general fox 54 news newscasts slogan fun starts here your news one hour earlier channels digital 31 uhf virtual 54 psip subchannels 54.1 fox 54.2 bounce tv 54.3 grit tv owner raycom media wfxg license subsidiary llc first air date may 23 1991 ; 25 years ago 1991 05 23 call letters meaning we re fox georgia sister station s wcsc tv wtoc tv wis wsfx tv wect wmbf tv wbtv former channel number s 54 uhf analog 1991 2009 former affiliations pten 1993 1994 transmitter power 413 kw height 384 m class dt facility id 3228 transmitter coordinates 33 25 0.0 n 81 50 0.6 w 33.416667 n 81.833500 w 33.416667 ; 81.833500 website wfxg.com wfxg is the fox affiliated television station for the central savannah river area of east central georgia and west central south carolina . licensed to augusta georgia it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 31 or virtual channel 54.1 via psip from a transmitter in beech island south carolina s spiderweb section . owned by raycom media wfxg has studios on washington road ga 104 in the lamkin section of martinez official address is augusta . contents 1 digital channels 2 history 3 programming 4 news operation 5 references 6 external links digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 54.1 720p 16 9 wfxg dt main wfxg programming fox 54.2 480i 4 3 bounce bounce tv 54.3 16 9 grit tv grit tv history edit in july 1983 nine applications for a new tv station on channel 54 were received by the fcc . augusta 54 lp was given approval in october 1985 . the construction permit was sold to john pezold then owner of columbus based channel 54 wxtx in 1990 . the station eventually signed on in may 1991 and immediately picked up an affiliation with fox . 1 prior to the sign on of wfxg fox was previously seen on w67be . the station was owned by augusta family broadcasting inc. for the 1993 and 1994 season wfxg was also affiliated with the prime time entertainment network . 2 retlaw broadcasting purchased the station in may 1998 . fisher communications purchased wfxg along with the other retlaw owned stations in 1999 . 1 fisher based in seattle decided to concentrate on its broadcast properties in the pacific northwest and california . wfxg and columbus based wxtx also on channel 54 were sold to the atlanta based galleria broadcast group l.p. which purchased the two stations for 40.1 million . in december 2003 community newspaper holdings acquired wfxg and wxtx as well as wsfx tv in wilmington north carolina through its southeastern media holdings subsidiary . community planned on selling all four of its television stations to thomas henson in january 2011 . citation needed henson upon approval from the federal communications commission fcc would then operate all four properties under a company called southeastern media acquisitions . 3 when contacted about the proposed deal wfxg s general manager barry barth stated he could not confirm the specifics of the transaction but said the request was basically a licensing switch and would not affect the station s day to day operations . 4 the deal was consummated april 5 2011 . during the next month henson folded the southeastern media acquisition stations into american spirit media llc one of his other companies with the merger being finalized on may 25 . citation needed at that time raycom exercised its option to purchase wfxg outright from american spirit media through a newly created indirect subsidiary . essentially the station would be directly owned and operated by the company as opposed through a managing agreement . raycom s acquisition of the station was completed on august 31 . wfxg recently added coverage of acc football and basketball games as well as periodic airings of certain sporting events from raycom sports . wfxg turned off its analog transmitter on february 17 2009 in compliance with the dtv transition . it had plans to relocate its digital signal from channel 51 to channel 31 formerly wrdw dt after the transition but ultimately remained on channel 51 . finally on august 1 2016 wfxg moved to channel 31 and increased its power output back to 413kw erp . 5 programming edit syndicated programming on the station includes the maury show how i met your mother two and a half men and family feud among others . news operation edit after abc affiliate wjbf owned by media general renovated its studios in 2004 the station entered into a news share agreement with wfxg . the outsourcing arrangement resulted in a nightly prime time newscast to debut on this station . known as fox 54 news at 10 the thirty minute program originated from wjbf s facility on reynolds street in downtown augusta . the broadcast featured different on air graphics and modified wjbf s existing set with separate duratrans in order to conceal that station s logo . the principal look of the set and on air graphics for fox 54 news at 10 remained the same since the newscast s launch and the program always used gari media group s the x package as its music theme . meanwhile nbc affiliate wagt decided to establish its own weeknight prime time newscast at 10 in 2004 to go up against this station s effort . the production launched a few days after wfxg s show and was initially seen on independent outlet wbek ca now wagt cd through a similar arrangement . known as wbek 16 news at 10 the program was soon cancelled due to low ratings and inconsistent viewership . the broadcast was unable to directly compete against wfxg s news because this program has been very successful in the time slot from its start . after being retooled wagt s weeknight prime time newscast was relaunched on cable only wb affiliate wbau and was known as wb 23 news at 10 . in july 2011 wfxg announced that it would launch an in house news operation by october which was to be produced in collaboration with other raycom stations to give it a regional feel . 6 in partnership with sister outlet wtoc tv in savannah wfxg hired multimedia journalists to shoot edit and report coverage in the augusta area . currently five personalities have joined the station and work out of augusta . all anchors for news and weather are provided by wtoc and the broadcast originates live from that station s facility on chatham center drive in savannah s chatham parkway section . citation needed wfxg also features unique regionalized coverage provided by raycom media sister outlets including wtoc wis in columbia and wcsc tv in charleston . the partnership is comparable to the existing raycom news network another regional network among the company s widespread group of television stations in the state of alabama wsfa in montgomery wdfx tv in dothan waff in huntsville wbrc in birmingham and wtvm wxtx in auburn phenix city opelika . the six stations share information equipment such as satellite trucks and stories from reporters . wfxg became the third fox affiliate in raycom s portfolio to have its newscasts produced in house joining birmingham s wbrc and cincinnati ohio s wxix . local newscasts on the remainder of the company s fox outlets are produced through news share agreements by a big three network affiliate in the respective market . with the change wfxg upgraded its newscasts to full high definition level becoming the second station in augusta to do so cbs affiliate wrdw tv was the first . according to television listings fox 54 news at 10 expanded to an hour on weeknights and sundays . the show remains a half hour production on saturdays . there is no regularly scheduled sports report seen in the broadcast . in july 2016 wfxg announced plans to add to its news programming and launch a local weekday morning show to be broadcast between 5 30am to 9 00am . building remodeling started in late july with a projected on air date of december 2016 . references edit a b witsil frank november 16 1999 . fox station changes hands . the augusta chronicle . retrieved 20 july 2012 . whiteside lee 1995 04 06 . b5 babylon 5 tv station list times updated . rec.arts.sf.tv . google groups . retrieved 2006 11 27 . malone michael . report southeastern media stations sold . broadcasting & cable . broadcasting & cable . retrieved 1 march 2011 . zureick erin january 3 2011 . wfxg awaits ok on acquisition . the augusta chronicle . retrieved 1 march 2011 . http www.fcc.gov daily releases daily business 2011 db0316 da 11 499a1.pdf fox station building its own news studio . the augusta chronicle . retrieved 16 february 2016 . external links edit wfxg fox 54 wtoc query the fcc s tv station database for wfxg v t e television in the central savannah river area including augusta georgia and aiken south carolina reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wjbf 6.1 abc 6.2 metv 6.3 ion wrdw 12.1 cbs 12.2 mntv 12.3 antenna tv weba 14.1 pbs 14.2 create 14.3 world wagt cd 16.1 youtoo america wces 20.1 pbs 20.2 kids 20.3 knowledge wagt 26.1 nbc 26.2 cw wbpi 49.1 ind wfxg 54.1 fox 54.2 this tv 54.3 bounce tv adjacent locals savannah wtoc 11.1 cbs wjcl 22.1 abc defunct channels wbau wb cable georgia broadcast television areas by city albany atlanta augusta chattanooga tn columbus greenville sc jacksonville fl macon savannah tallahassee fl south carolina broadcast television areas by city augusta ga aiken charleston charlotte nc columbia greenville sc myrtle beach savannah ga hilton head v t e fox network affiliates in the state of georgia waga 5 atlanta wgxa 24 macon wfxl 31 albany wfxg 54 augusta wxtx 54 columbus see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in georgia v t e raycom media abc network affiliates kaitnbc kltv kswo kxxv krhd cd ktre wloxcbs wtvm cbs network affiliates kauz1 kfda kfvs kgmb kold ksla wafb wbtv wcsc woio wtoc wtol the cw affiliates kauz dt21 kvhp dt21 kwes dt2 kwab dt2 wqwq kfvs dt2 wqtv wupv1 fox network affiliates kmsb1 knin1 kvhp1 kyou1 wbrc wdbd1 wdfx wflx1 wfxg wpgx wsfx1 wtnz wupw1 wvue1 wxix wxtx1 mynetworktv 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