53389°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
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Profile CDBS |
WPGX is the Fox-affiliated television station in Panama City, Florida. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 9 (or virtual channel 28.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Blue Springs Road in unincorporated Bennett, Bay County. Owned by Raycom Media, WPGX has studios on West 23rd Street/SR 368 in Panama City.
The station began operations in May 1988 and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 28. Its previous owner, Waitt Media, sold WPGX to Raycom in 2003. At one point under Raycom Media ownership, WPGX previously maintained its facilities in Panama City on Luverne Avenue in a building (known as the "Fox Television Center") shared with a Suntrust Bank branch. In May 2010, it launched a website for the first time under Raycom's control. It mainly serves as an advertorial web address with various promotions from Panama City businesses and has limited station-related content, including FCC public file and EEO disclosures.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Originally, WPGX-DT2 was an affiliate of The Tube but the 24-hour music video network was dropped after going dark in 2007. In its place, the station was considering to offer This TV but decided not in the end. WBIF carried the 24-hour movie network instead but eventually dropped the programming service after becoming owned by Daystar. In July 2010, ABC affiliate WMBB added This TV to their second digital subchannel but this was later changed to Me-TV in August 2013.
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