WFGX

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WFGX
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Branding	my35
Slogan	Serving the Emerald Coast
Channels	35 (UHF) analog, 50 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	My Network TV
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group
Founded	1987
Former affiliations	Independent (1987-1996, 2001-2006), The WB (1996-2001)
Transmitter Power	509 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital)
Website	www.wfgxtv.com

WFGX is a My Network TV affiliate broadcasting from Fort Walton Beach, Florida and is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. It is a sister station to WEAR-TV, and its operations are housed in WEAR's studios in Pensacola, Florida.

WFGX signed on as an independent station in 1987. It became the area's WB affiliate in 1996, shortly after its previous owners signed a local marketing agreement with WEAR. Sinclair bought WFGX outright in 2001.

WFGX's analog signal is very weak (509,000 watts), resulting in marginal (at best) reception outside the immediate Fort Walton Beach area, even in Pensacola (even though it identifies as "Fort Walton Beach-Pensacola" on the air). It must rely on cable coverage to reach the entire market. As a result, the WB opted to affiliate with the much stronger WBPG when it signed on in 2001. In 2006, WFGX increased its digital signal to one million watts, enough to provide a good signal to viewers in Mobile and Pensacola. Home shopping programming from Jewelry Television airs during non-programming hours.

Although it is officially the My Network TV affiliate for the Pensacola-Mobile market, WFGX is unavailable on Comcast Cablevision of Mobile, the largest cable system on the Alabama side of the market. This is presumably because it cannot be seen at all over the air in that part of the market. While this did not change when My Network TV debuted in September 2006, it is possible that this status may change in the future. The FCC's must-carry rules give full-powered stations the option of "retransmission consent;" that is, cable providers can be prevented from rebroadcasting a TV station without the consent of the station owner. The station may request compensation from cable systems for this consent, or some other form of compensation. Thus, Sinclair has the right to require cable systems to carry WFGX as a condition of carrying WEAR.

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[edit] External links

• WFGX website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WFGX

Broadcast television in the Mobile, Alabama / Pensacola - Fort Walton Beach, Florida market  (Nielsen DMA #59)

WEAR 3 (ABC) - WKRG 5 (CBS) - WRBD-LP 8 (Ind.) - WALA 10 (FOX) - WBQP-CA 12 (A1/S@H/MTV2) - WPMI 15 (NBC) - WMPV 21 (TBN) - WSRE 23 (PBS) - W30BX (HSN) - WHBR 33 (CTN) - WFGX 35 (MNTV/JWLTV) - W39BP (FamilyNet) - WEIQ 42 (PBS/APT) - WJTC 44 (Ind.) - WFBD 48 (Ind.)- WPAN 53 (S@H/JWLTV) - WBPG 55 (The CW) - WAWD 58 (Ind.) - WRBM-LP 60 (Ind.)