WXTX
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Columbus, Georgia-Auburn/ Phenix City/Opelika, Alabama United States |
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| City | Columbus |
| Branding | Fox 54 (general) Fox 54 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Your Primetime News |
| Channels |
Digital: 49 (UHF) Virtual: 54 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 54.1 Fox 54.2 Movies! 54.3 Escape |
| Owner |
American Spirit Media, LLC (WXTX License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| Operator | Raycom Media |
| First air date | November 1984 |
| Sister station(s) | WTVM, WSFA, WDFX-TV, WAFF, WBRC, WALB, WFXG, |
| Former channel number(s) | 54 (UHF analog, 1984–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1984–1987) MyNetworkTV (secondary, 2006–2012) The Tube (on DT2) This TV (on DT2) |
| Transmitter power | 499.4 kW |
| Height | 312 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 12472 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°27′40.8″N 84°52′42.5″W / 32.461333°N 84.878472°W |
| Website | wxtx.com |
WXTX is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Chattahoochee Valley of West-Central Georgia and East-Central Alabama. Licensed to Columbus, Georgia, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 (or virtual channel 54.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in the Vista Terrance section of South Columbus. The station can also be seen Mediacom and Knology channel 7 as well as Charter channel 8.
Owned by American Spirit Media, WXTX is operated thorough a shared services agreement (SSA) by Raycom Media as a sister outlet to ABC affiliate WTVM. However unlike other SSAs between American Spirit and Raycom, this station maintains separate studios and transmitter (home to its advertising sales and engineering staff) on Buena Vista Road (I-185) in East Columbus.
The station signed-on in November 1984 as the market's second Independent television outlet after Opelika, Alabama's WSWS-TV. Less than three years later on April 5, 1987, it became a Fox affiliate and has remained with the network ever since the network's prime-time launch. The station is the network's longest serving Georgia affiliate after Fox dropped WATL for New World-owned WAGA-TV in Atlanta. By 1993, WXTX grew to a seven night network affiliate after Fox expanded its programming offerings. The station was named a top ten affiliate with the network in November 1994 for its prime time audience share. It has subsequently been named to the "Fox Number One Club" several times, most recently in 2007, in recognition of the station's sweeps ratings.
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