WFTX
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| Fort Myers-Naples, Florida | |
| City of license | Cape Coral, Florida |
| Branding | FOX 4 |
| 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 channel 36 (Cable 4) is the Fox television affiliate based in Cape Coral, Florida. The station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 36 and is seen in the area on cable channel 4 (reflected in its on-air branding as "FOX 4"). 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 and a 10pm 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-TV 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 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 a long standing reputation for being last in news ratings in the market, due mainly to the obvious disdain management has for its employees. Soon after the acquisition, a three hour weekday morning newscast, FOX 4 Rising, was added to complement the hour-long 10 PM newscast and compete against WINK, WBBH, and WZVN. Now the station is planning on launching a half hour 11 PM newscast, called FOX News Tracker at Eleven, that will also compete against the big three stations. [1]
WFTX redesigned its website in late July 2006 with more news and weather coverage and released their new logo.
In August 2006, cable-only WNFM, the area's old UPN, and current My Network TV station announced that it will carry a new 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] News Team
- Patrick Nolan - News Anchor (News at 10, NewsTracker at 11)
- Krista Fogelsong - News Anchor (News at 10, NewsTracker at 11)
- Tom Johnston - Chief Meteorologist (News at 10, NewsTracker at 11)
- Rosemary Conners - Weekend News Anchor (News at 10)
- Dave Roberts - Weekend Meteorologist (News at 10)
- Amy Wegmann - News Anchor (FOX 4 Rising)
- Amy Sedlacek - News Anchor (FOX 4 Rising)
- Jeff Robbins - Weather Anchor (FOX 4 Rising)
- "Wild" Bill Wood - Reporter (FOX 4 Rising)
- Erica Pitzi - Reporter
- Tyisha Fernandes - Reporter
- Justine Waldman - Collier County Reporter
- Marisa Mendelson - Consumer Reporter/TroubleShooter
- Shannon Mulaire - Reporter
- Fallon Silcox - Reporter
- Stacie Boudros - Reporter
- Donald Robinson - Reporter
[edit] Newscasts
- FOX 4 Rising - (weekdays, 5 to 9 AM)
- FOX News at Ten - (daily, 10 to 11 PM)
- FOX News Tracker at Eleven - (weekdays, 11 to 11:30 PM)
[edit] Logos
 Previous FOX4 logo, discontinued in May 2006 |
 Current WFTX logo, used since May 2006 |
[edit] External links
- [http://ccbp.vze.com/ Support the Troops Effort
- WFTX Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WFTX
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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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| Local cable television channels | |||
| 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 |
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