WFTX
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| WFTX-TV | |
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| Fort Myers - Naples, Florida | |
| City of license | Cape Coral, Florida |
| Branding | FOX 4 (cable slot) |
| Slogan | In Your Corner |
| Channels | 36 (UHF) analog, 35 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | FOX (since 1987) |
| Owner | Journal Broadcast Group |
| Founded | May 1, 1985 |
| Call letters meaning | W FOX Television X OR FT. Myers FOX OR a possible disambiguation of WFTS in Tampa |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1985-1987) |
| Website | fox4now.com |
WFTX-TV, channel 36, is the FOX television affiliate licensed to and has studios in Cape Coral, Florida. The station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 36 and is seen in the area on cable channel 4, which is reflected in its on-air branding as "FOX 4". WBBH "NBC 2", WZVN "ABC 7", and "WNFM" "My TV 8" also use their cable slots for on-air identification. WFTX covers Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Hendry and Glades counties and is one of two Fort Myers stations carried by Comcast Venice. Its transmitter is located in Punta Gorda, Florida.
The station serves the Fort Myers / Naples television market as a typical FOX affiliate, running syndicated TV shows, FOX programming and sports, and a daily 10 PM newscast.
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[edit] History
WFTX began on May 1, 1985 as an independent station owned and operated by Family Group Broadcasting. (previous owners of WFTS in Tampa Bay) WFTX became a charter FOX affiliate the following year. Family Group Broadcasing would sell WFTX to Wabash Valley Broadcasting of Terre Haute, Indiana by the end of the 1980s.
The station would change hands again in 1997 when Emmis Communications purchased the assets of Wabash Valley Broadcasting. Emmis would continue to own the station until August of 2005 when WFTX and two other stations were sold to the Journal Broadcast Group as a part of that company's departure from television ownership.
WFTX has had a long standing reputation for being last in news ratings in the market, due mainly to the obvious disdain opinions that the station management has for its employees. Soon after the acquisition of WFTX to the Journal Broadcast Group, a weekday morning newscast airing 5 to 9 AM, known as FOX 4 Rising, was added to complement the hour-long daily 10 PM newscast and compete against WINK, WBBH, and WZVN. The morning newscast also competes against The Daily Buzz, which airs 6 to 9 AM on WTVK, the area's CW affiliate. After that, the station launched a half hour 11 PM weekday newscast, called FOX News Tracker at Eleven, that will also compete against the big three stations. [1]
WFTX redesigned its website in late May of 2006 with more news and weather coverage and released their new logo.
In August of 2006, cable-only "WNFM", the area's old UPN, and current MyNetworkTV affiliate announced that it would begin carrying a new daily 10 PM newscast produced by the local ABC affiliate, WZVN. It remains to be seen if this new newscast can compete against the more established one on WFTX. [2]
[edit] Newscasts
Weekdays
- FOX 4 Rising (5-9 AM)
- FOX News at Ten (10-11 PM)
- FOX News Tracker at Eleven (11-11:30 PM)
Weekends
- FOX News at 10 (10-11 PM)
[edit] News Team
- Patrick Nolan - Weekday News Anchor (News at 10, News Tracker at 11)
- Krista Fogelsong - Weekday News Anchor (News at 10, News Tracker at 11)
- Tom Johnston - Chief Meteorologist (News at 10, News Tracker at 11)
- Rosemary Conners - Weekend News Anchor
- Dave Roberts - Weekend Meteorologist
- Amy Wegmann - Morning News Anchor
- Amy Sedlacek - Morning News Anchor
- Jeff Robbins - Morning Weather Anchor
- "Wild" Bill Wood - Morning Reporter
- Erica Pitzi - Reporter
- Tyisha Fernandes - Reporter
- Justine Waldman - Collier County Reporter
- Marisa Mendelson - Consumer Reporter / Trouble Shooter
- Shannon Mulaire - Reporter
- Fallon Silcox - Reporter
- Donald Robinson - Reporter
[edit] Logos
 Previous FOX 4 logo, discontinued in May of 2006. |
 Current FOX 4 logo, used since May of 2006. |
[edit] External Links
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WUVF-CA 2 / WTLE-LP 18 (UNI) - WEVU-CA 4 / WBSP-CA 7 (MNTV) - WINK 11 (CBS) - WTPH-LP 14 (AZA) - W17CK 17 / W38CO 38 / W56DW 56 (TBN) - WBBH 20 (NBC) - W22CL 22 (MTV2) - WXDT-LP 23 (Ind) - WZVN 26 (ABC) - WGCU 30 (PBS) - WYDT-CA 32 (Ind) - WFTX 36 (Fox) - WZDT-LP 39 (Ind) - WWSB 40 (ABC) - WWDT-CA 43 (TEL) - WTVK 46 (The CW) - WRXY 49 (CTN) - WLZE-LP 65 (TFU) |
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| Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Florida | |
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WSVN 7 (Miami) - WTVT 13 (Tampa) - WPGX 28 (Panama City) - WFLX 29 (West Palm Beach) - WAWS 30 (Jacksonville) - WOFL 35 (Orlando) - WFTX 36 (Cape Coral) - WTLH 49 (Bainbridge / Tallahassee) - WOGX 51 (Ocala / Gainesville) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious, Spanish and Other stations in the state of Florida | |
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Corporate Staff: Doug Kiel (COB and President & CEO) | Carl Gardner | Jim Prather | Steve Wexler | Ron Kurtis | Anne Schepp | Andy Laird | Basil A. Thomas | David B. Amy | Lucy A. Rutishauser | Barry M. Faber | Jim Thomas |
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MyNetworkTV Affiliates: WACY2 |
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1: Licence held by Emmis Communications, Journal operates this station via a local marketing agreement. |
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2: Station owned by Ace TV, operated via a local marketing agreement. |
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Annual Revenue: none USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | : Stock Symbol: NYSE: JRN | Website: www.journalbroadcastgroup.com |
