List of former Fox television affiliates
The Fox Broadcasting Company was launched in 1986 on many charter affiliates and owned & operated stations. This is a table listing of former Fox affiliates, accompanied by footnotes of which new affiliation the former Fox affiliate currently carries and which stations are the new/replacement Fox affiliates since the launch.
The station's advertised channel number follows the call letters. In most cases, this is their over-the-air broadcast frequency.
DMA# |
City of license/Market |
Station and Channel |
Years of affiliation |
Notes |
Current Fox affiliate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5. |
Dallas - Fort Worth |
KDAF 33 |
1986-1995 |
Former Fox O&O throughout affiliation, later a WB affiliate; now a CW affiliate |
KDFW-TV 4 (O&O) |
8. |
Atlanta |
WATL 36 |
1986-1994 |
Former Fox O&O 1992-1994, later a WB affiliate; now a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
WAGA-TV 5 (O&O) |
11. |
Detroit |
WKBD 50 |
1986-1994 |
Affiliated with UPN soon after; now a CW affiliate |
WJBK-TV 2 (O&O) |
12. |
Phoenix |
KNXV 15 |
1986-1994 |
Now an ABC affiliate |
KSAZ-TV 10 (O&O) |
13. |
Tampa - St. Petersburg |
WTOG 44 |
1986-1988 |
Dropped Fox and went independent, later a UPN affiliate; now a CW affiliate |
WTVT 13 (O&O) |
13. |
Tampa - St. Petersburg |
WFTS 28 |
1988-1994 |
Replaced WTOG's affiliation; now an ABC affiliate |
WTVT 13 (O&O) |
15. |
Minneapolis - St. Paul |
KITN / WFTC 29 |
1988-2002 |
Sold to Fox in 2002 and swapped UPN affiliation with KMSP (sister station); now a MyNetworkTV O&O |
KMSP 9 (O&O) - originally affiliated (1986-1988) |
16. |
Miami - Fort Lauderdale |
WCIX 6 |
1986-1989 |
Now WFOR 4, a CBS affiliate |
WSVN 7 |
17. |
Cleveland |
WOIO 19 |
1986-1994 |
Now a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
WJW-TV 8 (O&O from 1997-2007) |
21. |
St. Louis |
KDNL 30 |
1986-1995 |
Now an ABC affiliate |
KTVI 2 (O&O from 1995-2008) |
23. |
Portland, Oregon |
KPDX 49 |
1988-2002 |
Swapped with now-sister KPTV's UPN affiliation; now a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
KPTV 12 (previously affiliated 1986-1988; O&O from 2001-2002) |
27. |
San Diego |
XETV 6 |
1986-2008 |
Now a CW affiliate |
KSWB 69 |
28. |
Raleigh - Durham - Fayetteville |
WLFL 28 |
1986-1998 |
Became WB affiliate; now a CW affiliate |
WRAZ 50 |
30. |
Nashville |
WCAY 30 |
1986-1990 |
Reverted to independent, later a UPN affiliate; now WUXP, a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
WZTV 17 |
31. |
Kansas City |
KSHB 41 |
1986-1995 |
Now an NBC affiliate |
WDAF-TV 4 (O&O from 1997-2008) |
34. |
Milwaukee |
WCGV-TV 24 |
1986-1994 |
Later a UPN affiliate; now a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
WITI-TV 6 (O&O from 1997-2008) |
36. |
Greenville - Spartanburg - Anderson |
WAXA 40 |
1986-1988 |
Went dark at loss of affiliation; later WB affiliate, now a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
WHNS 21 |
37. |
San Antonio |
KRRT 35 |
1986-1995 |
Became charter UPN affiliate, later WB affiliate, now KMYS, a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
KABB 29 |
40. |
Birmingham - Tuscaloosa |
WNAL 44 |
1986-1996 |
Simulcasted Fox with WDBB originally. Later on carried CBS and The WB as secondary affiliations; now WPXH, a Pax TV turned Ion affiliate |
WBRC 6 (O&O 1996-2008) |
40. |
Birmingham - Tuscaloosa |
WDBB 17 and WTTO 21 |
1986-1995 |
WTTO joined Fox in 1991 as a simulcast with WDBB, which originally had Fox since the beginning (see above). Both later became WB simulcast affiliates and now affiliated with The CW |
WBRC 6 (O&O 1996-2008) |
42. |
Portsmouth - Norfolk - Newport News |
WTVZ 33 |
1986-1998 |
Later became a WB affiliate, now a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
WVBT 43 |
45. |
Oklahoma City |
KAUT-TV 43 |
1986-1990 |
Later a PBS affiliate due to sale to educational TV owners; later went commercial again as UPN affiliate; now a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
KOKH 25 |
46. |
Greensboro - Winston Salem - High Point |
WNRW 45 |
1986-1998 |
Now WXLV, an ABC affiliate |
WGHP 8 (O&O 1996-2008) |
47. |
Memphis |
WMKW / KLMT 30 |
1986-1990 |
Dropped affiliation went independent, now WLMT, later became UPN/The WB affiliate; now affiliated with MyNetworkTV |
WHBQ-TV 13 (O&O) |
47. |
Memphis |
WPTY-TV 24 |
1990-1995 |
Took over Fox affiliation after WMKW/WLMT dropped it; now an ABC affiliate |
WHBQ-TV 13 (O&O) |
50. |
Buffalo |
WNYB 49 |
1989-1990 |
Took over Fox affiliation due to low ratings from WUTV at the time; later affiliated with TBN, and The WB; now WNYO, a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
WUTV 29 (previously affiliated 1986-1989) |
51. |
Austin |
KBVO 42 |
1986-1995 |
Now KEYE, a CBS affiliate |
KTBC 7 (O&O) |
53. |
New Orleans |
WNOL 38 |
1987-1996 |
Later became a WB affiliate, now The CW affiliate |
WVUE 8 |
57. |
Little Rock |
KJTM/KASN 38 |
1987-1990 |
Went independent, later a charter UPN affiliate; now a CW affiliate |
KLRT 16 |
57. |
Mobile - Pensacola |
WPMI 15 |
1986-1996 |
Now aN NBC affiliate |
WALA-TV 10 |
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