WPGX is the Fox Network-affiliated television station for the Florida Panhandle that is licensed Panama City. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter in the Bennett section of Youngstown. Owned by Raycom Media, the station has studios known as the "Fox Television Center" on Harrison Avenue in a building shared with a Suntrust Bank branch. Syndicated programming on WPGX includes: Two and a Half Men, Judge Judy, Scrubs, and The People's Court.
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Raycom acquired WPGX from Waitt Media in 2003. For the analog to digital switch in 2009, the station remained on its pre-transition channel number. [2][3] As of January 2010, ABC affiliate WMBB (who is across the street from WPGX) has begun to produce weather cut-ins for this station. Although there is speculation that station will at some point produce a prime time newscast, WPGX currently broadcasts a news/public affairs program. Known as News View, the show airs weeknights at 9 and is hosted by former Panama City Beach mayor Lee Sullivan. Topics that are covered tend to be presented from a conservative perspective owing to the South's Republican values.
In May 2010, WPGX launched a website, http://www.myfox28.com which is the first the station has had since Raycom has owned the channel. Originally, WPGX-DT2 was an affiliate of The Tube but dropped it after the network went dark in 2007. In its place, the station was considering offering This TV but decided not to. WBIF had been carrying the network but it was dropped after becoming owned by Daystar. As of July 2010, WMBB is airing the network on their second digital subchannel.
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1 Raycom Media owns and operates these stations through Southeastern Media Holdings.
2 Raycom operates this station owned by MCG Capital Corporation under a SSA.
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Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: 4,200 · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: raycommedia.com
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