WFXU
| Live Oak, Florida | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 48 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Retro TV |
| Owner | Budd Broadcasting Co., Inc. |
| First air date | June 15, 1998 |
| Former callsigns | WFXU (1998–2011) WTXI (2011) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 57 (UHF, 1998–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Fox, via WTLH (1998–2002) UPN (2002–2005) The WB, via The WB 100+ (2005–2006) The CW, via The CW Plus (2006) |
| Transmitter power | 22 kW |
| Height | 133.6 m |
| Facility ID | 22245 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°48′42″N 82°42′34″W / 29.81167°N 82.70944°W |
WFXU is a television station serving southwest Georgia and the Tallahassee, Florida area, licensed to Live Oak, Florida. It broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 48 from a transmitter in Hamilton County, Florida, between Jasper and Jennings. It is owned by Budd Broadcasting.
WFXU began broadcasting June 15, 1998 as a full-time satellite of Fox affiliate WTLH, intending to improve that station's signal in the eastern part of the market. It broadcast an analog signal on UHF channel 57 from the transmitter location near Jasper. Originally owned by L.O. Telecast, Inc., WFXU was sold to KB Prime Media in 1999 and to WTLH owner Pegasus Communications in 2002 (the sale was approved because despite Tallahassee not having enough stations to support a duopoly under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules, Pegasus had helped fund WFXU's construction). That April, WFXU broke off from WTLH and became a UPN affiliate.
WFXU's signal was not nearly strong enough to cover the entire market. To make up for this shortfall in coverage, it launched WTLF on May 7, 2003 as a full-time satellite. Pegasus declared bankruptcy in June 2004 over a dispute with DirecTV over marketing of the direct broadcast satellite service in rural areas.
On April 1, 2005, WFXU and WTLF switched to The WB, via The WB 100+; UPN promptly signed with WCTV, which launched a new subchannel to carry the network. Prior to this, The WB was carried on a cable-only WB 100+ station, "WBXT", which was operated by WTXL-TV. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would merge to form The CW. It was announced on April 24 that WTLH would create a new second digital subchannel to become Tallahassee's CW affiliate. These plans were modified around August 2006 to make WFXU/WTLF the primary CW affiliate, with a simulcast on WTLH-DT2; this took effect when the network premiered on September 18.
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