WOGX

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WOGX

Ocala / Gainesville, Florida
Branding	Fox 51
Slogan	Fair, Balanced, First (during WOFL newscasts)
Channels	51 (UHF) analog, 31 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Fox
Owner	Fox Television Stations Group
Founded	November 17, 1983
Call letters meaning	Ocala/Gainesville FoX
Former callsigns	WBSP-TV (1983-1987)
Former affiliations	Independent (1983-1991)
Website	www.wogx.com/

WOGX is the Fox network affiliate serving the Gainesville, Florida television market, but also serves the neighboring portions of the Orlando and Jacksonville markets. The station originates in Ocala, Florida (part of the Orlando TV market) and broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 51 and its digital signal on UHF channel 31. WOGX is operated from WOFL's facilities, and simulcasts most of that station's news programming. Technically and naturally, it is the smallest television station owned and operated by News Corporation, parent company of Fox. Its transmitter is located in Fairfield, Florida.

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The station began as independent station WBSP-TV on November 17, 1983, it changed its call letters to WOGX in 1987 and took the FOX affiliation from Citrus County's W49AI (which got its signal from future sister station WOFL) in 1991. During the 1990s, the station came under the control of Meredith Corporation and WOFL, simulcasting its news operation when it launched in March 1998.

In 2002, Meredith Corp. traded WOGX and WOFL to Fox Television Stations Group (a division of News Corporation) in exchange for KPTV in Portland, Oregon, making WOGX a Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) station.

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Broadcast television in the Orlando / Daytona Beach / Melbourne market (Nielsen DMA #19)

WESH 2 (NBC) - WKMG 6 (CBS) - WFTV 9 (ABC) - WTMO 15 (TEL) - WCEU 15 (PBS) - WKCF 18 (The CW) - W21AU 21 (AZA) - WMFE 24 (PBS) - WVEN 26 (UNI) - WRDQ 27 (Ind) - WRCF 29 (A1) - WOFL 35 (Fox) - WZXZ 36 (MTV2) - WOTF 43 (TFU) - WLCB 45 (TLN / Faith TV) - WOGX 51 (Fox) - WTGL 52 (TBN) - WOPX 56 (i) - WRBW 65 (MNTV) - WBCC 68 (PBS)
Local digital television channels
WACX 40 (Ind/Rel)
Gainesville channels serving Ocala, part of the Orlando market
WUFT 5 (PBS) - WCJB 20 (ABC) (The CW on DT2)
Local cable television channels
Central Florida News 13

Broadcast television in the Gainesville market (Nielsen DMA #162)

WESH 2 (NBC) - WJXT 4 (Ind) - WUFT 5 (PBS) - W07BP 7 (Edu.) - WLUF 10 (PBS) - WMYG 11 (MNTV) - WCJB 20 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) - WBXG 31 (MTV2) - WGEC 33 (Ind) - WYPN 43 (Ind) - WOGX 51 (Fox) - WGFL 53 (CBS) - W69AY 69 (Ind/Rel)
Local digital television channels
WYKE-LP 47 (FN)

Broadcast television in the Jacksonville market (Nielsen DMA #52)

WJXT 4 (Ind.) - WJCT 7 (PBS) - WXGA 8 (PBS/GPB) - WTLV 12 (NBC) - WCWJ 17 (The CW) - WPXC 21 (i) - WJXX 25 (ABC) - WWRJ 27 (Rel.) - WAWS 30 (Fox) (MNTV on DT2) - W54CS 36 (AS) - WBXJ 43 (MTV2) - WTEV 47 (CBS) - WJEB 59 (TBN)
Gainesville / Ocala channels serving portions of the Jacksonville market
WUFT 5 (PBS) - WCJB 20 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) - WOGX 51 (Fox)

Broadcast television in the Tampa / St. Petersburg / Sarasota market (Nielsen DMA #12)

WEDU 3 (PBS) - WFLA 8 (NBC) - WTSP 10 (CBS) - WTVT 13 (Fox) - WLWA-LP 14 (Ind/Rel) - WPDS-LP 14 (Edu.) - W15CM 15 (AS) - WUSF 16 (PBS) - WHRT-CA 17 (Ind) - WSVT-CA 18 (DS) - WARP-CA 20 (MTV2) - WCLF 22 (CTN) - WXAX-LP 26 (AZA) - WFTS 28 (ABC) - WTAM-LP 30 (Multimedios) - WMOR 32 (Ind) - W33CC 33 (Ind) - W34AW 34 (3ABN) - WSPF-CA 35 (St. Pete city access) - W36CO 36 (TBN) - WTTA 38 (MNTV) - WWSB 40 (ABC) - W43CE 43 (Ind) - WTOG 44 (The CW) - W48CN 48 (TBN) - WZRA-CA 48 (Ethnic/A1/NTV/CTV/DW) - WRMD-LP 49 (TEL) - WFTT 50 (TFU) - W56EB 56 (TBN) - W60CE 60 (TBN) - WVEA 62 (UNI) - WXPX 66 (i)
Local digital television channels
WYKE-LP 47 (FN)
Local cable television channels
Bay News 9 - SNN News 6 - Catch 47 - FSN Florida - Sun Sports
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location
Fort Myers: WINK 11 (CBS) - WFTX 36 (Fox) Orlando: WKMG 6 (CBS) - WFTV 9 (ABC) - WOFL 35 (Fox) Gainesville: WUFT 5 (PBS)

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Florida
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)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious, Spanish and Other stations in the state of Florida